Friday, February 6, 2009

A Maths Problem to Try!!

Separated Twins


Can you find a 14 digit number containing two each of the digits one to seven?


The two 7s are separated by seven other digits;
The two 6s are separated by six other digits;
The two 5s are separated by five other digits;
The two 4s are separated by four other digits;
The two 3s are separated by three other digits;
The two 2s are separated by two other digits;
The two 1s are separated by one other digit.

Click here for a clue to get you started

www.transum.org/go/?to=twins


Leave a comment and tell me your answer!

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry Mrs Cb

I tried to figure out I sat for about quarter of an hour and couldnt figure it out

Connor

Anonymous said...

To Mrs CB

I really enjoyed doing this.
It took me 10 mins to figure it out.I worked it out by the biggest number first to the smallest.

46357432652171
jessica

Anonymous said...

I think i got it

46357432652171

Max

Unknown said...

My dad and i solved it with the help of two more clues that we found on the internet.
We think the number is
46357432652171

Timothy

Mrs CB said...

Mrs C-B said...

Awesome work Jessica, Tim and Max!! I hope you enjoyed this.

Anonymous said...

To Mrs Cb


I enjoyed doing this brain teaser.
It took me 7mins. I worked it out by the biggest number to the smallest.


46357432652171
Natasha (Jessicas sister)

Anonymous said...

I think the answer is :

46357432652171

I got the first clue and went from there. It took me about 4 goes.

Josh

Anonymous said...

to mrs cb i think i got the answer right i had dad's help it only took us 20 miniutes


46357432652171

Anonymous said...

To Mrs C-B,
I did this with my Dads help we think its:
46357432652171.
We just tried different numbers in different places until we got it right.
From
Jordan

Anonymous said...

Hi Mrs CB

We did it with a little help.
It was very tricky.

46357432652171

From
Tom

Anonymous said...

jake i try it for 20 mins but i couldn't do sorry Mrs cb

Anonymous said...

sorry Mrs cb i try for 20 mins but i couldn't do it jake

Anonymous said...

Tyler says

I asked my dad to help me and he was puzzled he turned around and i was already finished

46357432652171

p.s i had a fantastic holiday i went to Hanmer springs and up there i forgot my shoes when we went to the pool my feet were that hot dad let me borrow his flip flops(yes)

Anonymous said...

To Mrs CB
Me and Mum found this cool math web page it has helped me with my timestables .
http://www.transum.org/Software/Tablesmaster/Tablesmaster.asp
others might like to try it.

Jess

Anonymous said...

i did this with daddy's help it took me 20 mintes but i think i got it????

45726425376131

rebecca

Anonymous said...

to mrs cb

i tried to do it but i did not get it .it was realy hard.but anyway i think the blog is realy cool.

georgia

Anonymous said...

to mrs cb

i tried to do it but i did not get it .it was realy hard.but anyway i think the blog is realy cool.

georgia

Anonymous said...

hi mrs cb
i tried to do the maths problem
it was to hard mum tried but didnt get it.the blogspot is really cool and there was a thing that you can practice your timetables

grace.

Anonymous said...

To Mrs CB

Dad and I finally figured out, by trying different numbers.

WE think it is

46357432652171

Cam

Anonymous said...

michaela said......

i got an awnser but it's not right it is 1412108642

Anonymous said...

ithink the awnser is 4156248161

Anonymous said...

i think the answer is 46357432652171. I got this by trying, and moving the numbers round lots
Sam K

Anonymous said...

i think the answer is 46357432652171. I got this by trying, and moving the numbers round lots
Sam K

Anonymous said...

i just donated 850 grains of rice for world hunger

Tyler

Anonymous said...

to mrs cb
i just donated 1030 grains of rice to the world hunger
jess

Anonymous said...

Hi Mrs C-B
It took about half an hour to get it but i got it 46357432652171
jessica

Anonymous said...

We think the answer is:
46357432652171
Sam K

Anonymous said...

i tried doing the separated twin its too hard i tried working it out for about half an hour sorry mrs c-b madi

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