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    The document describes a "caterpillar" process where a starting number is changed by either adding 1 if odd or halving if even, repeating until reaching 1, and provides the example caterpillar of 15, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. It asks the reader to make up their own caterpillars using numbers under 20 and investigate what is the shortest and longest possible caterpillars.

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    The document describes a "caterpillar" process where a starting number is changed by either adding 1 if odd or halving if even, repeating until reaching 1, and provides the example caterpillar of 15, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. It asks the reader to make up their own caterpillars using numbers under 20 and investigate what is the shortest and longest possible caterpillars.

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    The document describes a "caterpillar" process where a starting number is changed by either adding 1 if odd or halving if even, repeating until reaching 1, and provides the example caterpillar of 15, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. It asks the reader to make up their own caterpillars using numbers under 20 and investigate what is the shortest and longest possible caterpillars.

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    Caterpillars

    To complete a caterpillar if a number is odd then add 1, if a number is even half it. Carry on until you get to 1.

    15

    16

    21

    11

    17

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    Can you make up some caterpillars of your own. Using numbers less than 20 what is the shortest caterpillar? What is the longest caterpillar?

    Investigate

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