Glossary
Patterns
Linear patterns
Converting between pictures, tables, lists and words
Finding term ‘zero’
Finding the rule from a table
Finding a term from a rule
Finding the sequence from a rule
Finding the term number given the rule and its value
Applications
Coordinate revision
Plotting discrete applications
Plotting continuous patterns
Finding linear equations from graphs
Drawing horizontal and vertical lines
The gradient of a line
Drawing straight lines using the gradient and intercept
Writing equations from a graph
Applications
Linear or not?
Quadratic patterns
Drawing parabolas
1 In the form y = x 2 ± b
2 In the form y = (x ± c)2
3 y = –x 2
4 In the form y = (x ± c)2 ± b
Finding equations for quadratic patterns
Exponential patterns
Weird stuff: the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio
Revision 1
Revision 2
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
Victoria has twenty years’ experience in teaching Mathematics and has recently retired as Teacher of Mathematics and Specialist Classroom Teacher at Riccarton High School. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).