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How Many Will There Be? Pyramids

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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 will look for patterns and predict how many squares there will be at step 10.
  2. Next, they’ll predict how many squares there will be at step 50!
  3. I reveal the answer (2,550) and propose the challenge of adding the first 50 odd numbers. (Psst, you can square 50).

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