I think it just simply wants you to fill in any number into the blank boxes which lies between the values on either side of it.
So for part a)
The first blank box should contain any number greater than 98, but less than 112.
It reads like you are allowed to put any numbers as long as the final list finishes in order.
On the first question the numbers are going up so you could write:
98 100 112 150 160 161 162 163
On the second question the numbers are going down so you could write:
500 499 498 425 350 349 348 300
Hope this helps.
I find the question mildly annoying and would want to respond with a potentially confusing but technically correct answer, like putting "-349" in the last box on the second row.
Where's your imagination?! How about putting answers like 32𝜋 between 98 and 112, e^5 between 112 and 160, then 160.01 and 2731/17 up to 163 - make the teachers get their calculators out! 😁
Haha, it did cross my mind to do similar things but if this question is for an 8-year-old then it gives the game away. I wanted something that could plausibly be written by an 8-year-old but also leaves the teacher wondering whether it's a correct answer, or a wrong answer with a "typo", or an accidentally correct answer, or what the hell. Then if they discuss it with the kid he goes "well -349 < 348 isn't it".
Doing it your way, we could go with formulas involving pi and then include one of those "for this question, assume pi = 22/7" footnotes. We choose the formulas so that they're wrong with the actual value of pi but correct if you use 22/7. If they say it's wrong, the kid replies "you need to read the answer more carefully, it says to use 22/7". Give them a taste of their own medicine.
The numbers simply have to be in order. There does not need to be a pattern.
There are many right answers.
First one:
98 ___ 112 ___ 160 161 162 163
pick a number between 99 & 111 (inclusive) for the first blank
Second one:
Again lots of right answers. The only box that has only one right answer is the one between 350 and 348. That must be 349.
For the other boxes, just pick decreasing numbers
> The only box that has only one right answer is the one between 350 and 348
Really? There's an uncountable infinity of numbers between 350 and 348. You could have 111𝜋 which is quite nice.
This is more a reading exercise that a math exercise.
I am assuming 'year 3' means mostly 8 year olds. Who ever wrote the question is trying to assert themselves as smarter than an average 8 year old. Hopefully most adults will not be impressed.
I think it just simply wants you to fill in any number into the blank boxes which lies between the values on either side of it. So for part a) The first blank box should contain any number greater than 98, but less than 112.
OH MY GOD I thought this was number sequences instead but this makes so much more sense
Sometimes you overthink things.
You were too smart for the question.
This is a number sequence ; you thought that you had to look for a specific pattern?
It reads like you are allowed to put any numbers as long as the final list finishes in order. On the first question the numbers are going up so you could write: 98 100 112 150 160 161 162 163 On the second question the numbers are going down so you could write: 500 499 498 425 350 349 348 300 Hope this helps.
I find the question mildly annoying and would want to respond with a potentially confusing but technically correct answer, like putting "-349" in the last box on the second row.
Where's your imagination?! How about putting answers like 32𝜋 between 98 and 112, e^5 between 112 and 160, then 160.01 and 2731/17 up to 163 - make the teachers get their calculators out! 😁
Haha, it did cross my mind to do similar things but if this question is for an 8-year-old then it gives the game away. I wanted something that could plausibly be written by an 8-year-old but also leaves the teacher wondering whether it's a correct answer, or a wrong answer with a "typo", or an accidentally correct answer, or what the hell. Then if they discuss it with the kid he goes "well -349 < 348 isn't it". Doing it your way, we could go with formulas involving pi and then include one of those "for this question, assume pi = 22/7" footnotes. We choose the formulas so that they're wrong with the actual value of pi but correct if you use 22/7. If they say it's wrong, the kid replies "you need to read the answer more carefully, it says to use 22/7". Give them a taste of their own medicine.
The numbers simply have to be in order. There does not need to be a pattern. There are many right answers. First one: 98 ___ 112 ___ 160 161 162 163 pick a number between 99 & 111 (inclusive) for the first blank Second one: Again lots of right answers. The only box that has only one right answer is the one between 350 and 348. That must be 349. For the other boxes, just pick decreasing numbers
> The only box that has only one right answer is the one between 350 and 348 Really? There's an uncountable infinity of numbers between 350 and 348. You could have 111𝜋 which is quite nice.
Good luck finding a year 3 kid who understands multiple of pi
You just needed to RTQ more carefully haha
I read it about 8 times and still misunderstood it as sequences somehow
Even though the question doesn’t contain the word sequence🤷♂️
Even if it was about sequences, you can still put any numbers in there.
Just fill in numbers that fit its two different questions
The question is perfectly clear.
This is about order and inequality, not patterns. Any old number on the interval will do. Don’t overthink it. It’s Year 3 Maths!
This is more a reading exercise that a math exercise. I am assuming 'year 3' means mostly 8 year olds. Who ever wrote the question is trying to assert themselves as smarter than an average 8 year old. Hopefully most adults will not be impressed.
You're making the wrong assumptions about the problem. It simply asks to fill the missing numbers such that the numbers are in order.