Exploring Patterns with Input-Output Tables

Exploring Patterns with Input-Output Tables

Discover how input-output tables can represent patterns and relationships. Explore how different operations affect the rule connecting inputs and outputs.


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Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Open-ended question 1

Numbers 5, 7, and 10 go into a +20 machine. What will the outputs be?

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Open-ended question 2

A machine takes the number 3 (input) and changes it into a 6 (output).  Jair says the rule uses addition, but Mayra disagrees and says the rule uses multiplication.  Who is correct?  Explain.

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