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Staircase Towers: Jumps of 1

Start with a 1 × 1 square. Add squares to make a staircase with jumps of 1 each time, like this:

A square, a small staircase, and a large staircase. d
  • 1 Complete this table for Staircase Towers: Jumps of 1.

    Length of Bottom Edge (centimeters) Area (square centimeters) Arithmetic Expression
    1 1  
    2 3  
    3 6  
    4    
    5    
    6    
    7    
    8    
    9    
    10    

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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons