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= Group 3 = Each day of the week your team will work through the Math Mystery of the day and try to solve the pattern. Write down your thought process to finding the next three numbers in the pattern. Answer the questions under each day.

Day 1
2, 4, 6, 8, ...

What is the pattern? What are the next three numbers to this pattern? How did you discover the next three numbers? How did you recognize the pattern? Why are the three numbers you decided the next three numbers? Can you explain how you know that the next three numbers are indeed the next three numbers? Explain the thoughts that cam into your head. List the guesses that you first had when you saw the pattern.

Day 2
40, 35, 30, 25, ...

What is the pattern? What are the next three numbers to this pattern? How did you discover the next three numbers? How did you recognize the pattern? Why are the three numbers you decided the next three numbers? Can you explain how you know that the next three numbers are indeed the next three numbers? Explain the thoughts that cam into your head. List the guesses that you first had when you saw the pattern. Was this obvious? Why or why not? Explain how you came up with your thinking? How well did you work as a team? Are there things you can work on to make tomorrow's Math Mystery better?

Day 3
1, 4, 7, 10, ...

What is the pattern? What are the next three numbers to this pattern? How did you discover the next three numbers? How did you recognize the pattern? Why are the three numbers you decided the next three numbers? Can you explain how you know that the next three numbers are indeed the next three numbers? Explain the thoughts that cam into your head. List the guesses that you first had when you saw the pattern. What was challenging about finding the answer to this Math Mystery? What was easy about it? How did you over come the challenges?

Day 4
3, 9, 27, 81, ...

What is the pattern? What are the next three numbers to this pattern? How did you discover the next three numbers? How did you recognize the pattern? Why are the three numbers you decided the next three numbers? Can you explain how you know that the next three numbers are indeed the next three numbers? Explain the thoughts that cam into your head. List the guesses that you first had when you saw the pattern. Did you have to use different math skills, strategies, and thinking to come up with answer to this problem? Did you have to think about the pattern differently than you did the other days of the week? Was this pattern harder or easier from the other days of the week? What made it harder or easier?

Day 5
2, 5, 8, 11, ...

What is the pattern? What are the next three numbers to this pattern? How did you discover the next three numbers? How did you recognize the pattern? Why are the three numbers you decided the next three numbers? Can you explain how you know that the next three numbers are indeed the next three numbers? Explain the thoughts that cam into your head. List the guesses that you first had when you saw the pattern. How did you come up with answer to this pattern? Did you have to try a lot of different answers to discover the next three numbers? What skills and strategies helped you to get to the answer of this question? If you did not find the answer, what was something you could have done differently to help your team discover the answer?

Overall
Explain major strategies and thought processes used in your group to discover the answers to all of the Math Mystery Patterns. How well did your group work together? List three things your group did well and three things your group could improve on for next time?

Great Job! You completely Math Mystery Week!