National Trimathalon Day Takes Place May 14 in Menomonee Falls

Mathnasium will host its first annual National TriMathlon Day on Saturday, May 14 at more than 200 participating centers across the United States.

Mathnasium of Menomonee Falls, N78 W14569 Appleton Ave., will host the math competition at its learning center location. Registration for Mathnasium’s TriMathlon is free and open to all students in third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades attending public, private, or home school.  The event is intended to create excitement among area students and schools. Deadline to register is April 30.

The TriMathlon consists of three challenges: 

• The Counting Game: Tests a student’s ability to count from any number, to any number, by any number. 
• Magic Squares: Students are awarded points for creativity in developing their own math problems. 
• Mental Math Workout: Evaluates student’s number sense by asking them to solve given problems the ‘smart’ way without pencil and paper. Questions become progressively more difficult for students in higher grade levels.

Students will first compete locally at Mathnasium of Menomonee Falls.  Along with medals for first,  second, and third place winners, each participant will receive a certificate of achievement for their involvement. 

National TriMathlon winners will be selected from the top three scorers in each grade level from all participating Mathnasium locations.  The 12 national winners will receive honors and more than $10,000 in cash prizes.

“Mathnasium’s National TriMathlon Day is an ideal opportunity for us to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of math students in these grade levels,” said Gerilyn Yanke, owner of Mathnasium in Menomonee Falls.  “Each challenge tests a different facet of students’ analytical and computational abilities. We hope this event will generate excitement about math education among Menomonee Falls students and schools.”

"The ultimate goal of Mathnasium is to help kids become “mathematically powerful,” to “build a strong foundation so no matter what program they’re doing in school, they can handle it and do the underlying math,” according to Mathnasium Chief Instructional Officer and founder, Larry Martinek.

Learn more and register online at  www.mathnasium.com/TriMathlon.