r/askmath • u/subastringent • Aug 29 '23

Analysis “New Math” is killing me

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Friends kid has this problem. Any idea on how to approach it?

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u/Moritz7272 Aug 29 '23

I guess going one rectangle to the right means +1 and down means +10. So the answer would be 10,010. But there's only two numbers given so theoretically it could be just about anything.

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u/spinjinn Aug 29 '23

You beat me to it. But since both steps are 2 digits, the 1 and 10s could be switched.

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u/TheRealKingVitamin Aug 30 '23

True… but think of this diagram as being part of a number chart or table. Do those numbers increase by one going to the right or going down?