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Bonus Points #1
November 30th, 2006 by mathchallenger
On the first thread titled “Welcome to the Math Challenger,” there is a puzzle with various colors and shapes that appears in the form of a subtraction problem. Study the puzzle. Post possible solutions to the puzzle in this thread. You must include 3 seperate 3 digit numbers. In other words, retype the problem with the appropriate numbers in the appropriate spaces. Thursday December 7th, all responses will be posted in the thread for public viewing. If your response is correct, you will receive 5 points on your next chapter test.
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on December 2nd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
942 this was one 429 this one was on the bottom of
-522 the top of – 224 the two
—– the two —–
420 problems 205
on December 2nd, 2006 at 10:45 pm
521-311=220
213-112=203
on December 5th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
420,210,205
on December 5th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
521
-311
—–
210
215
-112
—-
103
on December 5th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
621-411=210
216-112=104
on December 5th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
542
-122
—–
420
425
-224
—-
201
on December 6th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
763 637
-133 -336
=630 =301
on December 6th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
763
-133
=630
637
-336
=301
on December 6th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
When I studied the problem, I tried to figure out what numbers fit in to make it work. This is ONE of the four solutions I got :
521 – 311 = 210
and
215 – 112 = 103
on December 6th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
stephanie H
when i figured oout the puzzle I Got 521 -311=210
For the second part I got 215-112=103
on December 6th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
My answer is 1.: 942-522=420
2: 429-224=205
on December 7th, 2006 at 1:24 am
521-311=210
on December 7th, 2006 at 10:18 am
Ms. Wright for this problem I did the bottom one.
I got 321-223=298 and that matched up!
Thanks Lauren
on December 7th, 2006 at 10:49 am
i got 314 and 212 and it matched for the bottom one and the answer is 112
on December 7th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
The hexagon is 5,the triangle is 4,the circle is 2, the square is 1.