Triplets
Find as many sets of triplets as
possible which add up to 38
| 16 | 15 | 12 | 18 |
| 38 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
Teacher: Collect together students' findings by clicking on the numbers above.
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- Chris Southward, Limehouse School Cumbria
- Monday, December 10, 2007
- "Year 7 found four more which you haven't mentioned in your triplets summing to 34 list. 24,3,7 - 24,5,5 - 25,3,6, and 23,7,4"
- Liz Masshedar, Peterlee
- Monday, December 10, 2007
- "Just found this site. Already my year 6 pupils are reminding me to find the day's challenge. It is a really good resource to start the maths lesson and give them something to think about. Thanks!"
- A O'Hagan, First year Holyrood Sec Glasgow
- Wednesday, December 10, 2008
- "Cesco and Asim found two more...22,8,4 and 21,8,5. The whole class managed to find all the others."
- Mrs Humphreys' Maths group, Nevill Road Juniors, Bramhall, Stockport
- Thursday, December 11, 2008
- "We (year 6) found another 6 triplets that weren't mentioned."
- Class 5, Speyside
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009
- "We found 10, did yoy find any more?"
- Emma Roach,
- Tuesday, October 06, 2009
- "We got 11 different triplets.
Did this with bottom set year 8 who loved doing it!" - P5, Giffnock Primary
- Thursday, December 10, 2009
- "P5 at Giffnock Primary School found 12 triplets!!"
- Class 2/6, Lauren Cowie
- Thursday, December 10, 2009
- "This was too easy for us and not very challenging, and not up to the usual standard."
- Room 2 Maths, Taradale Intermediate
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010
- "We are pretty choice, because we got 13!!"
- Stewart, Direk Schools South Australia
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010
- "Year 6/7 class found 12 combination."
- 2V, Stromness Academy
- Thursday, August 19, 2010
- "We got 14!"
- M Ozog, Inverkiething High School
- Wednesday, September 01, 2010
- "4MA5 found 13
Well done." - Mr M's Nice But Dim Group, Canggu Community School, Bali
- Wednesday, September 29, 2010
- "Zac found 15, but then Zac can't count. We actually found 11 as a whole class, love the starters - keep it up!"
- Miss Nixey, Dartington Primary School
- Thursday, December 09, 2010
- "Year 5 and 6 at Dartington Primary School found 15 different ways. Well done everyone!"
- 1AFG2, Dyce Academy
- Thursday, December 09, 2010
- "Dyce Academy got 15 triplets. We are very smart!"
- Mrs Renny, BTJS
- Thursday, December 09, 2010
- "5GR at Bishop Tufnell found 14 triplets!"
- Mrs D, Chadsmead Lichfield
- Friday, December 10, 2010
- "Chadsmead year 5 got 14!"
- Katie Pasby, Hampton College
- Friday, December 10, 2010
- "I found 17 triplets."
- Mrs Rush, Reepham High
- Friday, December 10, 2010
- "8MAH found 13 and are still looking!"
- Mrs Simpson, Forres Academy
- Monday, December 13, 2010
- "Our S1 class got 15 triplets! Enjoyed this challenge."
- Year 10, Welshpool High School
- Monday, January 24, 2011
- "We reckon there is lot more than 17. At least 30!"
- Year 9 Set 3 2011, Welshpool High School, Powys, Wales
- Monday, January 24, 2011
- "Kirsty found 16 which we thought was really good. Louis and Alistair found 14.Others ranged down to 3."
- Mr Morriss Class 7B3, Montgomery High School
- Tuesday, May 03, 2011
- "We spend 5 mins individually and then gathered our answers together and got 16 as a class!!! We really enjoyed this task and got pretty competitive between ourselves and the rest of the Schools that commented on here!!"
- 7b3, Derby High School
- Tuesday, December 06, 2011
- "This is a good puzzle we'd like to see more like this."
- E Walters, Brigshaw High School
- Thursday, December 08, 2011
- "We found 18! We are good!"
- Stewart, Lake Windemere
- Friday, December 09, 2011
- "Room 17
Year 6/7 class found 16." - Mr Gregory, Lincolnshire
- Friday, December 09, 2011
- "We found 13! Mr Gregory reckons there definitely are no more than that (but he did miss one out earlier)."
- Mrs Taylor, North Muirton
- Monday, December 12, 2011
- "Our P6 class are awesome, we got 21! we love these challenges."
- Trevor Lewis, Nortonthorpe Hall School
- Tuesday, December 13, 2011
- "We found 27 and then had to give up for time."
- 7 BM1, Harlow
- Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- "We found 30 but we ran out of time!"
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Here are some triplets. Did you find any more?
| 19+9+10 | 14+11+13 | 13+12+13 |
| 15+11+12 | 17+10+11 | 16+10+12 |
| 18+9+11 | 9+14+15 |
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