Stage: 5 Challenge Level: 
If a number N is expressed in binary by using only 'ones,' what can you say about its square (in binary)?
Interactivities. Fibonacci sequence. Mathematical induction. Number bases. Geometric sequence. Summation of series. Place value. Generalising. Making and proving conjectures. Mathematical reasoning & proof.
Published May 2002.
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