In Variables and Patterns, your child will study some basic ideas of algebra and learn some ways to use those ideas to solve problems and make decisions.
The Investigations in this Unit will help your student learn how to:
- Recognize situations in which variables are related in predictable ways
- Describe patterns of change in words, data tables, graphs, and equations
- Use data tables, graphs, equations, and inequalities to solve problems
As your child works on the problems in this Unit, ask them questions about problem situations that involve related quantitative variables:
- What are the variables in the problem?
- Which variables depend on or change in relation to others?
- How can you use a table, graph, equation, or inequality to represent and analyze a relationship between variables?