Saturday 8 October 2016

Moving matchsticks

I made this calculation with some matchsticks. But it's incorrect, something's gone wrong. I think I put one matchstick in the wrong place.

By only moving one matchstick how can I correct this calculation?

How many different answers can you find?

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  1. You are rong 6 plus 4 equals 10

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    1. Read the question carefully Sami. Ask a Year 6 pupil to help in Blogging Club.

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  2. you should make it 5+4=9 by moving a stick on 6 and put it on 4 to make it 9

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    1. Great answer Aaliyah. Remember to write your class by your name when you comment. Are there any other answers Year 6?

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  3. TaraLeshae 6 blue2:46 pm, October 10, 2016

    Six add four is ten not four

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    1. Yes, but read the question carefully Tiara. Move one matchstick to make the calculation work.

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  4. If you move bottom on the left side it will give you five and add it to the the top of the four to make it nine.

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    1. Great work Shaznay. Do you think that you can find any others?

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  5. You have to move the matchstick on the plus sign and move it to the six and make it eight

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  6. To make four you have to take the middle stick from the six to make four. the calculation is 4+0=4

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    1. Yes good work Javan. This definitely works.

      Make sure you use spaces in your name though, your name isn't Javan6red, it's Javan (from) 6 Red!

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  7. Great teamwork Year 6. You have found three different solutions.

    Do you think there are any more?

    If there are, what are they?

    And if there aren't, can you prove that we've found them all?

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  8. You should move the stick on the left on the 6 so it makes 5 and put that stick on the top of the 4 so it makes 9 5+4=9

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  9. You have to take it from the plus sign and then add it onto the six so it turns into eight and the 8-4=4 .

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  10. You can do 5+4=9 by moving a matchstick from the 6 to make a 5, and then you put it on the 4 to make 9.

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  11. What you need to do is remove the matchstick from the add sign then it will become, 8-4=4 and the mistake is that 6+4=10

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  12. 8-4=4
    You can move the matchstick from the add sign and put it with six to make 8

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  13. What you need to do is remove the one of the matchsticks from the plus and add it to the six witch makes 8 so 8-4=4

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  14. What the answer is 8-4=4 or 5+4=9 and the wrong answer is 6+4=4 because its 6+4=10

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  15. 5+4=9
    6+9=15
    6+4-4=6
    8+4-4=8

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  16. You need to take away the add to the six so it will be eight and 8-4=4.

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  17. The six you just take the middle one then it turns into 5 and then you add it onto the answer then it euqles 9 so the met herd is 5-4=9.

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  18. you can take the add so it can be take away and then put it on the eight and then 8-4=4.

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  19. you take the middle stick so it turns into five and then add it onto the answer 4 but then it turns into nine and then the answer is 5-4=9.

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  20. 6+4=10 , you are wrong.

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  21. You can take the line going up from the add then put it where theres a space on the 6 then it will be 8-4=4

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  22. 4+6= 10 you had to put 6 in your
    Hed and 4 in your finger

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  23. 6+4=10 not 4 8-4=4

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  24. Take one match stick from the five and put it on top of the four and that is 5+4=9.

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  25. hi mr ashworth iam from 3red nahim might know me. so i think you need to take the 4 out and make it into a io because sami who is also from 3red he is right 6 plus 4 equals 10.

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  26. you can make 8-4=4 and you can also make 0+4=

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