Palindrome Math

by Christine V.

The Red Team did a project with numerical palindromes.  A palindrome is a number that is written the same from from the front and back such as 949.  First,Mr. Gann gave us a regular number.  We then reversed the number and added those two numbers together.  If the sum was not a palindrome then we kept repeating the process over and over.   When we were done we placed it on construction paper strips and added it to our chart.  Here is an example:

188 + 881 = 1,069

1,069 + 9,601 = 10,670

10,670 + 07,601 = 18,271

18,271 + 17,281 = 35,552

35,552 + 25,553 = 61,105

61,105 + 50,116 = 111,221

111,221 + 122,111 = 233,332