Sheet # 11 Critical Thinking
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Farmer Patrick grows giant cucumbers. He has one started out at 8 cm, then grew on the second day by 4 cm, to be 12 cm at the end of the second day. Each day the cucumber grew by the same amount as on the previous day plus 2 cm. On what day would the giant cucumber be longer than 1 meter?
Answer for sheet # 11
Day #
Length of Cucumbers
Increased by
1
8 cm
2
12 cms (8 cm + 4cm)
4cm
3
18 cm ( 12 cm + 4cm + 2cm)
6 cm
4
26 ( 18 cm + 6cm + 2cm)
8 cm
5
36 cm
10 cm
6
48 cm
12 cm
7
62 cm
14 cm
8
78 cm
16 cm
9
96 cm
18 cm
10
116 cm
20 cm