PUPILS proved to be more than the sum of their parts after a stunning display of mental maths.

Richmond School and Sixth Form College played host to its annual Maths24 Challenge and witnessed arithmetic that broke all records.

Wavell Junior School, Catterick Garrison, amazed staff and students with an incredible score almost four tines higher than the runners-up.

Youngsters from 12 primaries took part and the second to fifth place schools all achieved scores in the 200s. But Wavell’s team of Sara Gurung, Ridhima Thapa, Riyaz Thapa and Ryan Clapperton scored 1,016.

Sara said: “We were really please to break our previous best score of 675. We love maths and play this three times a week in assembly time.”

Richmond’s head of maths Scott Lunn said: “The pupils were phenomenally quick."