Justundera Quid

A Maths Starter of The Day

Justundera Quid bought some letters to make a word and they cost exactly one penny less than one pound.

£

A costs 1p
B costs 2p
C costs 3p
etc

£

What do you think the word could have been?

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Keywords: Starter | Arithmetic | Problem Solving

"JUPITER"

H Cunningham, Hockerill
Monday, July 03, 2006

 

"LETTERS"

Year Six (set L), St Francis School, Wilts England
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

 

"ANSWERS"

Nick, Jordan, Ben, Scott,
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

 

"letters
jupiter"

7A2,
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"We found out how much our names would cost and "Tom Howe" is worth 99p!"

Tom Howe, Suffolk
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"My word is "Yoyos""

Chloe Crewe, Lake Middle School I.O.W
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"texting"

Chloe, Faringdon
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"Worry = 99p!
also YoYos"

Charlotte Bibbey, Haybridge High School, Hagley, WORCS
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"Zooming

Enjoyable and lots of near misses"

Bianca Littleton, Holden Lane Specialist Sports College
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"amission"

Nima Ismaelzadeh, London
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"My word is "texting" and I found it on my third try!"

Sophie Middleditch, Farlingaye High School
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"DEVIATION"

claire , doncaster
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"Doncaster"

Leanne, Doncaster
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"certificate"

Jay, Windmill Middle
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"Matthew Lennard and Lee Rice found "planners"
Shelby Mayhew and Rowan Weakley found "fittest"
Mahdi Khan found "booklets"
Zoe Pamment found "yoyos"
Craig Thurlow found "banger racing""

Members of 7G and 7H, Farlingaye High School
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"These are the words that I found: Answers, Explored"

Abdi-Wali, A7
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"CERTIFICATE"

Jess, Windmill Middle School
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

 

"INVOLVE"

George, John Willmott School Birmingham
Thursday, July 06, 2006

 

"Excellent activity"

Fractional, St. Illtyd's High School, Cardiff
Thursday, July 06, 2006

 

"Laura Hobday in my year 8 class found REFLECTING for 99p"

Mrs Albert, Henlow Middle School
Thursday, July 06, 2006

 

"FORTUNE"

Adam, Windmill Middle
Friday, July 07, 2006

 

"Words that add to 99p

zulus
thirteen

These 2 words seem to work.

You need to change H and K letters.

Great site !!!!!!!! Well done."

Michael whitfield, Admin@pontelandcoates.northumberland.sch.uk
Friday, July 07, 2006

 

"We thoroughilty enjoyed this starter, although it took a little longer as they were enjoying doing it.
The word we came up with was SPEECHMARK"

Lauren, Brocket school
Friday, July 07, 2006

 

"A blacksmith found by jack of 7A "

Jack Olding, Farlingaye HS
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

 

"shorts"

Lewis Allen, Halesworth Middle School
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

 

"Answers"

Joe Stobart, Halesworth Middle School
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

 

"Goodnight"

Julie Goodwin, Castle Vale School
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

 

""Name" "Worry" "PLANNERS" "SHORTS""

F HUGHES, KINGS SCHOOL
Thursday, July 20, 2006

 

"The guys and girls in Grangemouth High loved this activity coming up with wizards, hospital, printer, corridor, keyboards and my personal favourite Braveheart."

Scott Robertson, Grangemouth High
Friday, June 15, 2007

 

"BARBADOS IS ACE makes 99p, which is good because we're going on a sports tour there next year."

Mr Lambert's 1st Years, The Grange, Hartford
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

 

"Elephants, hospital and problems."

Darrick Wood, 8X2
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

 

"Texting and Letters"

, Saint Benedict
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

 

"voters- 99p!!!"

Gavin Dale, John Masefield
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

 

"heptagonal- 99p!!!"

Gavin Dale, John Masefield
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

 

"I have now found two word that equal 100!!

they are....

tweenies and gobbledegook!!"

Gavin Dale, John Masefield, Herefordshire
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

 

"Sneezing, shirty, gymnast, shorts"

Jessica, Millais School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Thirty"

Joshua, Lakes School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"External"

Ben Doyle, Lake School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Worry!"

Sam, QMC
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"My dad's name Stuart came to 99p"

Megan Haddaway, Cannock Chase High
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Letters"

Central Foundation Girls' School, London E3 2AT, Fahmin Begum Ali
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Deferential"

Jon Allsop, DHSB, Plymouth
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Popular"

Shantell Murray, Hackney Free School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"I was the first one in my class to find the first word which adds up to 99. I'm PROUD!!
Physics"

Vikki Marsh, Studley High School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Shorts"

Georgina, Studley High School
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Flo found the word 'worry'"

Flo, Dixons City Academy
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Answers"

Laura, England
Thursday, July 05, 2007

 

"Stuart Bergh in 7X/Ma1 found that his name 'Stuart' costs 99p !"

