To do this problem, we started with the lowest circle on the V, because this would affect both arms. Then, we took the highest of the remaining numbers, and the lowest of the remaining numbers and added them together. We then compared the sum of those to the sum of the two middle/in-between remaining numbers. If the sums were the same, we entered the addens used to make those two sums into the 2 spots on each arm of the V.
We know that we found every solution because when trying to mix up the the pairs of numbers to make other sums, none of the sums were equal. The only way you could make another V is if you mirrored one we already made, or switched the places of the top and middle circles of each arm.
A pattern we noticed during this project is that every even number in the sequence (the 2nd and 4th numbers, not 2 and 4, for example) did not work as a center number. The other numbers could not be paired to create equal sums.
We are including a picture of a small picture we made representing our work.
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First name
Somin Kim and Georgia Levine
School
American International School Chennai
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Age
11
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