(i) Draw the next two stages (ii) Write the number of white tiles for the first 6 stages as a sequence (iii) How many white tiles are there in stage 10 and in stage 50? Can you give a general expression for the number of white tiles in any stage (iv) Try to explain why (n + 1)2
– 1; n2 + 2n; n(n + 2) would all work as the general expression for the number of tiles in stage n.
PROJECT 7.7 n = 1
Block Sequences 3 n = 2
n = 3
(i) Draw the next two stages (ii) Write the number of white tiles for the first 6 stages as a sequence (iii) How many white tiles are there in stage 10 and in stage 50? Can you give a general expression for the number of white tiles in any stage (iv) What stage will have 101 white tiles?
Ratio:
To divide numbers in a certain ratio: Example 3:
Anna gets , Eamon gets €70,
7 1
10 100 ×=
7 10
10 100 ×=
3
Divide €100 between Anna and Eamon in the ratio of 7 : 3 Add 7 + 3 = 10