They are key participants in the discourse. Another student suggests redoing the table so that the combinations are in order. Maybe we'll see a combination we missed. The teacher asks him to come up and do that. Looking at the revised table, one student raises her hand.
Several seconds pass.
Everyone seems to be pondering this. A couple of students whisper to one another. The teacher's question does not endorse or dismiss this idea. Students puzzle about the mathematical clues. The teacher asks what they think about this.