### Exploring Wild & Wonderful Number Patterns

EWWNP means Exploring Wild and Wonderful Number Patterns Created by Yourself! Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.

### Dice and Spinner Numbers

If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?

### Month Mania

Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?

# I'm Eight

##### Stage: 1, 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level:

Rachel from West Flegg Middle School has made decisions about things such as what numbers she wanted to use and what sort of mathematics she used. And she look for patterns! She says:

Hi, I'm Rachel. I am nearly eleven, so I thought I would write about "I'm Eleven''. In my investigation of different ways to find eleven, I will be using addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals and timesing. Some sums will use all and some will use some, but whatever, I will make eleven.

 1 (10 + 78) $\div$ 8 = 11 2 (0.8 $\times$ 10) +3 = 11 3 0.11 $\times$100 = 11 4 ((11/12 of 72) $\div$ 11) +5 = 11 5 50 - 39 = 11 6 (3 $\times$ 12) - (100 $\div$ 4)= 11

I also, apart from these sums, found 2 sets of patterns. Here they are:

Pattern 1

 (4 $\times$3) - 1 = 11 (5 $\times$3) - 4 = 11 (6 $\times$3) - 7 = 11 (7 $\times$3) - 10 = 11

Pattern 2

 (4 $\times$11)-(3 $\times$11) = 11 (5 $\times$11)-(4 $\times$11) = 11 (6 $\times$11)-(5 $\times$11) = 11 (7 $\times$11)-(6 $\times$11) = 11

 7 (132 $\div$ 10) - 2.2 = 11 8 52 - 41 = 11 9 (77 $\div$ 11) + 4 = 11 10 (11 $\times$ 11) $\div$ 11= 11 11 249.15 $\div$ 22.65 = 11 12 3$^2$ + 2 = 11