Frederick School Elementary 4th and 5th graders participated in Ingenuity’s Mathopoly Competition on January 25, 2025. This citywide event featured 96 students from eight Baltimore City elementary schools. Teams competed in a series of math games, including solving Olympiad-style math problems on a life-sized Ingenuity-created, Monopoly-inspired game board.
For the 2025 Mathopoly competition, held at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, FES placed third, following their first-place win in 2024.
The teams prepared for six weeks prior to the competition. The challenges are aligned with 5th-grade math standards, covering a variety of topics such as fractions, multi-step word problems, and all four mathematical operations. The game follows the Monopoly board game principles.
“With Mathopoly, we are creating an engaging experience to show both students and parents that math can be fun, collaborative, and exciting,”says Lisette Morris, Executive Director, Ingenuity Project. “I love observing the families on the sidelines watching their children like it’s a sporting event. Enrichment experiences like this plant seeds in young scholars around a future involving subjects like math, science, engineering, and technology (STEM). We hope the Ingenuity Mathopoly will inspire them to consider an advanced math curriculum as they make choices for middle school.”
“It’s rewarding to see our students collaborate, think critically, and compete with confidence,” adds Frederick’s 5th grade Math Teacher, Ms. Waddy. “Mathopoly challenges students to apply their math skills in an exciting, real-world setting. Ms. Waddy and Ms. Horne, FES’ Math and Science Coach for Pre-K through 5th grade, worked together to prepare students to compete, excel, and have fun in the annual Mathopoly competition.
Congratulations, FES math students!
Watch a video from the event to learn more.
