CHAPTER 2.
PROBLEM SOLVING
In numbers 1-8, Find a pattern and write the next three numbers in each sequence
1. 17; 23; 32; 44; 59; 77 , 98 , 122
2. 152; 131; 114; 101; 92 , 1 87 , 86
3. 7; 15; 31; 63; 127; ___255___, ___511___ , ___1023__
4. 1; 8; 27; 64; 125; 216; ___343__, ___512___, ___729__
5. 40; 8; 50; 10; 60; 12; ___70___, __14____, ___80___
6. 2; 5; 9; 19; 40; 77; 135; ___219___, ___334___, ___485___
7. 1; 4; 5; 9; 14; 23; 37; ___60___, ___97___, ___157___
8. 1; 10; 11; 100; 101; 110; 111; 1000; 1001; 1010; 1011; _1101_, _1110_, __1111_
9. In the sequence a, b, c, a, b, c, a, b, c, a, ..., what is the 100th letter? __a___
10. In the sequence 1234567891011121314..., what is the 100th digit? __5__
11. Consider the following procedure: Pick a number. Multiply the number by 5, add
20 to the product, divide the sum by 2, and subtract 10. Complete the above
procedure for five different numbers and enter your results in the table below.
Number 7 12 18 24 30
Result 17.5 30 45 60 75
Use inductive reasoning to make a conjecture about the relationship between the size of
the resulting number and the size of the original number.
From what I observed in the table, every resulting number is always 2.5 times the
original number. Therefore, any number that I’ll pick would always result to 2.5
times itself.