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Pass The Candy - Recursion activity

Three students sit down facing each other. Each student is given a bag of candies. Each student divides their candy into half and passes half to the student on the left. If the student has an odd number they pass on the extra candy. For example if a student has 13 pieces of candy they keep 6 and pass on 7. This process repeats until an equilibrium is reached. As students are doing the process get them to record the...

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