A species of bees make hexagonal, 6 sided, honeycombs.The bees begin with on hexagonal cell then make successive rings of hexagonal cells around the initial cell.

Question

Make a table of values for the number of cells in each of the first 8 rings (1st ring, 2nd ring, etc..) after the single cell.
What exactly is this asking and how do I solve it?

Answer 1

Read up on hexagonal numbers.
You can get started here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_number

Answer 2

Good