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In this meeting, we explored Henri Piccioto’s number pyramid puzzles through notice/wonder, generating questions for problem-solving and additional puzzles for students.
At the beginning of the meeting, we shared some favorite sources of puzzles we like to use with students, include Which One Doesn’t Belong , Sometimes, Always, Never , and Open Middle .
Then I introduced Number Pyramids. Thank you to Henri Piccioto and his amazing web site of math resources . Here is the sequence we used:
Try these pyramids on your own.
Some shared language
2-row pyramid, 3-row pyramid, 4-row pyramid, …
seeds : the numbers that are given
middle number/cell : a number or cell that does not have an outside edge
wings: We decided on this term to refer to the bottom leftmost and bottom rightmost numbers
What do you notice?
- Adding two even numbers yields an even sum
- Adding an odd and an even number yields an odd sum
- The pyramids on the bottom – the numbers given are all on the outside diagonal
- In 4-row pyramids, the sums of each row increase by the same constant number found in the middle cell of 2nd row, or middle two cells of bottom row.
- The sum of the top of a 3-row pyramid is double the center bottom number, plus the wings (bottom corner numbers).
- The sum of the top of a 4-row is triple the middle number, plus the wings.
- Two matching numbers lead to a “mirror pattern” in the row below: 7, 7 leads to 3, 4, 3 below.
Mark noticed that the sum of each row a 3-row pyramid and a 4-row pyramid increase by a constant value that can be found in the middle of the bottom row of a 3-row pyramid and in the middle cell of the 4-row pyramid.
Maggie noticed that in a 3-row pyramid, the top number is 2 times the bottom middle number, plus the wings . In a 4-row pyramid, the top number is 3 times the middle number, plus the wings.
What do you wonder?
- Would a 5-row pyramid have Maggie’s pattern? Conjecture: 4 times all the sums of the middle bottom numbers, plus the wings.
- Is this only a whole number puzzle? Could the boxes have decimals or fractions? Could they have negative numbers?
- What’s the fewest seeds needed to solve a puzzle? Where do the seeds need to be in the pyramid?
- Given the top number, can we fill in any-sized pyramid?
- Could we fill in a blank pyramid? Could that be a puzzle?
- Do we need numbers at all?
- At what point does it become too difficult to solve? 2 seeds on a 5-row pyramid, for example. Would we still be able to solve it?
- How do you choose the seeds and the positions of the numbers? Do only 2-digit numbers work? Is it possible with 3-digit and 4-digit numbers?
- Is there an application for this pattern? Building a building, road, etc?
- Is there a certain number of seeds where a finite number of solutions is possible? Fewer seeds where multiple solutions are possible?
- How could we represent this algebraically? How could we make the unfolding of Mark’s and Maggie’s patterns explicit?
- What would happen if we changed the pyramid rule? Subtraction, multiplication, …
Small Groups
We then spent about 15 minutes working individually to consider the questions we generated, then worked in groups.
Nadia and Amy experimented with making number pyramid puzzles with fractions.
Rebecca, Older, and Mark examined the pattern of the constant growth in the sum of the pyramid rows and found that the pattern changed in a 5-row pyramid. In the pyramids below, there is a constant difference between rows 2 and 3, and rows 3 and 4, but the difference changes between rows 4 and 5.
Maggie, Sarah, and Spencer used algebra to analyze a 6-row pyramid.
They found patterns in the coefficients of the variables for the numbers used in the base row: A, B, C, D, E, F. They noticed that the coefficients of the variables within each of the cells are the same as a row in Pascal’s Triangle. The coefficients of the variables in the top cell is also the same as a row in Pascal’s Triangle.
- The coefficients for the total of row 1 are 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.
- The coefficients for the total of row 2 are 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1.
- The coefficients for the total of row 3 are 1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 1.
- The coefficients for the total of row 4 are 1, 4, 7, 7, 4, 1.
- The coefficients for the total of row 5 are 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1.
Additional puzzles/questions to consider
- Knowing the three corner numbers in a 3-row pyramid, is it possible to predict the number that will go in the middle of the bottom row without any trial and error?
- Knowing the three corner numbers in a 4-row pyramid, is it possible to predict the number that will go in the middle cell without any trial and error?
- How many seeds are necessary to create one solution? Does the position change how many seeds are necessary?
- Make a pyramid puzzle that cannot be solved. Make a pyramid puzzle that can be solved in more than one way.
- What would be a useful sequence of puzzles for a group of students?
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Fill in missing numbers in the number pyramid puzzle game. Click the blue button to choose the maximum value on the top: 20, 30, 50 or 100:
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Math number pyramids are pyramids of numbers. In a number pyramid puzzle game, numbers next to each other are added together to make the number above it.
You can choose the maximum value on the top of the addition pyramid: 20, 30, 50 or 100. Math pyramid puzzle game is a great way how kids can learn addition.
Addition pyramid worksheets
Addition pyramids worksheets help you to make math lessons more interesting. Kids have to complete the missing number pyramid puzzle.
