Turn in homework for credit Attendance5 min Week 4 homework review15 min Finding a Pattern20 min In-Class Practice10 min
DDrawing a picture or diagram MMaking an organized list MMaking a table SSolving a simpler related problem FFinding a pattern GGuessing and checking EExperimenting AActing out the problem WWorking backwards WWriting an equation Today’s Topics Tree Diagram Organized list Make a table Solving simpler… Finding a pattern
Finding a Pattern Most frequently used problem solving strategies. Many times, it is used in conjunction with other problem solving strategies.
Odds and Ends Problem: What is the sum of the following series of numbers? … Consider the sums of a few simpler series: Pattern: The sum of each of the odd number series beginning with 1 is equal to the square of the number terms in the series. There are 50 odd numbers, so 50 2 = 2500 Answer: 2500 SERIESSUM
Connect the Dots Problem: Fifteen points are placed on a circle. How many straight line segments can be drawn by joining all the points in pairs? Pattern: The total number of line segments determined by 15 points is the sum of the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, …14 shown on the table. So, … + 14 = 105 segments. Number of points on circle123456…15 Number of new segments012345…14 Total number of segments …?
In-Class Practice Problem: If … = 385, what is the sum of … ? Solution: Series A … = 385 Series B … = ? Evaluate each term: Series A … = 385 Series B … = ? Series B = 4 x Series A = 4 x 385 = 1540
In-Class Practice Problem: What is the units digit of the product when one hundred 7s are multiplied? Solution: 7 = 7 7 x 7 = 49 7 x 7 x 7 = x 7 x 7 x 7 = x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 16,807 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 117,649 The units digit repeats in cycle of four: 7, 9, 3, 1, 7, 9, 3, 1, … 100/4=25, so when one hundred 7s are multiplied, the unit digit is 1.