Function Machines - What's my Rule(Draft)

The idea behind these slides for students to try to guess the mathematical rule by putting numbers into the function machines. The intent is that they are used (maybe a couple a day) in the unit before you do linear relationships. It's meant to help students familiarize themselves with relationships that are linear but as a starter for each class and in an informal way. They start with one step equations and then get progressively more complex. For the full list, progression order and links to individual polypads, click here. It's meant for the language to be very informal but as the get harder you can try to formalize some ideas about choosing values with strategy as well as connections to tables and graphs.

By David Petro