HUES 6th Grade Math Choice #6 08-Feb-2000

Hollis Upper Elementary School, Hollis, New Hampshire


1. More "stately" alphametics

1A: WYOMING x 8 = ILLINOIS
1B: FLORIDA x 5 = OKLAHOMA

Source: Journal of Recreational Mathematics, vol. 29, num. 2, p. 126



2. 1990-1991 6th grade math contest

Source: The Math League
           http://www.mathleague.com



3. A Simple Reversal Test

The product of 3 and 24 is 72.
The sum of 3 and 24 is 27, which is the reverse of 72.

3A. Can you find other examples of pairs of numbers such that the product of the two numbers is the reverse of the sum of the two numbers?

Source: The Math Forum
           http://forum.swarthmore.edu/midpow/solutions/solution.ehtml?puzzle=2


Don Braffitt