EWWNP means Exploring Wild and Wonderful Number Patterns Created by Yourself! Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.
Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
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?
Joel, Callum and Bethan from William Harding School each sent in a solution to this problem. They all agreed that the smallest blue numbers that make a complete chain are 2-4-8-16 and the largest blue numbers that will make a complete chain are 5-25-50-100. (Although what is the largest number possible in position one?)
Tiberiu wrote to us to say:
I wonder if you can explain why? Are there some other numbers which can't appear?
Tiberiu continued:
The "Southville Sizzlers" at Southville Primary School also worked hard on this problem. Well done to all of you.