By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Union City, Tenn.–Things added up easily for Math Olympics winners at Union City Schools.
Second- and third-grade students at UC Elementary School and those in the fifth and sixth grade at UC Middle School recently participated in the annual end-of-school activity with winners in the competition determined at each level.
The activity allowed students in those classes to put to good use skills they’d learned during the 2020-21 school year from their respective teachers. Initial rounds included students in each class with the winners determined from the top three who competed in each of those classrooms.
Those in the third grade used multiplication facts and applications to decide winners.
Fifth-grade students had to correctly answer multiplication and division facts in five seconds or less.
The sixth-grade competition required participants to present multiplication facts — first within three seconds, then within two. Multiplication flashcards were traded for division flashcards to eventually determine the winners.
The top three finishers in the competition in each grade received medals.
The winners included:
SECOND GRADE
From left: John Grady Sinclair (first place), Ariel Roberson (second place), Owen Shannon (third place)
THIRD GRADE
From left: Jorge Escobar (second place), Andi Walker (first place), Suni Wright-Johnson (third place)
FIFTH GRADE
From left: Jadence Dennis (second place), Owen Vinson (first place), Skyler Hillin (third place)
SIXTH GRADE
From left: Ben Howell (first place), Kyle Price (second place), Jakwavious Allen (third place)
SIXTH GRADE PARTICIPANTS
Seated, from left: Isaac Hardy, Jakwavious Allen, Kyle Price, Harrison Gray, Woodrow McKinnis
Middle row, from left: Ben Howell, Ja’Miyah Morris, Marciyah Mays, Rori Howell, Malia Bond, Kaylianna Ward, SaNya Wilson
Back row, from left: Aaleeyah Morris, Kobe Kirk, Peyton Moore, Jontez Dennis, Adrian McKinnie, Jayden Evans
Photo: 6th Grade Math Olympics winners.