This scenario provides the opportunity to develop fluency in addition whilst analysing a scenario that promotes thinking about creative solutions. As a starting point, the class can explore the number of points that can be scored. The above example scores 6 with 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 0 being used once each. The 3 is used twice. If a new score is made, the … Continue reading What if we tried to make a sum of 5555 using each digit as few times as possible?