Not Multiples

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• *Mrs Wilshaw, Dunsten Collage,Essex
• Monday, March 12, 2007
• "This website was brilliant. My class and I really enjoy doing the activites."
• Mr Hartley, Farmor's, England
• Tuesday, March 27, 2007
• "My class spotted a mistake in this puzzle and I am rather embarassed that they spotted before me! There is only one 3, which corresponds to c, so the solution cannot be calculate."
• Transum,
• Tuesday, March 27, 2007
• "Equally embarrassing is the fact that your class spotted the mistake before Transum did. Congratulations to your class and many thanks to you for the feedback. An extra 3 has now been added as can be seen above."
• Georgina Kokkinos and Nandi Luthuli, West St. Leonards CP School
• Friday, March 30, 2007
• "Here is a word consisting of letters representing numbers which are not multiples of 3:
  Tenths (20,5,14,20,8,19)"
• Jodie Colvin and Becky Reeve, West St. Leonards CP School
• Friday, March 30, 2007
• "Here are some words consisting of letters representing numbers which are not multiples of 3:
  Take away,(20,1,11,5,1,23,1,25)"
• 8Y1, Garth Hill College Bracknell, Berks
• Thursday, April 02, 2009
• "We found MATHS "13,1,20,8,19"
  SHAPE "19,8,1,16,5"
  SPEED "19,16,5,5,4"
  WEDNESDAY "23,5,4,14,19,4,1,25"
  8Y1 Garth Hill College Bracknell."
• Harrytown Catholic High School, Stockport
• Thursday, April 02, 2009
• "7H from Harrytown in Stockport found Calculate, Cell (Alex Hickey), Acute (Charlotte Moores)."
• The Best Maths Class Ever 7cd/M2, King Alfred's College, OXON
• Thursday, April 02, 2009
• "How about unscrambling these from the numbers 1 to 26 which are not multiples of 3:
  16,25,1,16,14
  13,1,20,8,19
  22,5,14,5
  7,19,22,7,20
  4,5,1,4
  4,1,4
  19,1,5,2
  5,19,13,1,8,20
  How many can you find?"
• Neeleeny, London
• Monday, April 06, 2009
• "Which numbers aren't multiples of three in the following:
  3 12 13 1 20 8 9 24 27."
• Paul D'Silva, St Pius X Catholic High
• Thursday, April 23, 2009
• "For 'not multiples' of 3 try TANGENT (20 1 14 5 14 20)."
• George, Ireland
• Sunday, April 25, 2010
• "To find out numbers which are NOT multiples of 3, simply add the two digits together and if they come to 3,6,or 9 they ARE multiples of three if not, you have your answer."

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