Yesterday in maths we worked on a problem where we had to find the growing pattern rule and describe what the pattern looked like. My group quickly found a formula - 8n + 4
As the position goes up by one, eight leaves are added. We had to keep in mind there were an additional four leaves in the middle. Therefore, 8 times the position number plus four gave us the right answer.
Position 1 = 12 leaves
Position 2 = 20 leaves
Position 3 = 28 leaves
Position 76 = 6 12 leaves
We came up with two different ways of visualising this -
Nice work Natasha. I like the fact that you have more than one way to visulise the pattern.
ReplyDeleteIt would also be nice to see a personal reflection as well. What is something you learned? was there any misconceptions talked about within your group?
Thanks