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Setting the Table ActivitySetting the Table Activity
Publisher
Howard County Schools
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Grade
9th - 11th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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Setting the Table

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How many people can fit around a table? Depends on the size of the table, right? Explore patterns to generate an equation for the number of people that can fit around a table given its size.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

creating equations, patterns

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as an introductory lesson on creating linear equations from patterns
  • Assign the exercise for homework

Classroom Considerations

  • There is no worksheet, so instructors need to decide how learners will provide their responses

Pros

  • Simple, straightforward task
  • Provides an answer key

Cons

  • There is an error in the first diagram that can cause confusion for the entire task

 

Common Core

HSA-CED.A.1 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP6

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