Noon,
racecar, Mom and Pop,
These words start just like they stop!
Forward, backward they're at home-
We call each one a Palindrome!
A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as it does forwards, for example, wow, tnt, top spot, level, madam, Otto, and civic!
Try to finish these palindromes: (If a letter is darker, it's the very middle of the palindrome. If there isn't a dark letter, the middle is a space between letters!)
Party Star
Too hot Sue
Don't look until you try all of them!
Even sentences can be palindromes.
Did Mom pop? Mom did! Yo, Bozo boy! Ed is on no side. Ma, I am!
Words aren't the only things that can be palindromes! How about numbers?
2002 101 1441 234565432
Did you know that any number in the world can become a palindrome? The trick is:
1.
Write the number.
2. Reverse the number and write it beneath.
3. Add the number!
4. If it's a palindrome,
stop! If it's not, reverse and add again...and again...and again...it
will always become a palindrome, eventually!
Example:
|
203
|
423 +324 =747 Palindrome! 4 |
|
626 +626 =1252 Not a palindrome-reverse +2521 =3773 Palindrome! |
Sometimes, you may have to reverse over and over! Some numbers have 21 reversals-but they end up palindromes! |
Now, you try!
| 241 + = Palindrome? Stop! |
304 + = Palindrome? Stop! |
| 536 + = Palindrome? Reverse! + = Palindrome? Stop! |
Choose any number! Reverse and add it! Keep reversing and adding-you will (someday!) get a palindrome! |
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Star rats Too hot to hoot Sue us |
