250 elementary and middle school students from Houston had a ball with math at NRG Stadium on June 13, as part of an event sponsored by United Way of Greater Houston and ConocoPhillips.

At the Have a Ball with M.A.T.H. event, students participated in exercises aimed at making math fun and interesting, such as discovering the connection between the football and math.

“Students are excited, I feel the energy, they’re solving problems, they’re learning math and they’re having a ball,” Lindsey Hill of the United Way of Greater Houston program said.