This is 3rd grade math?

Okay all you brainiacs and alum who loved math and mastered it like it was the ABCs, indulge me. My son asked for my help tonight with his math homework. I swear, we never got this kind of stuff when I was in 3rd grade. I don't even remember getting it at all in any grade! Please, are the answers so obvious or am I just plain stupid? I never cared for math, but this is ridiculous. So come on. Cheat with me. Give me the answers and I won't tell on you.

1. Place the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6, and 26 in the circles that form T so that the product of the numbers is the same in each direction. There are circles in either end of the horizontal line of the T, one at the bottom of the vertical line of the T, and one each at the horizontal and vertical midpoints, for five total.


2. Place the numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 59, and 65 in the circles that form Z so that the sum of the numbers is the same in all directions. The circles are three across each of the horizontal lines of the Z and one in the middle of the vertical line, for seven total.


3. Place the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the circles that form E so that the sum is the same in all directions.
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2 comments:

  1. Third grade?!? Just looking at those problems makes my brain hurt, let alone trying to solve them!

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  2. Anonymous7:13 PM

    the first one is obvious 3x4 is 12 and 6x2 is 12

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