Written by students during the lesson next to their workings out. They haven't found an answer yet but are continuing to try to solve the problem:
"I am trying to put a big number and then a small number in each row and column to try to get the same total because if I put all the bigger numbers together then the total will be bigger than other rows or columns."
"1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 = 45 and there need to be three digits in each row so I think the totals have to make 15 so I am adding numbers together to make 15 before writing them in the squares."
"I am placing the large numbers at the sides and the small numbers in the middle so they are mixed up."
"I am mixing up the small numbers and the big numbers because if you put all the big numbers together or the small numbers together, you would get different totals."