Light Shopping

Keywords: Starter | Algebra | Money | Problem Solving

• Steve Swarbrick, Balshaws Leyland
• Wednesday, January 31, 2007
• "What a beautiful question.
  All my classes assumed this was dead easy and that the answer was £2-00."
• Ian Squires, New College Telford
• Tuesday, December 02, 2008
• "Illuminating question! Used it to introduce some simple algebra :)"
• Class 1M2, Lochend Community High School
• Thursday, January 22, 2009
• "This caused a big class discussion ...Thomas got it!!"
• Y8 set 1 Mr Heeley's stars, NLC, Huddersfield
• Wednesday, January 28, 2009
• "We think this was fab - shine a light!
  It really lit up our day. Connor got it right, but everyone else was bambulbelled!
  Keep it up Transum. Lamptastic!!"
• , Sion - Manning R.C Girls School
• Wednesday, April 01, 2009
• "Very Good. It left my class puzzled and stunned when they realised the answer."

 

• Mr Sinclair, Oban High School, Scotland
• Friday, January 22, 2010
• "A great puzzle. Wee jamie thought it was easy. The rest of the class all agreed eventually."
• Mrs Gocht, Dremy School
• Saturday, January 23, 2010
• "What a great puzzle we have most of my class did not know the answer for a long time but one smart bulb got it!"
• Class 1.6, Brechin High School
• Friday, March 05, 2010
• "This question was intriguing, so simple, yet so frustrating! We got the answer £2 into our heads and couldn't get it out. A light bulb went on in Campbell's head! More like this one, please!"
• Class 1.4, Brechin High School
• Friday, March 05, 2010
• "We automatically thought that the lamp was £30! That put us off the track. Three girls had a light bulb moment! We found a diagram useful."
• Mrs Morran, St. Fidelis Catholic Primary School
• Monday, June 07, 2010
• "One of my class was very smart and worked it out some others still looked puzzled."
• Year 8, Welshpool High School
• Thursday, January 20, 2011
• "Jake was the only one to get it right. Everyone else said £2!"

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