28 | Using the | Patterns and Functions |
♦Give students a situation like in the last question. Then give them the screen shot shown at the right. Ask students to discuss what the screen means.
♦In groups, have students come up with their own situations that can be solved recursively. Have them write the situations in story form, and then trade with another group.
♦Give students the screen shot at the right. Ask them to create at least one situation that would fit this pattern.
Extensions
Use the following patterns to work with fractions and decimals.
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Doubling
An old legend recounts the story of the ruler who offered the subject any payment the subject requested. The subject replied that the following would suffice: 1 grain of wheat on the first square of the chessboard, 2 on the next, 4 on the next, and so on, doubling the amount of wheat on each successive square.
Ask students: How many grains of wheat will you need just to fill the squares of the first row? (8 squares)
How many grains for half of the board? (32 squares)
How many grains to pay the subject in full? (64 squares)
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