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Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics

9AM, Southam College
You can only subtract the initial number once, because after that you are subtract that number from a different number.
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Well done 9AM, Southam College! Good answer. There are more smart answers to this question lower down this page. The countdown clock above is a distractor, it leads the pupils to think that they are being asked to do a time consuming activity whereas the most efficient strategy would be to a mathematical operation not mentioned in the question at all.

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