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Well done Amelia and Kahlia from Ardingly College, Lauren from St. Matthew's School and Kate from Orston Primary for realising that the pattern would continue indefinitely.
Kahlia reminded us that
"Triangle numbers are numbers which can form a triangle."Lauren noticed that:
"All the odd numbers along the top e.g. $1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11$ have a couple of triangle numbers underneath."And Kate noticed that:
"The difference between the two triangular numbers above and below each other on the table square is the same as the number at the top.So that clarifies why we go down from one triangle number to another along odd numbered columns when the difference between the triangle numbers is odd.
On each row we move two squares across, so that takes care of having to add the next even number:So, moving across adds the next even number, moving down adds the next odd number: