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Please help me with my sons maths homework as i cant do it!!

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pinkheart · 14/01/2010 20:23

ds1 has some maths home work , which im stuck on, it seems easy and i thought it would be fun but i cant get close to the answer his teacher has given! (he is in yr 6)

So, he has been given the numbers 75, 10, 88, 72 and has to use them to get to 648.
he can use and equations i can get to 708 but cannot get lower!!

(im quite ashamed as im now doing Mlevel study and cant do yr 6 maths!! )

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catinthehat2 · 14/01/2010 20:46

Erm Pinkheart......

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pinkheart · 14/01/2010 20:42

ok, i just quizzed him again, he says he did write them down right (im not sure im believing him though!) but he says you dont have to use all the numbers !
boys! dont tell you everything
thankyou for your help so far

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cat64 · 14/01/2010 20:39

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catinthehat2 · 14/01/2010 20:38

Are you assuming you have to use all the numbers, or is it in the instruction?

catinthehat2 · 14/01/2010 20:37

72 x 10 = 720
-72 = 648

cat64 · 14/01/2010 20:36

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pinkheart · 14/01/2010 20:36

ok im not getting that?
if i put (75x10)-(88-72) in i get = 734
or am i doing it wrong?
its closer than i got i got to 733 though..

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 14/01/2010 20:34

nope, still working it out

Got 650 so far

RatherBeOnThePiste · 14/01/2010 20:32

same 646

cat64 · 14/01/2010 20:32

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purpleturtle · 14/01/2010 20:29

Are you sure?

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 14/01/2010 20:28

75 10 88 72

ds has got 646:

75 times 10 minus (88-72=16) = 646

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