999

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Arrange the numbers 1-9 to make three 3 digit numbers that add up to 999.

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  • Jon Brian, British School of Bucharest
  • Friday, April 04, 2008
  • "Inspired by those who found 8 correct answers, 5B from the British School of Bucharest found 10!
    Thanks for the stimulus!"

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The answers to this starter can be found on a different page so that you can give students access to this page to work on. We're guessing the students haven't studied calculus yet so here's the secret way the teacher can get to the answers. Differentiate the expression below and type the answer here:

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9x2+2x-3
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Do you have "Laptops in Lessons"?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

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students to this page to try this activity.

http://www.transum.org/go/?to=999