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"A set of real life savers!! *Malcolm P, Dorset
"Prompted a great deal of enthusiasm and competition to find the quickest way!" Pete Freer, Rotherham
"We did it in 35 moves beat that!" Joe Murray, Linwood High
"We got 34. " Kenny Dyson, Deans Community HS, Livingston
"I found an answer for 30 moves" Russ Skinner, Grant Park High School, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
"27th Sept We did it in 26 goes. Beat that" George Abbot, Guildford Surrey
"I completed this exercise in 28 moves taken screen shot I can email it to you!! :):)" Jamie Pascoe, Notton House School
"My clever class did it in 24 buttons! BIS Jakarta, Indonesia
"Can you please provide how you did it in 26 steps ive been trying forever and cant do it in less than 32" Mr. B., Essex, UK
"As a class we have managed to complete this in 24 moves! Year 8 Set 2 Brinsworth Comp, Rotherham
"Thanks everyone for their feedback. Perhaps we should set some rules here. Transum,
" Here is the solution for 24 moves from my Y8 class, a team effort. Peter Freer, Brinsworth Comp Rotherham
"We have also managed to do it in 24 moves. Start with getting the 24 and get the 16 last by using the clear button" George Abbot School, Guildford Surrey
"Alex Robb's mum class 8b did it in 22 moves feeling quite smug." Kerry robb, Brinsworth Rotherham
"This was a really good starter, I did it with my top set year 7 and they loved it, especially when they realised there were shorter ways than what they had done, it made them determined to find it." Mr Barnes, Bradford
"I'm not great at Maths but I did it in 63." Tom, LGS
"Word - my year 10 bottom set (and proud) got a 27 first go. 'ave sum. " Mr Bracewell, Hanham High, UK
"We are from Park Academy we did it in 24" Mrs Lowry, SPA
"We had a go at this in class and no one could figure out how to do it in 24 moves... but i tried it at home and got it!!! 24 moves!! YAY!!!" Amber Read, 11 yrs,
"Bishop Ramsey Year 11 did this in 21 goes. Well done Chris!!!!" L Holmes, Ruislip
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Keep it up and thank you!"
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Beat that!"
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Can anyone beat that?"
Friday, September 28, 2007
When you first load this starter the target numbers are 16, 24, 97 and 624. If you refresh the page or click the "Change Numbers" button you will get four random target numbers. Let's agree that we are looking for the least number of button presses which achieves the original four target numbers.
Rather than just the number of button presses you should also record the buttons pressed E.g. 15+1+5+… etc"
Friday, September 28, 2007
11 + 5 = CE 11 + 1 + + + + 1 515 + 11 + 1 =
(16) (24) (97) (624)"
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Good, achieved the results I required
Satisfactory
Didn't really capture the interest of the students
Not for me! I wouldn't use this type of activity.
This starter has scored a mean of 4.5 out of 5 based on 74 votes.
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