Mrs Smith, The Leventhorpe School
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"LETTERS is worth 99p"

Conor McClafferty, UK
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"explored"

Jodie, Herman Middle
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"Tazmanian because it's my name"

Taz Dray, Bennett Memorial School
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"squarer"

Will and Charlie, John Masefield high school
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"Sami Ali has found SPIDERMAN"

Year 7, Coleridge Community College
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"excellent
ridicules
answers
straws
culture
fountain"

Year 8 set A1, John Masefield Ledbury
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"Wrigley"

Brandon Simpson, George Spencer School
Friday, July 06, 2007

 

"We found the words LETTERS and BOTTLING"

Upward Bound, Islington
Saturday, July 07, 2007

 

"We Found the word "Donnors""

Holloway School, London
Monday, July 09, 2007

 

"lipstick
styler"

Beth, HMS
Monday, July 09, 2007

 

"Luke Dowgill found 'Wednesday' and Dylan Parle found 'stress'"

Set 5B, Farsley Farfield Primary School in Leeds
Monday, July 09, 2007

 

"Gymnast and laptops"

T Astill, Bayhouse
Monday, July 09, 2007

 

"10X2 at Orleans Park found this activity very exciting. We found TEXTING AND PLANNERS."

Miss Benjamin, Orleans Pak
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 

"She has used her last name to come up with 99p- STUART!! Well done!"

Nadine Stuart, Hackney Free
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 

"hutting"

Year 9, Ecclesbourne school maths club
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

 

"SJB, year 9 set 3 came up with 'gestured' and 'cellulite'....and we are still trying!!!"

Year 9 set 3, SJB
Thursday, July 12, 2007

 

"'Shorts'
I found it after an hour!"

Chloe Carpenter, Howard Middle School
Friday, July 13, 2007

 

"'le trips' is 99p but its kind of french;)"

kate greenlee, wycombe
Saturday, July 14, 2007

 

"Spiderman"

Tajinder, Gulleed, Yusuf, Nij, Featherstone High School 10Y1
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

 

"7X2 at SJB found PLANNERS (Tim B-V), JUPITER (Elise F), PHYSICS (Tommy L) and STREAMER (Anna R)... we're still looking for more!!"

7X2, SJB
Thursday, July 19, 2007

 

"Decomposed"

Louise Summers, London
Thursday, July 19, 2007

 

"Popular and habitation"

Class 3, Norton Sub Hamdon Primary
Friday, July 20, 2007

 

"Explored"

Class 3, Norton Primary
Friday, July 20, 2007

 

"SPOTTED "

Charlotte, 10.2 Hadleigh High School, Suffolk
Friday, June 13, 2008

 

"WEATHERS"

Toby Harvey, 10.2 Hadleigh High School, Suffolk
Friday, June 13, 2008

 

"EVERTON works but Liverpool doesn't!!"

Christ the King, 9k2 Maths Class
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

 

"Invincible"

Bob, Worcester
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

 

"TRIPLES"

Sam Kinning, JSTC Alford
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

 

"LETTERS"

Natasha Snaith, The College High School Of Art
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

 

"We found the word triples and the sum is 99."

Daniel Fisher and Jack Fulcher, Acle High School
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

 

"Purest"

y8Set3, Bolton Muslim Girls School
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

 

"Revolve"

Year 10, Swakeleys School
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

 

"OLIVE OIL!"

Andrew Muir, 4Y1 Cults
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

 

"Lydia Reed found the word 'Letters' costs 99p.

Millie Parrish found the word 'shorts' costs 99p.

Both girls are in 7YMa2"

Mrs Smith, The Leventhorpe School
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

 

"Surgeon"

Charlie Sanderson, St Margaret's Junior School, England
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

 

"Snowman"

Emma Parker, Papanui High, Christchurch, NZ
Thursday, July 03, 2008

 

"Pollys"

Courtney Self, The Sholing Technology College
Thursday, July 03, 2008

 

"SETTLER"

Ryan 'Ryzer', Aberdeen
Thursday, July 03, 2008

 

"David Wang and Sam Holmes found the answer ...'exactly'."

Pip Mears, Berkley Normal Middle School. Hamilton. New Zealan
Friday, July 04, 2008

 

"We have found; BATTERIES, POPULAR"

Class 9Y2, Hadleigh High School Suffolk
Friday, July 04, 2008

 

"'Spiderman' was found by one of my year 9 students."

Miss Harding, Robert May's School
Friday, July 04, 2008

 

"Snowman"

Stanley School of Technology, Co Durham
Friday, July 04, 2008

 

"The answer is TREETOP"

Emmanuel Agyapong, London
Saturday, July 05, 2008

 

"Slowing"

Jessica Graham, Peafield Lane Primary School
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

 

"My name = 99p!"

Emily Rice, Cardiff
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

 

"Robyn from 7G at TWGGS found "THIRTEEN"

Emily PATTENDEN found her surname

Imogen found INVOLVE "

7G, TWGGS
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

 

"9-2-6 came up with SPIDERMAN"

Mark Flint, Cannock Chase High School
Friday, July 11, 2008

 

"I have the following words

planners
yoyos
everton
decomposed
jupiter
streamer
hutting"

Iram Patel, BMGS
Friday, July 11, 2008

 

"'Pointy' was the answer that 7Q2 found in 10 minutes!"

7Q2, Swanmore College of Technology
Monday, July 14, 2008

 

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