Bubbles inside Bubbles inside
Bubbles inside ...
Bubbles can be separate or inside other bubbles. They do
not touch or join together (or burst!).
This diagram shows the 4 different ways that three bubbles
can be blown:
Here are some of the ways that four bubbles can be blown:
- 1 Find other ways of blowing
four bubbles. Have you found all possible ways?
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- 2 Copy and complete this table
of results :
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Number of bubbles (N)
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1
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2
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3
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4
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...
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Number of ways (B)
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- 3 Extend your results table to
five bubbles. Try to be systematic when drawing your bubble
pictures. Finding all the possibilities is not easy.
- Hint: It may be easier trying to add a fifth bubble to each
four-bubble picture. Where are all the possible places the fifth
bubble could go? Work through each picture in sequence. Watch out
for repeats though!
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