Cracked Clock

A clock broke into two pieces.
The numbers on each of the pieces add up to the same total.

Clock

Draw a diagram to show how the clock cracked.

A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics


Topics: Starter | Arithmetic | Problem Solving

  • Ruth Seward, Hagley Park Sports College
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  • Find the starters wonderful; students enjoy them and often want to use the idea generated by the starter in other parts of the lesson. Keep up the good work
  • Y8 set 1 Rawthorpe High School, The Cushtie Krew
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  • We think that this was very good. We liked the clock, in fact we thought it was a cracking starter!
    Maths rules, Cushtie!
  • Sue, St Albans
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  • The question can be extended to 'the clock is broken into three pieces with equal sum of ☆ ☆ -- piece one contains numbers ☆ ☆ , ☆ ☆ , ☆ , and ☆ ; piece two contains ☆ , ☆ , ☆ , & ☆ ☆ ; the rest is piece three'.
    Equally, it can be broken into ☆ pieces with an equal sum of ☆ ☆ -- piece one has ☆ ☆ and ☆ ; piece two has ☆ and ☆ ☆ ; piece three ☆ and ☆ ☆ .
  • Russ Skinner, Winnipeg, MB
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  • This problem also works by breaking the clock into ☆ pieces and ☆ pieces. The sum of all the numbers around the clock ( ☆ + ☆ + ☆ ... ☆ ☆ + ☆ ☆ + ☆ ☆ ) equals ☆ ☆ . ☆ ☆ is divisible by ☆ and ☆ .
  • The Best Class Ever (8cd/m2), King Alfred's College OXON
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  • We decided that this starter was not explained enough to work it out, so we tried both ways we could thing of and then realised that they were both the same answer.Tash, Ryan and Liam worked this out straight away with others not far behind them.
  • Kieran, Weston
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  • I found this easy to understand, and once I found pairs of ☆ ☆ it was easy.

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Which clockface is the odd one out?

The answer can be found by looking closely at the roman numerals used.

 

 

 

 

Investigate which system of numbers is most common on clocks in your school, home or place of work.

 

 

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