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: Task
The table below shows all the products of pairs of numbers between 1 and 9.
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Which numbers appear only once in the table of products?   Where are these numbers located in the table?  Why?
Which numbers appear the most frequently in the table?  Why?
Which numbers between 10 and 20 do  not  appear in the table?  What do these numbers have in common?


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