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16 May 2014

More Maths Problems

For the second Friday in a row, we worked on some mega-tricky problems in maths time.  This time there were THREE problems that we couldn't solve.  We're sure we could solve them if we had a little more time!  So we agreed to have a go at solving them over the weekend.  Good luck!


Problem One:

Peter has a loop of string that is 20cm long.  He puts four drawing pins into a board in the shape of a rectangle, and drapes the string around the pins so that the pins form the perimeter of the rectangle.  What is the largest area that Peter can enclose with the loop of string?


Problem Two:

Arrange the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 to make a magic square.  In a magic square, each row, column and diagonal must add up to the same number.

 
 
Problem Three:
 
In this code, each letter has a value:
The sum of CAT is 12.
The sum of CALL is 21.
The sum of LATE is 23.
The sum of TALL is 26.
The sum of ACE is 10.
The sum of ALL is 19.
What is the sum of EEL?

8 comments:

  1. Mrs Walters, Jordan and TylerMay 18, 2014 at 7:40 PM

    Nailed it :)

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  2. WOW! Good work I could not do that. To hard for me!

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  3. Wow! That is very hard. Who is smart enough to find the awnser to EEL?

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  4. Wow! This was hard, I thought the third question was the hardest, but it was the easiest for me.

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  5. Well done to everyone who got these questions right. They look really hard!

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  6. Math problems, these look a bit challenging.

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  7. Well done to those of you who worked out all three. They had my brain hurting, lucky I had Madison to point me in the right direction.

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  8. These are fun... Done

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