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CHAPTER 1

Ge t t i n g S t a r t ed

Growth Patterns
Fardad got a growth chart as a
gift on his 5th birthday. He kept
it on his closet door for five years
and recorded his height every
year on his birthday.

patterns are there in the average heights of

? What
males and females?
A. Describe the patterns you see in Fardads growth chart.
B. Write the pattern rule for Fardads height from ages 5 to 8.
C. If you were 109 cm at age 5 and you grew by 5 cm a year,
how tall would you be now? Represent your pattern in a
table of values and write a pattern rule.

Age
(in years)

Fardads
height (cm)

108

114

120

126

137

10

140

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D. Describe the patterns you see for the

average height of boys in this chart.

Age
(in years)

Average height
of boys (cm)

Average height
of girls (cm)

E. Compare the patterns in Fardads chart

to the patterns you saw in part D.

110

109

116

115

F. Describe the patterns you see for the

average height of girls in this chart.

122

121

128

127

134

134

10

140

140

11

148

146

12

154

152

13

160

158

14

166

161

15

172

164

G. Compare the growth patterns of boys

and girls.

Do You Remember?
1. Write the next three numbers in each pattern.
a) 15, 30, 45, 60,
d) 2, 5, 9, 14,
b) 144, 133, 122, 111,
e) 97, 88, 78, 67
c) 1, 11, 111, 1111,
2. Describe each pattern in Question 1. Write pattern rules
for Parts a) and b).
3. a) Make the next design in this pattern.
b) Record the number of green triangles
and the number of red trapezoids in
each design. Use a table.
c) How many of each shape are in
design 6?

design 1

design 2

design 3

4. Grace planned a welcome back party for her friends.

She made this table to decide how much food to order.
a) How many bags of chips would she order for 18 people?
b) Grace ordered 60 items. How many people were at the party?

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Number
of people

Number
of pizzas

Number of
bags of chips

Number of
bottles of juice