THREE WISE GIFTS

Topics: Starter | Arithmetic | Mental Methods | Xmas

You can find many more ChristMaths activities at:

Transum.org/ChristMaths/

• Chris Southward, Limehouse School Cumbria
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• Year 7 found four more which you haven't mentioned in your triplets summing to 34 list. 24,3,7 - 24,5,5 - 25,3,6, and 23,7,4
• Liz Masshedar, Peterlee
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• Just found this site. Already my year 6 pupils are reminding me to find the day's challenge. It is a really good resource to start the maths lesson and give them something to think about. Thanks!
• A O'Hagan, First year Holyrood Sec Glasgow
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• Cesco and Asim found two more...22,8,4 and 21,8,5. The whole class managed to find all the others.
• Mrs Humphreys' Maths group, Nevill Road Juniors, Bramhall, Stockport
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• We (year 6) found another 6 triplets that weren't mentioned.
• Class 5, Speyside
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• We found 10, did yoy find any more?
• Emma Roach,
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• We got 11 different triplets.
  Did this with bottom set year 8 who loved doing it!
• P5, Giffnock Primary
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• P5 at Giffnock Primary School found 12 triplets!!
• Class 2/6, Lauren Cowie
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• This was too easy for us and not very challenging, and not up to the usual standard.
• Room 2 Maths, Taradale Intermediate
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• We are pretty choice, because we got 13!!
• Stewart, Direk Schools South Australia
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• Year 6/7 class found 12 combination.
• 2V, Stromness Academy
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• We got 14!
• M Ozog, Inverkiething High School
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• 4MA5 found 13
  Well done.
• Mr M's Nice But Dim Group, Canggu Community School, Bali
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• Zac found 15, but then Zac can't count. We actually found 11 as a whole class, love the starters - keep it up!
• Miss Nixey, Dartington Primary School
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• Year 5 and 6 at Dartington Primary School found 15 different ways. Well done everyone!
• 1AFG2, Dyce Academy
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• Dyce Academy got 15 triplets. We are very smart!
• Mrs Renny, BTJS
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• 5GR at Bishop Tufnell found 14 triplets!
• Mrs D, Chadsmead Lichfield
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• Chadsmead year 5 got 14!
• Katie Pasby, Hampton College
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• I found 17 triplets.
• Mrs Rush, Reepham High
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• 8MAH found 13 and are still looking!
• Mrs Simpson, Forres Academy
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• Our S1 class got 15 triplets! Enjoyed this challenge.
• Year 10, Welshpool High School
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• We reckon there is lot more than 17. At least 30!
• Year 9 Set 3 2011, Welshpool High School, Powys, Wales
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• Kirsty found 16 which we thought was really good. Louis and Alistair found 14.Others ranged down to 3.
• Mr Morriss Class 7B3, Montgomery High School
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• We spend 5 mins individually and then gathered our answers together and got 16 as a class!!! We really enjoyed this task and got pretty competitive between ourselves and the rest of the Schools that commented on here!!
• 7b3, Derby High School
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• This is a good puzzle we'd like to see more like this.
• E Walters, Brigshaw High School
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• We found 18! We are good!
• Stewart, Lake Windemere
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• Room 17
  Year 6/7 class found 16.
• Mr Gregory, Lincolnshire
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• We found 13! Mr Gregory reckons there definitely are no more than that (but he did miss one out earlier).
• Mrs Taylor, North Muirton
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• Our P6 class are awesome, we got 21! we love these challenges.
• Trevor Lewis, Nortonthorpe Hall School
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• We found 27 and then had to give up for time.
• 7 BM1, Harlow
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• We found 30 but we ran out of time!
• Kirsty . I . Brown, Selkirk, Scotish Borders (Selkirk High School)
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• This was a really good acivity and it was fun, I didnt do it at school but I did it at home and it was fun, I have a long list of sums that add up to thirty and it was really good, I would like to see more of this!
• Matthew, 3D, Craigslea State School
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• For a total of 40, I had these 14:
  1. 27, 7, 6
  2. 21, 11, 8
  3. 15, 14, 11
  4. 24, 10, 6
  5. 22, 11, 7
  6. 24, 9, 7
  7. 26, 8, 6
  8. 23, 9, 8
  9. 25, 8, 7
  10. 21, 10, 9
  11. 22, 10, 8
  12. 27, 8, 7
  13. 23, 10, 7
  14. 24, 9, 7.
• STEVE EASTOP, MARGATE, KENT. UK
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• The 4x4 grid that came up for me comprised of the numbers: 3,6,7,8,9,10,13,14,14,15,15,16,17,18,19 and 32.
  I've found the following 13 triplets that total 32 (without double counting): (as there are two 13s and two 14s in the grid)
  (3,10,16)
  (3,13,16)
  (3,14,15)
  (6,7,19)
  (6,8,18)
  (6,9,17)
  (6,10,16)
  (7,8,17)
  (7,9,16)
  (7,10,15)
  (8,9,15)
  (8,10,14) and
  (9,10,13).
• P6/7, St Elizabeths
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• We loved this problem and managed to find 26 solutions!
• S3, Speyside High School
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• We found 13 all together and had good fun too. Thank you!
• Star Primary,
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• Year 6 at Star Primary got 12! :).
• Year 6, AAESS
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• We enjoyed this activity and found lots of possible answers.
• Mrs Robinson, 8 - 3
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• We found 35 Y8 St Bernards.
• Mrs Anderson, Newark
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• We loved it. Pine Y5 got 46 tripllets! Well Done!
• Da Vinci, William Martin Junior School
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• One student got 30 possible answers. We enjoyed the activity.
• Nadeem, England
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• Wow! this is a very good stater of the day. Already my Year 6s have found 29 sums, which Im really proud of! Fantastic!
• Mr Gray, Buscksburn Maths, Twitter
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• Came up with loads of combinations. Even more when we realised the website let us use the same number twice.
• Mr Ian Stevenson, Orched Head Primary School
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• Triplets are the best thing I have shown my class.
• Laura Whittaker, St Mark's
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• We found 27 different ways to make 40!
• All Saints Maths Department, Twitter
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• Our BGE learners tried this task today from Transum Christmaths activities, taking on the role of the 3 wisemen bringing gifts . S1 and S3 stole the show with the combinations they came up with.Well done ,great work.pic.twitter.com/qHVQ9TuITW

  — All Saints Maths Dep (@allsaints_maths) December 16, 2021

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