WEST NEWBURY – The Pentucket Regional Middle School math team won the Mosca division at the first meet of the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts (IMLEM) season.
The team scored 150 points, two two points ahead of second-place Harold L. Qualters Middle School of Mansfield. Its score was 80 points higher than at the same meet last year.
The team was led by Alex E., who scored 17 out of 18, answering eleven of twelve questions correctly.
IMLEM has held math competitions for middle school students since 1965. This year, 53 schools from eastern Massachusetts are competing in five meets. At each meet, every student answers four questions in each of three individual rounds, for a maximum of 18 points, and then the team works together on a team round. Schools are grouped into divisions of similar strength. Full results are at www.imlem.org. Questions from past meets are at www.matharchive.org/imlem/.
