POINT PLEASANT — What is the least common multiple of 18 and 28? Answer: 252. What number should come next in this pattern: 1, 4, 10, 19, 31? Answer: 46.

These are just two of hundreds of math problems that students from the fourth through 12th grades answered Friday during Math Field Day at Trinity United Methodist Church.

According to coordinator Jamei Wood, this year’s competition was the toughest they had had in recent years, forcing many students to participate in tie-breaker questions.

“They were so close,” Wood said.

Students were given problems in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus for the competition. Students in fourth through ninth grades were given a written test, mental math estimation and mental math exact.

Ninth grade students also had to do short answer problems. High school students were not only given a written exam, but also had to complete a short answer test and compete in teams.

Wood said the team competition allowed students to work together to get prepared for when the top 10 winners go to the regional competition.

“The team is made up of students from all three high schools,” she said. “This will help them compete in a more uniform manner in representing Mason County. This is very exciting.”

This year’s team will consist of Pablo Mejia, Jamie Bush, Treg Dotson and Brooke Dean from Point Pleasant High School; Elizabeth Butcher, Patrick Flora, Katlyn Stanley and Travis Bowman from Hannan High School; and Joey Barton and Desiree Sines from Wahama High School. Alternates are Alex Edmunds from Hannan, Chris Estrada from Point Pleasant and Austin Gilbert and Dave Greene from Wahama.

Winners of the lower grades were:

Fourth grade: Andrew Moffett of New Haven Elementary, first; Jenna Bright, Point Pleasant Intermediate, second; Matthew Martin, Leon Elementary, third. First alternate was Elijah Smith of New Haven Elementary; second alternate was Jayla Arnold of Roosevelt Elementary.

Fifth grade: First place was Matthew Richardson from Point Pleasant Intermediate; second was Christopher Rizer from New Haven Elementary; third was Erin Kidwell of Leon Elementary. First alternate was Brandon Henderson of Ashton Elementary, and Katherine Deem of Roosevelt Elementary was the second alternate.

Sixth grade: First place was Chris Luckeydoo of Point Pleasant Intermediate; second went to Zachary Linger of Leon Elementary; third place was Brandon Sayre of Point Pleasant Intermediate. First alternate went to Katelyn Miller of Leon Elementary, and Peyton Humphries of New Haven Elementary took second alternate.

Seventh grade: Guy Fisher of Point Pleasant Junior Senior High took first place, with fellow classmate Josh Hudson coming in second; Michael MacKnight of Wahama Junior Senior High was third, with first and second alternates going to Point Pleasant students Holden Adkins and Ben Luckeydoo.

Eighth grade: The first three places went to Point Pleasant students Noah Searls, Lexi Pennington and Kyle Kidwell. First and second alternates were Hannan students Kaitlyn Hughes and Matthew Randolph.

Ninth grade: First place went to Andy Fairchild from Point Pleasant; second was Caleb Shaw of Hannan; third was Brogan Barnitz of Wahama; first alternate was Vanessa Bumgarner of Wahama; and second alternate was Rachel Sayre of Point Pleasant.

Wood said winning schools were the combined total of students’ scores in each of the elementary schools. First place went to Point Pleasant Intermediate School; second was New Haven Elementary School; and third went to Leon Elementary School. The principals of these schools received trophies on behalf of their school.

Other students who participated in Math Field Day were:

Ashton Elementary: Maggie Waugh, Hayden Rule, Chad Withers, Valerie Randolph and Charles Mayes; Leon Elementary: Emily Keefer and Jessica McCoy; New Haven Elementary: Randi Shirley and Christopher Bell; Point Pleasant Intermediate: Erykah Roach and Alexa Toth; Roosevelt Elementary: Madisyn Boswell, Kaitlyn Dunn, Darrell McBeath and Sarah Gandee; Hannan Junior Senior High: Ty Page, Nathan Tarr, Zachary Killingsworth, Drake Grizzell, Cody Call, Andrea Casey, Allison Templeton, Kelsi McCarty, Cindi Adkins and Emily Kuhn; Point Pleasant Junior Senior High: Ryan Gibson, Aron Hart, Jade Gray, Dylan Stone and Cody Clemente; Wahama Junior Senior High: Morgan Nottingham, Michaela Olson, Casey Gilbert, Lakin Bissell, Whitney Fields, Deidra Peters, Miriam Gordan, Brandon Johnson, Hannah Leremane, Katie Hendricks and Colin Pierce.

Due to another activity, students at Beale Elementary were not available to attend Math Field Day.