Triangle Center Numbers
1. **Restate the Problem:**
We have four triangles, each divided into four sections around a center circle with numbers inside or empty. The top-left, top-right, and bottom-right triangles have numbers inside the center circle: 36, 80, and 210 respectively. The bottom-left triangle's center circle is blank.
Each triangle has four numbers around the circle, arranged clockwise:
- Top-left: 3, 2, 1, 6 (circle 36)
- Top-right: 4, 4, 5, 1 (circle 80)
- Bottom-left: 6, 8, 2, 4 (circle blank)
- Bottom-right: 5, 7, square, 2 (circle 210)
The goal is to find the missing number represented by the square in the bottom-right triangle and likely the number inside the blank circle in the bottom-left.
2. **Analyze Given Patterns:**
Check relationships between the numbers around the circle and the number inside the circle for the triangles with known center values.
- Top-left triangle:
Numbers: 3, 2, 1, 6
Center: 36
Try multiplication or sum of products:
$3 \times 2 \times 1 \times 6 = 36$
This exactly matches the center number.
- Top-right triangle:
Numbers: 4, 4, 5, 1
Center: 80
Check product:
$4 \times 4 \times 5 \times 1 = 80$
Matches the center number again.
- Bottom-right triangle:
Numbers: 5, 7, square, 2
Center: 210
Try same pattern:
$5 \times 7 \times \text{square} \times 2 = 210$
Calculate known product:
$5 \times 7 \times 2 = 70$
So
$$70 \times \text{square} = 210$$
Divide both sides by 70:
$$\text{square} = \frac{210}{70} = 3$$
3. **Find missing number in bottom-left triangle:**
Numbers: 6, 8, 2, 4
Center: blank
Since pattern is product of 4 numbers,
Compute:
$$6 \times 8 \times 2 \times 4 = 384$$
So the center number is 384.
4. **Final answers:**
- Number in square = 3
- Number inside blank circle = 384
These are consistent with the pattern discovered.
**Final step:**
The square symbol represents the number 3, and the bottom-left center circle number is 384.