Learning Specialists

Holiday Maths!

Here is a challenge for the holidays, directly from our Family Maths Night.

It's called Four 4's.

You need to use four 4's and any operation (+, -, x, for example) to make all the numbers to 20.

For example 4 + 4 + 4 - 4 = 8

The rules are that you need to use all four 4's for every number.

The two operations that will help that you may not be familiar with are 4! which is short for 4x3x2x1= 24 and the other is √4 which is the square root of 4 (which = 2).

Submit your answers to the box in the office on the first day back of Term 4 and there is a prize on offer. Don't forget to include your name :). More than one correct entry and it will be entered into a draw. Winner will be notified by phone and correct answers published in the newsletter.

Good Luck (and happy holidays!).

Pat Withell

Learning Specialist - Maths