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What are triangular numbers?


Objective

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Write a brief description of how to figure out the tenth triangular number.

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Can you come up with a way to figure out any triangular number?


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Explore Arithmetic Sequences
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  1. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  2. BBC Link
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There are other figurate numbers besides triangular numbers.
What are their names,
what do they look like
and how are they generated?