Strings of Beads

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Strings of Beads

• Beads are thread onto a string in a
  particular pattern.
• First three red, then two blue, then three
  green, then two yellow and finally three orange.
• The word HELLO is printed one letter per bead on
  the middle 5 beads. This pattern, with the
  lettering, is then repeated.
• What colour is the 250th bead?
• What letter is on the 124th bead?
• Describe the 176th bead?
• What beads are either side of it?
• I make a necklace 125 beads long, what bead
  should I start on if I want the necklace to have
  the word HELLO exactly in the middle? Describe
  the beads I would need to make this necklace.