Everyone who sent in answers had to think about how to show
the order of each little calculation. Some wrote down the answer
after each step, some used the 'rule' that any multiplying and
dividing should be done before the adding and subtracting, and
some put brackets around bits that had to be done first.
All of the calculations shown below lead to 100 - but you could
think about whether they have chosen the best way to write their
answers.
Rayner
from Tao Nan School, Singapore sent in these
two:
1 x 2 x 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 x 9 = 100
123 + 45 - 67 + 8 - 9 = 100
Christopher
from Tattingstone School
First of all I put down the numbers 1 to 9 on a bit of paper and
kept adding, multiplying, dividing and subtracting until I got
the right answer and these are what I came up with.
9 x 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 100
7 x 9 x 2 - 6 -5 - 4 - 3 - 8 x 1 = 100
Rowena
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +5 x 6 - 7 + 8 + 9 =100
I just tried some sums until I found one that worked.
Helena
from Tattingstone School
7 x 8 ÷ 4 x 6 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 9 - 2 = 100
Sally
from Tattingstone School
1 x 2 + 3 x 4 x 5 - 6 + 7 + 8 - 9 = 100
Gina and Kate from Yarm Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees
James from Yarm Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees
Jessica from Tattingstone School, UK ... I played around with the numbers ... until I had 500 which I could divide by 5.
Jason
from Priory School, UK
(1 x 2) + (3 x 4) x 5 +(6 + 7 + 8 + 9) = 100
Alexander
from Crofton Junior School, Kent
[(1 + 2) ÷ 3] + 4 + (5 x 6) + (7 x 8) + 9 = 100
Daniel
from Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4) x (((-5 + 6) x (-7 + 8)) + 9)
= 10 x (((-5 + 6) x (-7 + 8)) + 9)
= 10 x ((1 x (-7 + 8)) + 9)
= 10 x ((1 x 1) + 9)
= 10 x (1 x 9)
= 10 x 10
= 100
Lennox
from Norbury Manor Primary School
(9x8) + (4x6) + 9 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 56 + 24 + 20 = 100
Declan and Harry
from Norbury Manor Primary School
(7 x 8) + (4 x 6) + 9 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 56 + 24 + 20 =
100