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answer: 233

MARIO ROCCO PETTINATI
ENGLISH FOR EVER SCHOOL - SANTA BRANCA - SP BRAZIL

Barry Spence - Teacher
Piper Creek Elementary School - Red Deer AB Canada

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answer: 29

Andrea Celovsky, Megan Filion - Gr. 4
St. Benedict School - Sarnia, Ont.

Grade 7/8
St. Benedict's School - Sarnia, Ont.

Jonathon Weber, Alyssia Sirski - Grade 6
Smith-Jackson Ukrainian Bilingual School - Dauphin, MB. Canada

Andrea Celovsky, Megan Filion - Gr. 4
St. Benedict School - Sarnia, Ont.

Megan, KENDALL VOGH
DEER ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL - DEER ISLAND NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA

The anonymous math puzzle solver
St. avila school Wpg.Man.Can.

Melissa Ruyf - Grade 7C
Nationview Public School - South Mountain,ON Canada

dkoehn@mail.wiscnet.net

Ron_Ballentine@halton.tor.hookup.net

Students in grade 6W
Yorkhill E.S. -  Thornhill Ontario

Jeff Kensley, Nicholas Serratore, Kayla LeNeve, Bradley Genovy
5th/6th Grade - Mr.J.Cowley
Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Jonathon Fidierchuk, Steven Perih, Melanie Timm, Jordan Zurba
Kate-Lyn Drewniak, Jodi Gancher - Grade 6
Smith-Jackson Ukrainian Bilingual School - Dauphin, MB. Canada

Mary Logsdon
Eastridge Elementary - Lincoln, NE USA

margaret boyd
former shaper of young minds (teacher)

Cadet Richard L. Johnson
United States Military Academy - West Point, NY, USA

Sarah Thomson, Dan Opperman, Veronica Martinez, Candice Majovsky, 
Mike Lepore, Ben Laird, David Lee Gratton, Derek Crevier - Grade 7
St. Benedict's School - Sarnia, Ont.

Brendon Krom, Michael Companion - Grade 6, St.
Benedict's School - Sarnia, Ont.

bob

Eric Scazzosi
RWA - Beaconsfeild,Canada

April Rey, Adam Lamont
St. Augustine - Brandon,Canada

James Male & Sonja Tunovic - Grade 6
Shamroock School - Winnipeg, MB, CA

JoEllen's class
Jasper County Youth Shelter - Newton, Iowa USA

bailes Brown
Walhalla MS - Walhalla SC

Carley Haystead
Chemong Public School - Bridgenorth, Ontario, Canada

Jonathon Weber, Alyssia Sirski - Grade 6
Smith-Jackson Ukrainian Bilingual School - Dauphin, MB. Canada

Grade 7/8
St. Benedict's School - Sarnia, Ont.

tony
Abbotsford senior secondary - abbotsford British Columbia
nightwulf@usa.net

ALEX R.W., TOMMY K., WINSTON C.B., JOSH D., JESSE H., 
ALEX R., THOMAS R. -  GRADE #5  MRS O' CONNELL'S CLASS
COTTAGE LANE SCHOOL - BLAUVELT, NEW YORK, USA

Elaine Stedman's Class
Narragansett Elementary School - Narragansett,Rhode Island,USA

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answer: 2223

Matthew S. Taylor (explains) 
Walhalla Middle School - Walhalla, United States of America.  

In this pattern,there about three groups that
repeat like this: 2, 22, then one more than the 
previous number, then 22 increased by adding a 2 
after the highest digit, then 23 increased by adding
2, then 222 plus one, then 25 increased by adding
2, then 222 increased by adding a 2 after the highest
digit,and last 2222 increased by adding 1.

           2, 22, 23, 222, 25, 223, 27, 2222, _____

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