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Math Investigation

This document describes a number chain investigation where students start with a two-digit number, double its units digit, add the tens digit to obtain a new number, and repeat this process until the starting number is reached again. An example number chain starting with 15 is provided. The document then provides starting points for further investigations, such as using different multipliers instead of doubling, investigating patterns that emerge from different multipliers, and forming conjectures about the outcomes.

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Math Investigation

This document describes a number chain investigation where students start with a two-digit number, double its units digit, add the tens digit to obtain a new number, and repeat this process until the starting number is reached again. An example number chain starting with 15 is provided. The document then provides starting points for further investigations, such as using different multipliers instead of doubling, investigating patterns that emerge from different multipliers, and forming conjectures about the outcomes.

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MATHINVESTIGATION

NUMBERCHAINSontheMathInvestigatorprintsanumberchainbymultiplyingtheunits
digitofachosennumberbyanywholenumberlessthat50andaddingtheproducttothenumber
formedbytheremainingdigits.
Thefollowingtaskwasgiventoanelementaryschoolclassforpracticeinmultiplication.Start
withatwodigitwholenumber,doubleitsunitsdigit,andadditstensdigittoobtainanew
number.Repeatthisprocesswitheachnewnumber.Forexample,thenumberchainshown
belowstartswith15,andthesecondnumberinthechainis2x5+1=11.Thisnumberchain
wascontinueduntilthefirstnumberinthechainwasobtained.Anumberchainiscomplete
whenanypreviousnumberinthechainisrepeated.
15113612510124816137149181715
StartingPointsforInvestigations
1.Thenumberchainintheaboveexamplehasallthewholenumbersfrom1to18.What
happensifwebeginthenumberchainwith19?Withanumbergreaterthan19?
2.Supposethatinsteadofdoublingtheunitsdigitweuseamultiplierof3(oranygreater
number)andaddtheproducttothenumberformedbytheremainingdigits.Willanumberchain
beproduced?
3.Findafewpatternsandwritesomeconjecturesaboutnumberchains.
4.Usingamultiplierof2or3producesjustonechaintowhichallnumbersgo.However,a
multiplierof4producesseveralchains.Investigatethemultipliers4,5,6,7,8,and9.Whichof
thesemultipliersproducejustonenumberchainandwhichproduceseveralnumberchains?For
thesemultipliersfindthenumbersthathavejustonenumberintheirchain(gotothemselvesin
onestep).Formaconjectureaboutsuchnumbers.
5.Someinterestingresultsoccurwhenthemultiplieris10.Investigate.Whattypesofchains
areproducedandwhatnumbersgotothemselvesinonestepwhenthemultiplieris10?Explain
thereasonsforyourresults.
6.Investigatechainsformultipliersgreaterthan10.Lookforpatternsandformconjecturesfor
predictingtheoutcomes.

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