The empty squares below are to be filled by writing numbers: 1, blank, blank, blank, blank, 6 (six squares in a row). The sum of the numbers in any three consecutive squares must be 10. What number should be written on the second square?
The empty squares below are to be filled by writing numbers: 1, blank, blank, blank, blank, 6 (six squares in a row). The sum of the numbers in any three consecutive squares must be 10. What number should be written on the second square?
Using the rule that any three consecutive squares sum to 10, and working through the sequence with the first square=1 and the last square=6, solving step-by-step gives the second square = 3.
Re-check your working by substituting the answer back into the original question.