This is the fifth and final workbook in our Introducing Algebra series.
This pack is filled with worksheets designed to introduce students to patterns and linear sequenes, and to develop an understanding of the nth term, and how to use it to find any term of the sequence. It covers some common sequences that are not linear, such as square numbers and the fibonacci sequence, but doesn’t require finding or using the nth term of these. Each worksheet is differentiated 3 ways.
Also included are the same worksheets, but put into differentiated workbooks, so you can hand these to your students to use as homework, or an ongoing project.
The worksheets consist of the following:
Worksheet 1 Patterns of Shapes - introduces students to basic patters using shapes.
Worksheet 2 Gaps in the Sequence - introduces number sequences, and what rules they follow (for example, starting at 2, add 3 to each term).
Worksheet 3 Function Machines - solidifies the link between a rule and a pattern by using Function Machines.
Worksheet 4 Fencing In - covers 2 pages, and follows a pattern of fences. Students find the next in the sequence. For the highest differentiation of this worksheets, students need to already know how to find an nth term.
Worksheet 5 Dinner Table Conundrum - similar to worksheet 4, with a focus on following a pattern of tables and chairs. Differentiation 1 does not require the nth term.
Worksheet 6 Fishing for Sequences - involves finding numbers that match a pattern. Both the nth term and the rule for the sequence is given.
Worksheet 7 The nth Term - requires students to both find the nth term of a linear sequence, and to find terms of a given nth term.
Worksheet 8 Riddle Me This - consists of a riddle that reveals a famous mathematician.
Worksheet 9 Nth Term in Words - delves deeper into recognising linear sequences and understanding how to find specific terms and checking if a given value will appear in the sequence.
Worksheet 10 Fibonacci and Pascal’s Triangle - offers a challenge by looking at both the Fibonacci Sequence and Pascals Triangle
This is available in a bundle along side Factoring and substitution, One and Two step equations, Forming and solving Linear Equations and Sequences and nth Term. If you get the bundle, you'll also receive a free revision test and check list. (If you have purchased these individually, or bought 3 workbooks from the bundle, get in touch at littlestreams@gmail.com and we will send you the revision booklet in an email).
