Thanks, Bernard,

Previously shameless, now shamed! On all counts, abuse of the group,
depriving my daughter of the 'fun of maths', and (worryingly) not seeing the
obvious.

Well, it's been a beautiful sunny and unseasonably warm day here too (in the
UK). I'll blame my aberration on that, too much golf, and global warming!

Thanks also Gary''s Student.

Regards,
Peter T

"Bernard Liengme" wrote in message
...
Peter,
Not to be a grump on such a sunny day (in Nova Scotia) but you are
depriving
daughter of a chance of discovering the fun of math! Let her look at this
and see if she can find more. Give her 9 pieces of paper with digits 1
thru
9, and three plates. Then go play golf.

sum Any three of these ways
5 5 4+1 2+3 1
6 6 5+1 4+2 1
7 7 6+1 5+2 4+3 4
8 8 7+1 6+2 5+3 4
9 9 8+1 7+2 6+3 5+4 10
10 9+1 8+2 6+4 1
10 9+1 6+4 5+3+2 1
11 9+2 8+3 7+4 6+5 4
12 9+3 8+4 7+5 6+4+2 4
13 9+4 8+5 7+6 7+3+2+1 4
14 9+5 8+6 7+4+3 7+4+2+1 4
15 9+6 8+7 1+2+3+4+5 1

best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message
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This is shameless I know, but I'm stuck with my daughter's homework
question. Here's the question -

"Nine eggs numbered 1 to 9. Put the nine eggs into three baskets. The
total
of the numbers on the eggs in each basket must be the same. How many
different ways are there to do it?"

As it's not stated to the contrary, I assume each basket can contain any
number of eggs, though each basket must contain at least one egg and
hence
a
maximum of seven eggs.

No doubt can be solved with VBA, but here's the rub - this is for a
twelve
year! There's got to be a catch ?

Anyone interested in a virtual merit...

Regards,
Peter T