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Gabriel's problem

In this lesson, you will learn about a famous maths problem called Gabriel's problem.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, letโ€™s see what you can remember from this topic. Hereโ€™s a quick quiz!

A sequence is defined as follows: Start with any positive integer value (๐‘›). Each term is found from the previous term as follows: If the value is even, divide it by 2 (๐‘›/2). If the value is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1 (3๐‘›+1).
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Q1.If the first term of the sequence is 30, what would the second term be?

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Q2.If the second term of the sequence is 30, what would could the first term be?

2/5

Q3.Fill in the gap: The Collatz conjecture states: no matter the start number (๐‘›), the sequence will always reach __________.

3/5

Q4.What is the first name of Mr Collatz?

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Q5.In what year did Collatz make his conjecture?

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, letโ€™s see what you can remember from this topic. Hereโ€™s a quick quiz!

A sequence is defined as follows: Start with any positive integer value (๐‘›). Each term is found from the previous term as follows: If the value is even, divide it by 2 (๐‘›/2). If the value is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1 (3๐‘›+1).
ย 
Q1.If the first term of the sequence is 30, what would the second term be?

1/5

Q2.If the second term of the sequence is 30, what would could the first term be?

2/5

Q3.Fill in the gap: The Collatz conjecture states: no matter the start number (๐‘›), the sequence will always reach __________.

3/5

Q4.What is the first name of Mr Collatz?

4/5

Q5.In what year did Collatz make his conjecture?

5/5

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Gabriel's problem:

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Q1.Each blue box is the product of the 3 numbers in that row or column. All the questions refer to this picture below. First, what is the value in box A?

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Q2.What is the value in box B?

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Q3.Which of the following could be a value for C?

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Gabriel's problem:

Donโ€™t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Each blue box is the product of the 3 numbers in that row or column. All the questions refer to this picture below. First, what is the value in box A?

1/3

Q2.What is the value in box B?

2/3

Q3.Which of the following could be a value for C?

3/3

Lesson summary: Gabriel's problem

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