Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

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Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

There are many solutions to this problem. Here is one correct solution received from a student at West Flegg Middle School in Norfolk.

Dee Dum
48 28
32 44
54 22
18 58
61.50 14.50
20.50 55.50
39 37
38 38

Hence, they share 76 pounds between them.

It also works if you share 80 pounds between them, starting with 42 for Dee and 38 for Dum. Can you find any other solutions?


Published October 1997.