Battle Ground — About 50 teams of middle school students competed Feb. 7 in the third annual Southwest Washington Math Challenge at Chief Umtuch Middle School. Fifth- through eighth-grade teams competed by grade level to solve word problems and complex equations.
Clark College instructors created the problems for the competition, and instructors and students from Clark also helped score the event.
Chief Umtuch, Union Ridge, Laurin, Daybreak, Pleasant Valley and Amboy middle schools all were big winners; visit http://www.battlegroundps.org/blog to see the complete list of winning teams and individuals for each grade.