Download our free printable addition pyramids worksheets in PDF below. Each number pyramids worksheet consists of two pages: the first page is the worksheet, the other page contains the answer key. All these number pyramid puzzles are generated automatically: every time a new addition pyramid worksheet.
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How do you solve an addition pyramid math puzzle?
In the addition pyramid math puzzle kids must add together two numbers. They can use the knowledge they have gained from playing the number bonds game .
Students solve the math pyramid game by adding adjacent numbers and writing the sum above them, working this way up to the top of the 4-layer number pyramid puzzle.
The bottom row is filled with random numbers. Each number in the upper rows is the sum of the two numbers below it.
Press "Check it" to find out if your answer is OK. The correct boxes will be green, wrong boxes will be red. Press the button "New game" and you can play a new number pyramid puzzle game. You can also watch this tutorial on YouTube .
Why to play math pyramid puzzle game?
Number pyramid game is a nice way how to learn addition. To play this game kids need to have basic knowledge of addition up to 20 and addition up to 30 .
Math pyramid puzzle game is suitable for training 1st Grade Math . Do you want to practice addition and subtraction at the same time? Then play this math crossword puzzle game .
You might also like these number pyramid games:
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In math pyramid puzzle game every brick contains the sum of the two bricks below. Fill in the missing numbers in the empty bricks.
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This is an activity for upper elementary or middle school students. First, students solve puzzles, and then they make up puzzles. This video explains the basic idea, with specific page references to the worksheet:
Download the worksheet , which includes some teacher notes in the back.
Your students will also need some blank pyramids on which they can experiment.
Possible follow-up: I scripted a condensed version of this unit for a TED-Ed animated riddle . I recommend only showing this to your students after doing the activities I shared above, because the video jumps quickly to the final question, thus not allowing for a full exploration of the ideas. On the other hand, after they have done and discussed the worksheets, students probably would enjoy the animation, and appreciate the explanations that follow the pause.
This unit was inspired by Brad Fulton’s Pyramid Math (of which I only saw two pages.) Many thanks to James Propp and James Tanton for valuable feedback.
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Number pyramid problem (algebra 1)
Write an equation that can be used to find d , the difference between the last number and the first number, for any row r . (Show work please)
Row 2; 8 10
Row 3; 15 17 19
Row 4; 24 26 28 30
Row 5; 35 37 39 41 43
Row 6; 48 50 52 54 56 58
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Hadi B. answered 04/02/19
BS in Mathematics with 5+ years of tutoring experience
the difference in the last and first number in row 2 is 2
so, 2 times 1
the difference in the last and first number in row 3 is 4
so, 2 times 2
the difference in the last and first number in row 4 is 6
so, 2 times 3
the difference in the last and first number in row n is 2 times n-1
so, d = 2(n-1) = 2n-2
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Improve your basic math skills and practice your mental math with this huge collection of number pyramids. Which contains 15 addition pyramids worksheets of 3 and 4 floor levels.
Find the missing numbers of each pyramid, in order to get completed these math puzzles. You will have to alternate addition and subtraction operations. In this way, it would be easy for you to understand the relationship between them as inverse operations. It’s very important to establish addition and subtraction as inverse operations in order to later be able to solve equations.
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Student Solutions Teachers' Resources Number Pyramids printable sheet In a number pyramid, the numbers on the lower layers determine the numbers above them. Start by choosing three single-digit numbers and enter them in the bottom row of the interactive number pyramid.
1. Fill out the empty cells in the examples. If you did this correctly, the top number in the last pyramid should be 32. Pyramid Puzzles The given numbers are called seeds. You are given three seeds in each pyramid: 2. Fill out the empty cells in the pyramids above. (You don't have to do them in order.) 3.
Number walls, also called number pyramids or calculation walls, are solved with a specific method. In each brick the sum of the two bricks below is shown. To calculate the content of each...
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WORKSHEETS Number pyramid puzzle game Fill in missing numbers in the number pyramid puzzle game. Click the blue button to choose the maximum value on the top: 20, 30, 50 or 100: Please, share it: Math number pyramid puzzle game online Math number pyramids are pyramids of numbers.
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level Secondary curriculum Problem Getting Started Student Solutions Teachers' Resources More Number Pyramids printable sheet This problem follows on from Number Pyramids. In the number pyramid below, the number in the bottom left hand corner determines all the other numbers.
Maxim and Leslie also found ways to find the bottom number from the top number. This is Maxim's method: $(n-12)\div8$ I worked this out by doing the inverse of the first problem. This is Leslie's method. The way I found was to first subtract the top number by four, and then to divide the result by eight and then subtract one.
Student Solutions Teachers' Resources Why do this problem? This problem introduces the idea of number pyramids as a context to explore number relationships that can be generalised and justified using algebra.
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More Number Pyramids Extension. Age 11 to 14. Interactive environment. This follows on from More Number Pyramids . Change the bottom left number and explore how it affects the top number. You can select different step sizes for the numbers on the bottom layer.
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