Time for MATH MINUTE!
(provide your favorite theme music here). Get out
your paper & pencil, because I have a new puzzle for you!!
PUZZLE #83 Number Play
A. If you
have the numbers 5, 5, 5, 5 can you compute the number 55 using all four
numbers and any combination of the operations addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division?
Bonus:
Can you compute the number 30?
B. If you
have the numbers 3, 3, 6, 6 can you compute the number 21 using all four
numbers and any combination of the operations addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division?
Bonus:
If you have the numbers 3, 3, 7, 7 can you compute the number 24?
Have
fun!
Send
your comments, ideas and solutions before Monday to the email below, and
in the subject line be sure to put
MM in the subject line
Visit
us here online at:
http://www2.potsdam.edu/parksjm/MM1.htm
to see the results every Friday.
See you next time on MATH MINUTE! (theme music fades out here).