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Young math whizzes compete in problem-solving at annual event
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Fourth-graders Weston Sinnett and Garrison Skipper went back and forth for third place Saturday at the Math Mania competition at Mount Vernon Elementary School. Sardis Elementary principal Neil Yarrington consoles Weston as Garrison celebrates his third-place showing. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Caleb Hill, a fourth-grader at Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy enjoys solving problems using multiplication and decimals. Saturday he was in “math heaven,” competing against fellow fourth-graders from around the county while other grade-level students competed in the second annual Math Mania competition at Mount Vernon Exploratory School. An estimated 225 students, ranging from first-to-fifth-grade, took part representing five schools: Chattahoochee Christian School, Lanier Elementary School, Mount Vernon, Sardis Enrichment School and Wauka Mountain.