Three Make 1000

Topics: Starter | Arithmetic

• The Best Maths Class Ever. 7cd/M2, King Alfred's College. Oxfordshire.
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• It was fun but sir didn't like this one because he only got 1 !!! Molly says, 'I think we should do similar ones to this'. Danny managed to find 5 different combinations which we thought was EXCELLENT...
• Karina, St.Johns Primary
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• We managed to find 6 combinations.
• Mr Fairhead, The Mountbatten School
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• My Year 8 class worked on this independently and we then shared our solutions. They managed to find 9 different solutions. I "accidently" forgot to show the bit about using a calculator, which made the results all the more rewarding!
• Mrs Ward And 7X2, Eaton Bank School, Congleton
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• We found 9 combos altogther!
• Mrs L Kirkwood, Sir Henry Fermor CE Primary
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• My Year 5 class have just worked on this activity. They were not allowed calculators and we came up with 9 solutions! Well done 5M.
• Mary Yeboah, Home
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• It was a lovely starter . Miss forgot to show us the calculator part so it was even better.
• Miss M, The Meadows
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• This is Miss M from The Meadows - despite some of the negative comments from my year 9 class - we love The Starter of the Day and enjoy the tasks - thanks for all your hard work on this.
• Mrs F, Sevenoaks
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• First day of term and my class found 10 solutions! Well done Year 6!
• Mr Fraser & Class 10 (Y5), West Park Academy, Darlington
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• In Class 10 (Year 5) we managed to find 10 different combinations!
• The Best Yr8 Maths Class, King Alfreds Academy. EAST SITE
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• Was good fun. We found 10 which we think is excellent in just ten minutes. We challenge any school can do better....
• Mr Kavanagh's Fifth Class, Cork, Ireland
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• Our class found six different sums, however if we include rearrangements of the numbers within the sums, we got thirty six.
• Mr Williams, Winterfold House School
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• We got all 11. Everyone in the class got at least 2 answers.
• Transum,
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• Thanks to everyone for making the comments and as a result the instruction to a calculator has been removed. It is now up to the teacher to declare whether or not a calculator can be used. This makes a worthwhile pencil and paper calculation practice but even with the of a calculator it is expected that the mental process involved in deciding which numbers are likely candidates is also worthwhile.
• Mrs Lovatt, Killinghall CE Primary
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• Year 5 and 6 loved this challenge, especially trying to beat the year 8s with calculators! They managed to find all 9.
• J6 Numeracy Class, Sidcot School
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• Year 6 class found 10 solutions :).
• Mrs Hogarth, Parkhead Primary School, Scotland
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• We managed to find 11 different combinations in 15 minutes! My pupils really enjoy starters like this!
• Mr Mills, Homewood School
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• My yr 11 class only got 4 but it was their 1st lesson back after the holiday. Well done Josh, Ella, Jake and Liam who got our combinations.
• Penllwyn Primary, Twitter
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• Dosbarth pengwin are straight back into working mode with their numeracy starter #numeracy @Transum pic.twitter.com/e9XYGBHqO7

  — Penllwyn Primary (@PenllwynPrimary) April 24, 2017

• P7, Sullivan Prep
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• Loved this! We found 6 ways in 10 minutes. One pupil was quicker than the teacher! It was good for discussing strategies.
• Mrs Fox, Park View Primary
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• 10 ways found!
• Miss King, Kirkcudbright Primary School
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• We managed to find nine different methods! Woohoo!
• Darcey, Guy And Suzie, Yarrells School, Poole, UK
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• Our Year 5s loved this one. Darcey, Guy and Suzie solved it 1st! Well done!

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