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    This document shows solutions for making sums of 12 to 18 using a Sam-Sum circle diagram. For each sum, it provides a circle diagram with numbers placed such that the sum of the intersections equals the target sum. It explains that 18 is the highest possible sum because adding 3 to the intersection sum each time would exceed the target sum if it were higher than 18.

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    This document shows solutions for making sums of 12 to 18 using a Sam-Sum circle diagram. For each sum, it provides a circle diagram with numbers placed such that the sum of the intersections equals the target sum. It explains that 18 is the highest possible sum because adding 3 to the intersection sum each time would exceed the target sum if it were higher than 18.

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    This document shows solutions for making sums of 12 to 18 using a Sam-Sum circle diagram. For each sum, it provides a circle diagram with numbers placed such that the sum of the intersections equals the target sum. It explains that 18 is the highest possible sum because adding 3 to the intersection sum each time would exceed the target sum if it were higher than 18.

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    Solution to Sam-Sum Circles

    It is possible to make any sum from 12 to 18. Below I show one solution for each sum:

    Sum of 12: Sum of 13:

    8 7 6 6 3 72 5
    4 5 3 2 4 1 8
    1

    Sum of 14: Sum of 15:

    8 7 5 2 6
    6 3 8 2 4
    1 4
    5 1 7
    3
    Sum of 16: Sum of 17:

    1 7 4 5 6 1 7 2 8 6
    8 2 5 3
    3 4

    Sum of 18:

    1 7 8 6
    5 4
    2 3

    The highest possible sum we can have in each circle is 18. Why? Notice that the sum of
    the numbers in the intersections goes up by 3 each time. We can’t have a sum of 19
    because the sum of the numbers in the intersections (21) would have to be greater than
    our target sum (19).

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