Robbie wins maths speed test

GARRYDUFF Primary pupil Robbie Bellingham won the top prize in the North Eastern Education and Library Board's fun maths speed test – the 24 Game – by a single point ahead of Hazelbank Primary's Rachel Armstrong.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th May 2010, 16:03 BST

Robbie won the event held at Antrim Board Centre involving the top two pupils from each of 40 primary schools right across the Board’s area who competed on a knock-out basis to reach the final four.

Lucy Cassidy of St Brigid’s Primary, Tirkane, took third place while fourth spot went to Harry Russell from Greenisland Primary.

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The game involves pupils demonstrating their speed of response to sets of numbers on cards which they must instantly manipulate by adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing to come up with a score of 24. The top pupils can do the maths in their heads in what seems like a fraction of a second.

Other pupils who reached the last sixteen of the event were: Philip Beattie (Garryduff ), Ciaran Bradley, Aine Grant (Carlane), Joel Blair, Jessie Gray (Kilmoyle), Nathan Campbell (Randalstown Central), Kirsty Miller (Eden), Eoghain McGivern, Eamonn McKeown (St MacNissi’s), Maria McNamee (St Joseph’s, Dunloy), James McTeague (Maine Integrated) and James Wallis (Greenisland).