Kids homework!!

[pompey007]

Hi,

Thanks for all the input, the puzzle certainly is harder than it initially looks!

To be fair, the original homework was "design a dartboard so that when all 3 darts scored you could get every number from 3 to 100", so you could have used lots of numbers (eg 1-34).

I added the part about the minimum number thinking that a simple formula and/or excel could be used to formulate a solution.


Finally, the homework was for 7 year-olds!!! It was a follow up to some very simple stuff, so I assumed it would be easy! (When it started to look hard, I just told him not to do it, so hopefully it has not put him off maths!!)

 

[cornflakegirl]

(When it started to look hard, I just told him not to do it, so hopefully it has not put him off maths!!)

Good call! What's the betting the teacher hasn't worked out the solution...

(I still feel there ought to be a nice general solution type thing. I just have no idea what it is )

 

[Oaktree]

Teacher never said they had to be integers

 

[Michael M]

Here's my "GUESS"..using 3 darts or less....
But it did my head in when I got to 50 !!

1
1
2
3
6
9
15
24
39
63

 

[shg]

Can't get to 37, 38, or 20 other numbers.

 

[Michael M]

****.....well there goes my guess, AND strangely enough, my care factor as well....LOL !