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The year four pupils at Whitehouse Common Primary School found the following solution to the puzzle during their maths lesson.

Can you find three consecutive numbers where the first is a multiple of 2, the second is a multiple of 3 and the third is a multiple of 4?

Here are the examples they found-
2, 3, 4
14, 15, 16
26, 27, 28
38, 39, 40
50, 51, 52
62, 63, 64

What do you notice?
They noticed that that all of the multiples of 2 and 4 were even and the multiples of 3 were odd.
They noticed that there was a pattern. If you add 12 to each of the consecutive numbers you get the next three consecutive numbers that are multiples of 2, 3 and 4.

The strategies they used were-
numicon,
trial and error,
times table knowledge,
counting on,
column addition,
number bonds,
bus stop method,
inverse knowledge.

The pupils will now attempt the next part and keep you updated!