Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
Can you arrange the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 into three 3 - digit
numbers such that their total is close to 1500?
You might like to think about how many different ways there are of getting as close as you can to 1500.
You might like to think about how many different ways there are of getting as close as you can to 1500.
Addition & subtraction. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Factors and multiples. Trial and improvement. Working systematically. Place value. Properties of numbers. Divisibility. Generalising. Integers.
Published October 1997.
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