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Sheet # 7 Critical Thinking

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Show and explain your work. Draw pictures or make tables to explain your answer.

1) I am thinking of 5 numbers the sum of which is 16. No two numbers are the same, the sum of the two smallest numbers is 3, and
the sum of the two largest numbers is 10.









2) I am thinking of four odd numbers the sum of which is 12. The two middle numbers are the same, and they total 1/2 of the sum.










3) I am thinking of four numbers the sum of which is 16. No two numbers are the same, and the sum of the first and third number is
5..




















Answers for sheet # 7

May be more than solution.

1) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

2) 1, 3, 3, 5

3) 1, 3, 4, 8