Question

Fan & Medal.
A certain business has implemented a new incentive plan whereby an employee earns tokens for every sale they make.

For 1 sale, an employee earns 3 token.
For 2 sales, an employee earns 4 tokens.
For 3 sales, an employee earns 6 tokens.
For 4 sales, an employee earns 9 tokens.

How many tokens will be earned for eight sales?
A. 24
B. 27
C. 31
D. 39

Answer 1

look at the token count as we go up from 1 sale to 4 sales

Answer 2

do you see a patter?

Answer 3

pattern*

Answer 4

Do you understand? I am not going to give you the answer. Think about it.

Answer 5

It goes up 1, then 2, then 3.

Answer 6

So 9 + 4 = 13 would be #5?

Answer 7

13 + 5 = 18 for #6

Answer 8

18 + 6 = 24 for #7

Answer 9

yep keep going.

Answer 10

24 + 7 = 31 for #8

Answer 11

there is your answer.