Gransnet forums

Games

Saturday's Maths Brainteasers, please have a go! ?

(131 Posts)
Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 07:34:20

Good morning all, today brings another teaser, which is not meant to be taken too seriously.
It may cause some controversy, as depending on how you interpret it, there are two possible answers.
Good luck and be gentle with me!

annep1 Sat 04-Apr-20 20:18:10

Doodle grin

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:18:32

Obviously I’m not to good at spelling Miss blush I meant sums ?

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:18:58

That will be impossible, as you are in detention..... Another thing, don't you be sneaking out to that Alphabet Bar.

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:19:02

Oops too ?

Auntieflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:19:52

Where are you miss? It's gone 7 pm!!,

I bet she's playing hookey

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:20:10

Humpfh! That’s not fair Miss, it wasn’t me it was those other girls leading me astray. ?

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:20:18

Calculations!!!!! ? Sums means addition. Have you learned nothing????

Auntieflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:20:36

Well, you certainly snuck back in there ?

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:21:01

auntieflo do you want to sneak out tonight and go clubbing wiv me. ?

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:21:04

Playing hookey? I got carried away by Rick Stein in Palermo. wink

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:23:05

Oh. Puff I still think it’s a fruit salad so it’s cookery not calculations so there. Stomps off in a huff. ?

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:23:40

Thank you all for being such good sports. ??

Doodle Sat 04-Apr-20 20:26:02

Thank you for taking the time to entertain us too Marydoll . It’s been good fun ?

Auntieflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:32:45

Doodle ? clubbing? Moi? I don't think my knees would take it, but thanks for the offer. Best I've had all day!

Auntieflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:33:41

Have I missed the answers? I just popped back to see and doing my knitting in between. Multi tasking.

Bathsheba Sat 04-Apr-20 20:34:52

Oh I didn’t post my Ashley answer! I was sure I had hmm (It was 22).

Auntieflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:35:45

Oh buckets of blood, I didn't look at the previous page.
Sorry pardon miss, I will try and concentrate tomorrow.

willa45 Sat 04-Apr-20 20:36:09

Aw shucks!...late for class again!!

Last bunch is short one banana, so it's only worth 3 'cents' instead of 4!

Answer is = 14

Ashley is 22 and her mother is 44

Can I get an A for effort? grin

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:41:06

A? B, you were late for class ! We waited for you, hoping you would appear, wila. grin

See you tomorrow, If I'm spared, as my mother used to say.

PS, I hope you aren't using bad language in class, wila. I may have to report you to GNHQ, we are innocents on this thread. wink

littleflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:45:39

Please can you explain the Ashley answer as it has got me totally baffled?

gillybob Sat 04-Apr-20 20:45:45

Thank you for the best thread on GN right now MissDoll . smile

I’m trying to be teachers pet !

willa45 Sat 04-Apr-20 20:51:24

Bad language?.... Hmmm.....was it because I used the 'shucks' word?
'cuz I have another one that sounds like 'shucks', only it starts with....

Uh oh, best I leave now......she's giving me 'the look'.

littleflo Sat 04-Apr-20 20:54:21

Ok I have it now. Even with the new maths or any other fandangle, 37 take away 17 won’t ever be 12. I am sitting in the corner with my dunces hat on.

Marydoll Sat 04-Apr-20 20:56:11

littleflo, this is the easiest way to work it out.
It is a problem solving strategy we taught called, Make a table.
You could also try, Guess, check and improve.

I'm in big trouble! We were supposed to be watching a film half an hour ago!

gillybob Sat 04-Apr-20 20:58:55

Hope the film was worth missing Marydoll !

Ooops sorry are we even allowed to call teacher by her first name ? Giggling from the back row grin