Name Again

A Maths Starter of The Day

Jennifer makes a recurring pattern from the letters in her name.




What would be the 32nd letter in this pattern?

What would be the 654th letter in this pattern?

 Girl   Girl   Girl   Girl   Girl 

 

 

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    The 32nd letter would be 'R'

    The 654th letter would be 'F'

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    Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

    Repeating sequences can be easily created by dragging a selected range of cells in Excel. If everyone in the class created a repeating sequence from the letters in their first names, at what letter position would everyone in the class have the first letter of their names (after the first position of course!)

     

    This starter replaces "Word Chains" which was was originally the starter for 24th October. It was replaced with "Name Again" due to the low score Word Chains received from teachers.

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