Input Output Reasoning Worksheet
How to think it through (One step, one line): Read the rule carefully: what moves (or changes) in each step? Write the list (or number) after step 1, step 2, step 3 … each on a new line. Stop at the step asked and read the answer.
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- 1.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 3?
- 2.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 15 58 89 92 31 87. After step 2, what is the 3rd number from the left?
- 3.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 2?
- 4.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 91 66 20 85 12 63. After step 3, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 5.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 42 40 83 24 43 33. After step 2, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 6.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 3?
- 7.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 20 42 74 63 88 50. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 8.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 98 36 86 16 67 22. After step 3, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 9.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 22 67 88 32 56 27. After step 3, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 10.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 91 86 89 20 55 19. After step 2, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 11.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 3?
- 12.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 74 40 92 28 73 24. After step 2, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 13.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 2?
- 14.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 34 36 51 67 70 22. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 15.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 2?
- 16.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 41 17 45 93 34 71. After step 4, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 17.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 81 11 21 90 12 28. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 18.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 4. What comes out after step 3?
- 19.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 3. What comes out after step 3?
- 20.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 2?
- 21.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 57 45 17 65 97 22. After step 4, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 22.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 14 83 13 97 93 33. After step 4, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 23.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 25 13 94 47 49 46. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 24.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 84 23 21 65 91 76. After step 3, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 25.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 65 47 52 60 95 18. After step 2, what is the 3rd number from the left?
- 26.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 3?
- 27.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 69 17 66 90 45 27. After step 2, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 28.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 94 63 77 75 76 36. After step 4, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 29.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 12 41 54 11 26 70. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 30.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 7. What comes out after step 2?
- 31.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 28 11 71 68 14 72. After step 2, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 32.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 21 88 74 17 98 14. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 33.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 8. What comes out after step 2?
- 34.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 3. What comes out after step 3?
- 35.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 4. What comes out after step 2?
- 36.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the biggest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 63 15 39 93 77 99. After step 3, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 37.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 3. What comes out after step 2?
- 38.A machine arranges numbers step by step. In each step it takes the smallest number not yet arranged and moves it to the left, just after the numbers already arranged; the others keep their order. Input: 96 70 35 55 37 60. After step 4, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 39.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 2?
- 40.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 3?
Answer key
- 9
- 15
- 48
- 85
- 24
- 44
- 20
- 16
- 67
- 19
- 12
- 92
- 5
- 70
- 65
- 34
- 21
- 53
- 10
- 93
- 17
- 13
- 94
- 23
- 65
- 256
- 27
- 77
- 26
- 34
- 72
- 98
- 56
- 17
- 25
- 39
- 18
- 37
- 41
- 47
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