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2 Make up your own diagrams to show each of these functions. Use 1, 2, 3 and 4 as
your inputs.
a add 2 b multiply by 5 c subtract 1
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7 Draw each of these double function machines. Choose your own four input numbers
for each machine.
a add 3 multiply by 2
Input Output
b multiply by 4 subtract 1
Input Output
PS 4 Each of these sequences uses either a subtract multiply or divide rule. Write the
next two terms in each sequence. Describe the term-to-term rule you have used.
a 1, 3, 9, 27, b 25, 20, 15, 10, c 1000, 100, 10, 1,
d 36, 28, 20, 12, e 5, 10, 20, 40, f 20, 10, 5, 2.5,
Diagram 3 Diagram 4
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3 Each of these sequences uses a subtract rule. Copy and complete the sequences.
Describe the rule used.
a 40, 35, , 25, b , 91, ,, 73, 64, c 15, 5, , , 25
PS 4 a Think about the 10th diagram in the pattern below. Work out how many:
i blue squares there will be
ii orange squares there will be
iii squares in total there will be.
b Can you work out the link between the three sequences?
PS 6 Find two terms between each pair of numbers to form a sequence. Describe the term-
to-term rule you have used.
a 2, , , 8 b 5, , , 14 c 6, , , 18
d 24, , , 3 e 13, , ., 2 f 9, 90, , , 90 000
g 16, , , 2 h 1000, , , 1 i 8, , , 1, 1
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7 What will be the next two terms in each of the sequences in question 6?
Brainteaser
A garden path is to be paved as shown below. There need to be five pink hexagons in total.
a How many yellow hexagons will there be?
b What is the rule that governs how many of tiles of each type there are?
c Yellow hexagon tiles cost 12.99 each, but pink ones are 2 more. What will the total cost be?
d An alternative pattern is to use octagonal tiles. Draw a sketch of the path with five central
octagons.
e How many of each tile will be used?
f What are the rules now?
g Octagonal tiles are all 1 cheaper than hexagonal ones. Which of the two patterns will cost
least?
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1+3
4+5
9+7
16 + 9
3 A full-size snooker table uses 15 red balls in a triangle. How many are along each
side of the triangle?
PS 4 The diagram below shows yellow beads in a triangle pattern arranged with blue beads
also in a triangular pattern. Look at the resulting shape. What can you say happens
when you add two consecutive triangle numbers to each other?
22 = 1 + 3 =4
32 = 3 + 6 =9
42 = 6 + 10 = 16
6 The Chinese first discovered this amazing triangular pattern many centuries ago.
When European mathematician Blaise Pascal popularised it, it became known as
Pascals triangle.
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1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1
a Can you see how each row of the triangle is derived from the previous line?
b What will the next row be?
c Add up the numbers in each horizontal row. What number sequence is revealed?
d How would you describe the number sequence in the 2nd diagonal?
e What name is given to the number sequence in the 3rd diagonal?
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