Redmond Middle School (RMS) took four seventh-grade teams and four eighth-grade teams to the Nov. 8 Math is Cool competition, held at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines.

The grade eight team took second place overall and the grade seven team took third place overall. Both seventh- and eighth-grade teams will now advance to the Masters (state level competition) held in Moses Lake on Dec. 7.

In addition to the team placements, the following individuals have received awards:

Rene Yu (seventh grade) second place, algebra 1; Matthew He (seventh grade), sixth place, algebra 1; Daniel Liu (eighth grade), second place, geometry; Virginia Qian (eighth grade), seventh place, geometry.