What Comes Next? Nine & Dropping

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What comes next?

First, 9 and 99-hundredths in a yellow square. Next, (9 times 1) + (6 times 0.01) + (7 times 0.01) in a red square. Then, 9 and 7-twentieths in a yellow square). Last, (9 times 1) + (3 times 0.01) in a red square.

Describe or write what the next 4 numbers would be. Explain how you know what comes next.

Challenge

What would the 18th number in this pattern be? How would it be written?
What is the last number in the pattern that is greater than zero? Is it written as a decimal or a fraction? What position in the sequence of numbers is it? Explain how you know.

Follow-Up

Create your own pattern and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

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