NUMBER-crunchers have calculated the value of maths to their future success thanks to a day of digits at their school.

Students at Richmond School and Sixth Form College spent a day in which they devoted all their time to numbers.

A host of activities were designed to make maths fun and show the Year Sevens how the subject can be applied to real-life.

Students spent the day constructing giant tetrahedrons from canes and elastic bands, making origami boxes, completing computer number puzzles and cracking codes.

Head of maths Scott Lunn said: “Primarily the day is to show the students that maths can be fun. Building their confidence and enjoyment in the subject at this stage helps them appreciate its value and promotes the importance of STEM subjects.

“The exercises also involve them working in teams with students they may not know very well. So it helps to develop their leadership, communication and team-building skills."