A large gymnasium filled with elementary and middle school students seated at tables participating in the 2025 Culpeper Math 24 Tournament. Each team wears matching colored shirts, and audience members fill the bleachers along the back wall. Hand-drawn school spirit posters hang on the gym walls, and event staff can be seen near the stage area on the left.

CCPS Hosts Annual Division-Wide Math 24 Competition

Culpeper County Public Schools

March 28, 2025

Culpeper County Public Schools was proud to host the annual county-wide Math 24 competition on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The event brought together some of the division’s brightest young minds to engage in friendly, fast-paced math challenges designed to sharpen their computation skills and deepen their understanding of number relationships.

The Math 24 game promotes mental math fluency by challenging students to manipulate numbers to reach the target number—24—using a combination of operations. This year’s competition welcomed enthusiastic “mathletes” from third, fourth, and fifth grades at all six elementary schools, as well as 6th grade students from both middle schools.  This year marked the first year since 2020 that the middle schools have participated, thanks to the support of Mindy Brooks-Smith, who coached the teams at both middle schools and Sycamore Park Elementary. 

The competition consists of three rounds, and after the first two rounds of intense competition, the top eight scorers advanced to the final round, where they faced off to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Each participant showcased impressive problem-solving skills, perseverance, and sportsmanship throughout the event.

CCPS extends congratulations to all of the talented mathletes who participated. Special thanks go to Floyd T. Binns Middle School for graciously hosting the event and to the CCPS Gifted and Math Departments for organizing a successful competition.

Third grade winners:

  • 1st place: Zane Yost, Yowell 

  • 2nd place:   Eden Sung, SPES

  • 3rd place:  Mohammad Nosrat, PSES

  • 4th place: Rachee Wiles, SPES

Four elementary students wearing Culpeper Math 24 Tournament 2025 shirts pose together in front of a stage, each wearing a medal around their necks. They represent the top finishers in the third-grade division of the competition.

Fourth grade winners: 

  • 1st place: Fletcher Dulin SPES

  • 2nd place: Anee Huang SPES

  • 3rd place: Jackson Moffett PSES

  • 4th place: Benji Maroquin FES

Four elementary students wearing Culpeper Math 24 Tournament 2025 shirts pose together in front of a stage, each wearing a medal around their necks. They represent the top finishers in the 4th-grade division of the competition.

Fifth grade winners:

  • 1st place: Anish Mishra YES

  • 2nd place: Parker Pratt YES

  • 3rd place: Evan Standley AGR

  • 4th place: Peyton Smith SPES

Four elementary students wearing Culpeper Math 24 Tournament 2025 shirts pose together in front of a stage, each wearing a medal around their necks. They represent the top finishers in the fifth-grade division of the competition.

Sixth grade winners:

  • 1st place winner: Ian Balino FTBMS

  • 2nd place winner: Noah Wester CMS

  • 3rd place winner: Kyle Peterson Tapia CMS

  • 4th place winner: Isabella Alvarez CMS

Four students wearing Culpeper Math 24 Tournament 2025 shirts pose together in front of a stage, each wearing a medal around their necks. They represent the top finishers in the middle school grade division of the competition.