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Crunching numbers for a good cause

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Young mathematicians at Maurice W. Downing Primary School participated in the St. Jude Math-A-Thon, raising more than $4,300 for the children’s charity.

Students sought pledges from their friends and family members to solve math problems in the Funbook, a free curriculum supplement, with the proceeds going to benefit childhood cancer eradication at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The school raised $2,000 more than last year.

St. Jude has supplied schools with the Math-A-Thon Funbook for more than 30 years.