Always Perfect
Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.
Show that if you add 1 to the product of four consecutive numbers the answer is ALWAYS a perfect square.
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
The items in the shopping basket add and multiply to give the same amount. What could their prices be?
How many rectangles can you see? Are they all the same size? Can you predict how many rectangles there will be in counting sticks of different lengths?
Can you match the cards and figure out whether the tabloid headlines can be trusted?
How good are you at finding the formula for a number pattern ?