PASCAL’S TRIANGLE
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Blaise Pascal was a scientist and mathematician who
found interesting patterns in the triangle you see
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right here. Pascal’s triangle is a table of
binomial coefficients, which means that
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multiples of 2
each cell (here shaped like hexagons) is the
sum of the two cells above it. In theory, this
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triangle has only two sides and no base because it extends downward to infinity!
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6 4 6+4=
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35
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multiples of 3
70
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You can complete the rest of the
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triangle using simple addition,
as demonstrated above. Once
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you have completed that,
try your hand at filling in
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some patterns. Choose
either multiples of 4,
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or multiples of 5, and
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color the cells that
hold those multiples.
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Do you think all
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multiples will
form a pattern?
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