Using Spreadsheets

Introduction

Here is a sequence of numbers: 3, 5, 7, 9 , 11, …

Assuming this sequence continues forever

what is the 10th number is the sequence?
what is the 57th number in the sequence?
how many numbers do you need in the sequence until the number is bigger than 10,000?
what do the first 50 numbers add up to?

Some of these are exceedingly difficult questions! There are ways to solve them by calculating, or we can use our computers.

Watch this video to help you (COMING SOON)

Here are some other sequences:

Assuming the sequences continue forever, for each sequence, answer the following questions with the help of Google Sheet.

what is the 10th number is the sequence?
what is the 57th number in the sequence?
how many numbers do you need in the sequence until the number is bigger than 10,000?
what do the first 50 numbers add up to?

With the skills that you have developed, investigate the following problems.

1 Boxes Galore (pupil page).pdf

2 Fiddling with Fibonacci (pupil page).pdf

3 Race of the Century (pupil page).pdf

4 Round and Round (pupil page).pdf

5 The Super Step of Sixty Seven (pupil page).pdf