After you have experimented with this activity, see if you can answer the following guestions.

1. What effect does a negative starting number have on the sequence? What effect does a large negative starting number have on the sequence? What effect does a positive starting number have on the sequence? What effect does a large positive starting number have on the sequence?

   
   
   
   
   
   

2. What effect does a decimal multiplyer have on the sequence? What effect does a negative multiplyer have on the sequence? What effect does a large multiplyer have on the sequence?

   
   
   
   
   
   

3. What effect does a negative add-on have on the sequence? What effect does a large negative add-on have on the sequence? What effect does a positive add-on have on the sequence? What effect does a large positive add-on have on the sequence?

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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