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Can you work out what is happening as you go through each "box" in this machine?
Some have been left blank for you to invent your own.

wheat-heat-eat-at-a

In these two examples, each box does something different.

Can you work out what it is?

7-12-24-16-8, then 3-8-16-8-4

Try putting some different start numbers in.

Can you predict what they will come out as?