8 CHAPTER 2.

PROBLEM SOVLING

NAME:
In numbers 1-8, find the pattern and write the next 3 numbers in each sequence.
1. 17, 23, 32, 44, 59, 77, 98, 122
2. 152, 131, 114, 101, 92, 87, 86
3. 3,7,15,31,63,127, 225, 511, 1,023
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, 10000, 10001, 10010
9. In the sequence a.b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c,a,...,what is the 100th digit? a
10. In the sequence 1234567891011121314… what is the 100th digit? 2
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 10 20 30 40 50
Result 25 50 75 100 125

Use inductive reasoning to make a conjecture about the relationship between the size of the
resulting number and the size of the original number.