A pattern is made by Elijah putting shaded squares of unit length around a white square of similar unit length. He then continues to make patterns as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
- Which figure uses 100 white squares?
- Find the number of shaded squares in Figure 20.
- Find the total number of squares in Figure 48.
Pattern |
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Figure |
1 |
2 |
3 |
(a) ? |
20 |
48 |
Number of white squares |
1 |
4 |
9 |
100 |
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Number of shaded squares |
8 |
12 |
16 |
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(b) ? |
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Total number of squares |
9 |
16 |
25 |
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(c) ? |
(a)
Pattern for the number of white squares
Figure 1: 1
2 = 1 x 1 = 1
Figure 2: 2
2 = 2 x 2 = 4
Figure 3: 3
2 = 3 x 3 = 9
Figure 4: 4
2 = 4 x 4 = 16
Number of white squares
= Figure number x Figure number
= Figure number
2Figure number that uses 100 white squares
= √100
= 10
(b)
Patterns for the number of shaded squares
Figure 1: 1 x 4 + 4 = 8
Figure 2: 2 x 4 + 4 = 12
Figure 3: 3 x 4 + 4 = 16
Formula:
Number of shaded squares = Figure Number x 4 + 4
Number of shaded squares in Figure 30
= 20 x 4 + 4
= 84
(c)
Pattern for the total number of squares
Figure 1: (1 + 2)
2 = 9
Figure 2: (2 + 2)
2 = 16
Figure 3: (3 + 2)
2 = 25
Total number of squares = (Figure number + 2)
2 Total number of squares for Figure 48
= (48 + 2)
2= 50 x 50
= 2500
Answer(s): (a) 10; (b) 84; (c) 2500