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Topics: Starter | Investigations | Probability

• Malcolm, Dorset
• Monday, March 12, 2007
• "They enjoyed this one!
  
  On the extension, there are two errors not one!"
• Year 8 set 1, Freebrough Specialist Engineering College, Cleveland
• Thursday, November 15, 2007
• "Actually, there is not one, or two mistakes in the extension question. There are in fact three mistakes!"
• Miss Chavda, KSHS, Lincolnshire
• Wednesday, March 12, 2008
• "Year 7s enjoyed this, and found a logical way to find all the solutions - 7A"
• Helsby High School, 9y4
• Tuesday, October 06, 2009
• "Most of the class liked this. Thank you."
• Amal, London
• Wednesday, December 02, 2009
• "There are 24 ways."

 

• N Cox, Ipswich
• Tuesday, March 16, 2010
• "Great starter. Extended to four 5, 6 and 7 people and to the use of the factorial key on the calculator."
• Angel, Sacred Heart High
• Saturday, March 05, 2011
• "There are 24 ways to stand in the straight line!"
• James, Weston
• Friday, March 11, 2011
• "I really enjoyed this starter, because our class stood up and lined up for us to work out the answer :)."
• Mr Musker And Class 4, Warden Hill Junior School
• Tuesday, March 15, 2011
• "We think that there are 24."
• Year 8 Legends, King James's
• Monday, March 19, 2012
• "We found 24 too. We also enjoyed doing the line-up."
• Year 6 - Sir John Heron School, Newham
• Monday, March 11, 2013
• "Nice starter. The children in y6 need another one to consolidate!"
• Mr Kavanagh's Fifth Class, Cork, Ireland
• Tuesday, March 12, 2013
• "We figured out that if there were ten people in the line there would be 3,628,800 different ways to arrange them."

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