standard_description: Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Sondra says
$$3\times223=696$$
. Use what you know about the product of two odd numbers to explain why Sondra is wrong.
Problem 2
Explain two ways you could find the next number in the highlighted diagonal below. You don’t need to actually compute it!
| **            ×           **  | **            1           ** | **            2           ** | **            3           ** | **            4           ** | **            5           ** | **            6           ** | **            7           ** | **            8           ** | **            9           ** | **            10           ** |   |
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|---|
| **            1           **  |              1               |              2               |              3               |              4               |              5               |              6               |              7               |              8               |              9               |              10               |   |
| **            2           **  |              2               |              4               |              6               |              8               |              10              |              12              |              14              |              16              |              18              |              20               |   |
| **            3           **  |              3               |              6               |              9               |              12              |              15              |              18              |              21              |              24              |              27              |              30               |   |
| **            4           **  |              4               |              8               |              12              |              16              |              20              |              24              |              28              |              32              |              36              |              40               |   |
| **            5           **  |              5               |              10              |              15              |              20              |              25              |              30              |              35              |              40              |              45              |              50               |   |
| **            6           **  |              6               |              12              |              18              |              24              |              30              |              36              |              42              |              48              |              54              |              60               |   |
| **            7           **  |              7               |              14              |              21              |              28              |              35              |              42              |              49              |              56              |              63              |              70               |   |
| **            8           **  |              8               |              16              |              24              |              32              |              40              |              48              |              56              |              64              |              72              |              80               |   |
| **            9           **  |              9               |              18              |              27              |              36              |              45              |              54              |              63              |              72              |              81              |              90               |   |
| **            10           ** |              10              |              20              |              30              |              40              |              50              |              60              |              70              |              80              |              90              |              100              |   |
|                               |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                               |   |


aligns: no