Monday, January 4, 2010

Problem of the Week #5

Our winner for last week was Michael! Congratulations!

Here is the next Problem of the Week:

Find the Pattern

Determine the next three numbers in the following pattern. Explain the pattern with words.


3, 7, 10, 17, 27, 44, 71, _____, _____, _____

4 comments:

  1. next three are 115,186,301.





    Michael

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  2. 3,7,10,17,27,44,71,115,186,301



    ~ STEPHANIE
    [your favorite student EVER]

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  3. The next three numbers are 115, 186 and 301

    To find the next number in the pattern you need to add the two previous numbers in the pattern. Example 3+7=10, 7+10=17, 10+17=27. We added 44, 71 and 115 to find the next three numbers.

    Connor and his mom

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  4. For find the pattern,

    the answer is:
    3,7,10,17,27,44,71,115,186,301

    each 2 numbers that are in a row equal the next number.
    Morgan

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