1.   What is always the final answer to this Think of a Number trick.Think of a number.Multiply by 2.Add 4 times the original number.Divide by 6.
    A. the same number you started with B. 10 times the number you started with
    C. 10 D. 1
    Hint

  2.   Find the missing step in the explanation of a Think of a Number trick.
   
    A. 5(n + 6) = 5n + 30 B. 5(n + 6) = 5n + 6
    C. 5(n + 6) = 5n + 11 D. 5(n + 6) = 5n – 11
    Hint

  3.   If n is some odd number, how would you write the next three consecutive odd numbers?
    A. n + 1, n + 3, n + 5 B. n + 1, n + 2, n + 3
    C. n + 2, n + 4, n + 6 D. n – 1, n, n + 1
    Hint

  4.   Find a rule involving the sum of three consecutive odd numbers.
    A. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals two times the middle number
    B. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals two times the sum of the middle and third number
    C. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals three times the middle number
    D. the sum of three consecutive odd numbers equals three times the first number
    Hint

  5.   Find a rule involving the sum of four consecutive whole numbers.
    A. the sum of four consecutive whole numbers equals three times the second number
    B. the sum of four consecutive whole numbers equals three times the sum of the middle two numbers
    C. the sum of four consecutive whole numbers equals two times the sum of the first and last numbers
    D. the sum of four consecutive whole numbers equals two times the last number
    Hint



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