1. Use a pattern to answer each question. One week, you tell 3 of your friends a secret. The next week, each of them tells 3 people the secret and the next week each of those people tells 3 more people. So the first week, 3 new people know the secret; the second week, 9 new people know the secret; the third week, 27 new people know the secret, etc. How many people find out the secret on the 5th week? 27 8 15 243 2. To which set of numbers does the number belong? irrational numbers integers rational numbers natural numbers 3. Insert , or = to make the sentence true.

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1. Use a pattern to answer each question.

One week, you tell 3 of your friends a secret. The next week, each of them tells 3 people the secret and the next week each of those people tells 3 more people. So the first week, 3 new people know the secret; the second week, 9 new people know the secret; the third week, 27 new people know the secret, etc. How many people find out the secret on the 5th week?  
27
8
15
243

2.   To which set of numbers does the number belong?
irrational numbers
integers
rational numbers
natural numbers

3. Insert <, >, or = to make the sentence true.