How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares

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Summary

Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.

  1. Students predict the number of pieces at step 5.
  2. I reveal the solution (32) and ask students to predict step 12.
  3. After revealing that step 12 has 74 pieces, I challenge students to predict *any* step. Answers – Step 50: 302 – Step 100: 602 – Step 999: 5,996

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