Numeracy Challenge

Numeracy Challenge update:

Challenge 3: Numeracy in Literacy

If A=1, B=2, C=3…. Z=26.

Can you find a five-letter word which when the values of the letters are added makes a sum of 63.

The word cannot be a proper noun.

The last challenge was a hit, and it was pleasing to see many students and staff engaging with it. It was impressive how students were thinking out of box and justifying their answers.

Keep up the great work and looking forward to seeing your responses for the next one.

The names of the respondents and their responses for Challenge 3 are as follows.

Ben Long-

Prisa: Spanish for “hurry” or “rush”. The rules do not explicitly say that foreign words are not allowed, only the submission of proper nouns. “Prisa” is not a proper noun in Spanish. P – 16, R – 18, I – 9, S – 19, A - 1

Adonis Samuel Yr 10

M= 13, O = 15, T = 20, H = 8, S = 19 Sum = 13 + 15 + 20 + 8 + 7 = 63

Jade Dawson Yr 8

Hopes

Hoang Trung Nguyen Yr12 H

Wived: W-23, I-9, V-22, E-5, D-4

Sean Hiller Teacher

TEARS

Long Tran Teacher

Stare or Maths

Emily Ding Yr 8C

Pairs

Nicholas Power, Benjamin Long, Shaun George, Roahn Stockmeyerpairs.

This is an anagram of "prisa" (a Spanish word) which Ben, Shaun and Roahn came up with. then nick realised that "pairs" and "Paris" were both anagrams of "prisa" however, "Paris" is a proper noun so "pairs" is a correct solution.

Aito Stukas Yr 8

Hello! I have calculated that using the A1Z26 cipher, there are 355 possible solutions to this challenge. However, some of the answers are dubious, and a select few are inappropriate. Here are a few: - pairs, teens, tears, stain, sized, satin, ranks, crowd

Soham Joglekar 9J

We need to have a few large letters in it. After lots of testing, I found the word WITCH was 5 letters which reached 63. C = 3, H = 8, I = 9, T = 20, W = 23 3 + 8 + 9 + 20 + 23 = 63 WITCH

Emily Ding, Nicholas Power, Aito Stukas

PINESp=16, i=9, n=14, e=5, s=19 16+9+14+5+19=63

Ibrahim 9G

PLUCK P(16) + L(12) + U(21) + C(3) + K(11) =63

Jonathan Raseta

STAIN

Jason H 7B

Rates, Setar (instrument), stare, taser, tears S=19, a=1, r= 18, e=5, t=20 19+1+18+5+20=63

Looking forward to your responses:

Numeracy challenge 4:

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Have a lovely break everyone,

Ritika Mahajan

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Ritika Mahajan