The three cards below form a number pattern. The first two cards have been turned over to show their numbers.
2
4
2
What number could be on the 3rd card when it is turned over,
and what rule have you used to find this number?
3 start

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.