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Sheet # 59 Critical Thinking

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Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.

Toothpicks are arranged as follows. If the pattern is continued, how many toothpicks would be used to make figure 4? To make figure 5?











































Answers for sheet # 59

Figure 1 needs 6 toothpicks
Figure 2 needs 9
Figure 3 need 12

You will have to add 3 toothpicks to make figure 4: 15 toothpicks in all Figure will need 18 toothpicks.