Headline Story
Rules and Patterns, #9
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
What can you say about these lists of numbers and the numbers that are in both lists?
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36
Possible student responses
- The numbers increase in both lists.
- The numbers in the first list are multiples of 3.
- The numbers in the second list are multiples of 4.
- Every fourth number in the first list is a multiple of 4.
- Every third number in the second list is a multiple of 3.
- The numbers 12 and 24 are in both lists. These numbers are multiples of 12.
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