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Question from Kim, a parent:

Pattern........what comes next?

1,4,9,16,25,_____,____
1,4,9,16,27,40,__________,_______

 

Kim,

Her is one possibility:

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 (squares)
1, 4, 9, 16, 27, 40, 57, 76 (Look at the differences between successive terms. What are these numbers?)

Gabe and Penny

 

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