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Saturday's Maths : Miss MaryDoll's Scintillating, Seriously, Satisfying, Simple, Saturday Starter.

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Marydoll Sat 18-Apr-20 08:02:10

Good morning class, here is today's starter.

No trickery intended, but if you wish to misinterpret, please share your ideas with us all. It makes for a more interesting thread.
After all, Miss MaryDoll is not perfect! Well actually I am! wink

For new classmates, this is meant to be a bit of fun, please join in and do not allow yourself to be led astray by certain unruly posters! grin

Bathsheba Sat 18-Apr-20 08:15:28

The answer's 6 Miss. But Miss why is skool starting so early today? I'm not even dressed shock

Marydoll Sat 18-Apr-20 08:18:12

I'm waiting for a Tesco delivery!!! grin

Bathsheba, teacher's pet!

Beechnut Sat 18-Apr-20 08:33:13

6 is my answer. Off to eat my potato puffs.

Esspee Sat 18-Apr-20 08:35:25

I get 4 (but never been good at mathematics)

Esspee Sat 18-Apr-20 08:40:09

Oops should have shown my working then I would have realised my answer was wrong.blush
10x10=100
16=10+6
14+6=20
6=20-14

So answer is 6 blush

Bathsheba Sat 18-Apr-20 08:40:40

Oh no! Don't say that on here Miss. Now I'll have Doodle and all the others taking the piss mickey out of me all day. And no-one will pick me for their netball team this afternoon sad.

<puts thinking cap on and tries to think up some wicked hilarious mischief>

Esspee Sat 18-Apr-20 08:43:22

Potato puffs Beechnut? Sounds like something you might nibble with an aperitif. What are you having for breakfast.?

JenniferEccles Sat 18-Apr-20 08:47:20

6

Polly99 Sat 18-Apr-20 08:49:55

I make it 6. Love the title sounds like something from a Harry Potter novel.

Beechnut Sat 18-Apr-20 08:51:49

I’m going to have boiled egg and toast for breakfast Esspee.
Potato puffs were a break time snack all those years ago when I was at school ?

Sorry for talking in class Miss Marydoll ?

shysal Sat 18-Apr-20 09:37:31

6

Marydoll Sat 18-Apr-20 10:18:42

Can we please just have the answer and no working for the moment, as it allows others to have a go? Thanks, class!

trisher Sat 18-Apr-20 10:20:28

It's Saturday! No one told me we had to go to school on Saturdays! What happened to weekends? What happened to lie-ins?
It might be 6
It might be 996
It might be 86
Am I supposed to show my working out?

trisher Sat 18-Apr-20 10:21:39

Sorry Miss I was listening honest!

Chewbacca Sat 18-Apr-20 10:24:26

6.

Doodle is playing truant Miss; I've seen her round the back of the bike shed smoking cigarettes with the boys Miss. I'm definitely not a tell tale

Callistemon Sat 18-Apr-20 10:37:26

It's 6 Miss

Are there plenty of ????? in your Tesco delivery?

Or can we have ????? because it's Saturday, please?

Emma49 Sat 18-Apr-20 10:38:31

6 Miss.

mary51 Sat 18-Apr-20 10:44:47

6, without looking at any others!

Marydoll Sat 18-Apr-20 11:06:10

For those who asked for magic square puzzles, here are a couple of magic rectangles. Just in case the pedants are reading!
They distorted, when I tried to save them as a jpeg.

Write the numbers 1 to 9 in each of the squares below, so that each row, column and diagonal adds up to 15.

Marydoll Sat 18-Apr-20 11:07:32

PS, no ?? in the Tesco delivery.
I may have to share my cream eggs!

grandMattie Sat 18-Apr-20 11:11:19

I’m assured by DH that the answer is.... 6

Callistemon Sat 18-Apr-20 11:46:56

It's Saturday Miss, magic squares are too hard

Callistemon Sat 18-Apr-20 11:50:45

2 7 6
9 5 1
4 3 8

8 1 6
3 5 7
4 9 2

JackyB Sat 18-Apr-20 11:50:58

276
951
48

816
357
492