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 3 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 8. What comes out after step 2?
- 2.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 4. What comes out after step 2?
- 3.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 2?
- 4.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 8. What comes out after step 3?
- 5.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 5. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 6. What comes out after step 2?
- 6.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 2?
- 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: 36 47 87 73 91 85. After step 4, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 8.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 2?
- 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: 30 89 18 74 91 13. After step 4, what is the 5th 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: 80 71 65 28 87 68. After step 2, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 11.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: 77 34 52 15 90 83. After step 3, what is the 3rd number from the left?
- 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: 30 13 54 39 98 47. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 13.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 2?
- 14.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 5. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 2?
- 15.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: 23 26 51 83 31 53. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 16.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 3?
- 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: 35 41 14 18 37 12. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 18.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 5. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 4. What comes out after step 3?
- 19.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: 99 38 26 90 71 13. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 20.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 35 54 31 82 33. After step 2, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 21.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 9. What comes out after step 2?
- 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: 69 75 65 94 71 26. After step 2, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 23.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then takes away 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 7. What comes out after step 2?
- 24.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 4. What comes out after step 2?
- 25.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: 99 11 53 28 64 12. After step 4, what is the 1st number from the left?
- 26.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: 36 38 72 59 66 70. After step 4, what is the 5th number from the left?
- 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: 11 93 40 18 64 59. After step 3, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 28.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 7. What comes out after step 2?
- 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: 46 31 11 88 85 25. After step 2, what is the 3rd number from the left?
- 30.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 2. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 5. What comes out after step 3?
- 31.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 2. What comes out after step 3?
- 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: 31 34 79 37 94 46. After step 3, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 33.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: 56 23 11 19 97 86. After step 4, what is the 4th number from the left?
- 34.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: 87 71 42 86 60 70. After step 3, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 35.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 4. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 6. What comes out after step 2?
- 36.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 3. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 3. What comes out after step 2?
- 37.A number machine multiplies a number by 2 and then adds 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 8. 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: 38 34 72 67 44 31. After step 3, what is the 2nd number from the left?
- 39.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: 83 16 76 61 94 73. After step 4, what is the 6th number from the left?
- 40.A number machine multiplies a number by 3 and then takes away 1. Each output goes back in as the next input. Start with 3. What comes out after step 3?
Answer key
- 76
- 40
- 30
- 85
- 39
- 6
- 91
- 22
- 89
- 87
- 77
- 13
- 37
- 23
- 31
- 68
- 18
- 173
- 71
- 31
- 27
- 75
- 22
- 48
- 99
- 72
- 93
- 67
- 46
- 109
- 15
- 31
- 23
- 70
- 36
- 21
- 35
- 34
- 94
- 68
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