{"id":11053,"date":"2026-04-25T14:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=11053"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:55:58","slug":"elevator-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathsweekengland.co.uk\/?p=11053","title":{"rendered":"Elevator Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11053\" class=\"elementor elementor-11053\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790c56ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"790c56ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62b11eaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62b11eaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52420061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52420061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elevator Challenge<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482b65b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"482b65b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year&#8217;s Maths Week England theme is &#8216;Maths on the Move&#8217;. 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