Topics: Starter | Puzzles

• Carol Lowry, Sheffield Park Academy
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• Make this sum correct by adding one straight line
  
  5+5+5=550
  
  
  Answer 545+5=550
  Many others similar of course!
• R Rees,
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• One pupil did 10 10 10 ≠ 9:50 which I thought was excellent.
• Millicent, Martham Primary School
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• This was a big brain teaser it made me work really had but I did it in the end. I think that you should try this one because it really gets you going for the rest of the day!!!
• Paul Trickett, Prt1960@hotmail.com
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• My Puzzle is as follows....
  Move one Digit in this sum to make it correct...
  103 - 102 = 3
  Ans.....
  103 - 10² = 3.
  
  Great idea Paul. It has been created as an animation below. Transum
• Prince Of Maths, West Yorkshire
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• Once, there was a prince called Bob. His father said to him:-
  I rode into town on Friday, stayed for 3 days, and rode back out on Friday, how did I do it?
• S2 Maths Class Holyrood, Holyrood Secondary
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• Qaisar solved this in two seconds. We all thought this was great!! Mrs Boussouara's S2 maths class rules!!R.O.F.L.
• Rhys, Barclay Primary
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• How do you make this true. 1-1=2 just one line
  A. 1+1 =2.
• Emily,
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• 103-2=11
  Move one number
  A: 13-2=11.
• Kieran, Icknield
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• Can you find the right answer, by moving 1 line?
  56-42+72=26
  56+42-72=26
  what do you think?
• Maths N Laughs, Yate, S Glos
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• How about this one,
  The solution to sinx = nx is x = 6, can you work out how?
  The answer is to simply divide both sides by n:
  si x = x
  :)
  A little maths joke I hope you agree!
• Rebecca Wathen, Worfield Primary School
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• 0.5 = 1 - 2
  Move two items in this number sentence to make it correct.
  Answer 0.5 = 1/2.
• Reilly Stallard-Gorton, Worfield
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• 103 + 104 = 1207
  Move 1 number to make this true.
  You have to move the 1 from the instructions to the beginning of the calculation!
  1103 + 104 = 1207.
• Matthew Zhao, Year 7, Brisbane Boys' College, Toowong, Brisbane
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• I have a maths puzzle:
  41+1=25
  You are allowed to rub out only 1 part anywhere in the sum.
  Answer:
  4!+1=25.
• Ramesh P, APL Global School
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• One of my students in grade IX gave the correct solution.

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