Topics: Starter | Number | Puzzles

• Sue Mainstone, Sir Charles Lucas arts college
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• Should have said todays number was planindromic as well
• Micky Bullock, Harrogate
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• Another solution is 0816336180.
• Miss Gilleece, Boldon School
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• My 9A1 got the answer in 3.2 minutes, Chris was the first to come up with the correct answer.......which is quite amazing considering!!!
• Mrh, Neb
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• I had a student had completed this in less than two minutes! Can anyone beat that!
• Jay, Yeates
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• Micky, your answer is wrong as it isn't the same when read upside down.
• Cheryl Joinson, Sychdyn School
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• I'm using starter of the day every mornign in my primary class.
  Our answer was 0811881180 but we have no way of checking if we are correct.
• Geraint White, Hadleigh High School
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• I got 0819116180.
• Fran,
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• Another soloution is 0816699180.
• Cheryl, Sychdyn Primary School
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• Geraint & Fran sorry but both your answers are wrong - the corect answer is at the bottom of this page - and my primary school class got it right! :-).
• Sally S, Barham School
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• Love reading the comments - sometimes V competitive between teachers themselves;).
• Mr. Dean, Varee International
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• What about 0810000180?
• 5DC, Lee On The Solent Junior School
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• We think the answer is 0811881180 :).
• Top Group Y5, ST JOHN'S SCHOOL
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• The boys loved this.
• Mr P Darch, FMS - Tom, Luke And Lucy
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• Enjoyed this and my Year 6 class solved in about 4 minutes.
  By the way the only answer is 0811881180 - the others either do not look the same upside down or do not satisfy the other rules.
• Mr Staples, Otamatea High School
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• My students enjoyed this and some found it quite easy Two boys completed in 2 minutes.
• Year 8D, Gresham's Prep School
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• We did this as a team
  0811881180
  Forgot to time ourselves - will challenge you all next week!

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