Lee Dawson’s dart question is great to share with kids!

Saw a great problem for kids on Twitter today:

Here is a dartboard. You have an unlimited number of darts to throw. Every dart you throw will hit the board. What is the highest score you cannot get under 100? #MTBoS pic.twitter.com/J3OWZHVQW2

— Carla Dawson (@CDawson18) April 10, 2018

I had both of the boys talk through it tonight. Their approaches were a little different.

Here’s what my younger son (in 6th grade) had to say:

Here’s how my older son (8th grade) approached the problem:

This is a great problem to get kids talking about arithmetic and also a little bit of number theory. I really loved hearing the boys talk through it.