Monday, October 29, 2012

Writing Expressions for a Pattern

23 October 2012 - We have been working on some pre-algebra in our current math unit of late! I know what you're thinking, but it's not just for high school students! We start with a pattern of numbers like 4, 5, 6, ... and, using a variable to represent the figure number, write an expression for the pattern itself. I know that it sounds more complicated than it is, so I will let Mila and Keana explain it below:


Didn't they do a great job? The only thing they forgot is to actually write an expression for a) and b). The expressions they meant to write were as follows:

a) x + 14
b) x + 15