Triplets

How many triplets can you find?
Find as many sets of triplets as possible which add up to 38

24 15 8 26
38 5 9 14
23 21 6 9
7 22 25 27

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"A really useful set of resources - thanks. Is the collection available on CD? Are solutions available?"

*Mike Sendrove, Salt Grammar School, UK.
Thursday, May 25, 2006

 

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"My class worked on this for 5 minutes individually and then we collated the results. As a class they were able to find 15 different combinations."

Mrs Lewis, Year 8, Hartford High School
Thursday, April 10, 2008

 

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Here are some triplets. Did you find any more?

27+5+6

22+7+9

21+8+9
23+7+8 25+6+7 24+6+8
26+5+7 9+14+15  
     

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