Did you know that the 1st May is the only first day of the month in 2024 which falls on a Wednesday?
Add together the dates of all the Wednesdays in May this year.
Which day of the week has the largest sum of dates in May?
Topics: Starter | Arithmetic | Investigations
Year 3 are relaxing after their test by trying to solve the #transum starter of the day from 1st May. It is really getting us thinking. pic.twitter.com/YDLwi3y7cs
— Ninian Park Primary (@nppschool) May 3, 2017
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Is there a general rule that can be applied to all months? Given the number of days in the month and the day of the 1st of the month, which day will have the largest sum of dates?
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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops? This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments: Transum.org/go/?Start=May1 However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below. |
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