Game 24 Tournament “Adds Up” to Fun for APS Students

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Clik here to view.At the APS Professional Learning & Conference Center, students from across APS recently competed in the annual Game 24 Tournament. Forty students in grade 6-8 from ten middle schools and K-8 schools participated in this year's tournament.

And for the second year, 71 students from 18 APS elementary schools participated in their own Game 24 Tournament!

In groups of four, students picked cards that included four numbers and calculated equations that equaled 24 using only addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. One group of students received the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 on their card. They then shouted out equations with those numbers that equaled 24: "4 x 3 = 12, 12 x 2 = 24, 24 / 1 = 24!"

In the middle school tournament, Murphy Creek's Spencer Jackson, Aurora Quest's Andrew Miles, and Columbia's students Hubert Price and Faven Woldetatyos took top honors after the challenge round. The four students received certificates and medals as middle school tournament winners.

In the elementary school tournament, Moses Jones and Bettania Delcupp of Murphy Creek, Sebastian Para of Clyde Miller and Timothy Fox of Laredo took top honors.

Congratulations to all the students who matched mathematical wits with each other in this year's Game 24 Tournament!

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Game 24 Tournament Middle School Winners (with parents), left to right: Spencer Jackson, Faven Woldetatyos, Hubert Price and Andrew Myers

Final Tournament Results - Middle School

1. Spencer Jackson - Murphy Creek
2. Andrew Myers - Quest
3. Hubert Price - Columbia
4. Faven Woldetatyos - Columbia
5. Johnson Ngo - Aurora Hills
6. Kensi Vue - Murphy Creek
7. Pranit Nanda - Quest
8. Yam Chapagai - Boston
   Tara Mahrbrot - Vista Peak
10. Aaron Landa - West
11. Joshua Delgado - South
    Javauhn Sandoval - Columbia

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Game 24 Tournament Elementary School Winners (with parents), left to right: Moses Jones, Bettania Delcupp, Sebastian Para and Timothy Fox

Final Tournament Results - Elementary School

1. Moses Jones - Murphy Creek
2. Bettania Delcupp - Murphy Creek
3. Sebastian Para - Clyde Miller
4. Timothy Fox - Laredo
5. Bailey Garrison - Vassar
6. Julian Jones - Murphy Creek
   Jordan Alvarenga - Peoria
8. Robert Parra Jr. -  Clyde Miller
9. Ariana Ramirez - Clyde Miller
10. Isa Mafi - Montview
11. Alexander Woldetatyos - Vassar
    Kandace Wilkins - Quest
13. Caleb Cooper - Peoria
14. Fernando Helguera - Virginia Court
    Selena Perez - Montview
15. Jacob McNair - Fulton
16. Avery Ostrander - Murphy Creek
17. Tandy Lopez - Montview
    Jerusalem Tsige - Century
    Jocelyn Curiel - Kenton
21. Jasmine Martinez - Peoria
    Hamid Siddqui - Wheeling
    Jill Hoffman - Laredo
24. Nicklas Bookout - Clyde Miller

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