1.

Getting Started

• You need to become familiar with the things (objects, numbers, situation)
to be investigated.
• Try to produce variety of particular examples or instances
• Keep records of you obtain.
• Shapes how they alike and different.
• What they like they are?
• How many of a particular type are there?
• How can these questioned be answered?
• Need to decide what is mathematically interesting or worth pursuing and
what is too simple or obvious to be worth spending of time on.
• You will get better at making these decision as you get more experience.

Investigate

CHORDS

Make a number of chords in a circle

where it has one intersection.
2. Taking Rest (gestating)

3. Exploring Systematically- records all you discover

0 chord 1 chord 2 chords

3 chords 4 chords
 Number of chords Number of regions
1 2
2 4
3 6
4 8

4. Making conjectures

But to use the pattern to find the maximum number of regions for say
100 chords on the circle, it would be necessary to add all the numbers from 1 to
100. Unless some way of simplifying the addition can be found this pattern.

Number of chords Number of regions

1 2=2(1)
2 4=2(2)
3 6=2(3)
4 8=2(4)

N (number of chords in a circle), the number of regions is 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

Conjecture #1: 2n where n is the number of chords

Thus, for the particular instances in the table, there seen to be some
patterns for the number of chords and the number of regions generalization
which is the formula.
5. Testing the conjecture (Counter Example)

Number of chords Maximum number of regions

1 2

2 4

3 6

4 8

5 10

6 12

Testing the conjecture #1

5 Chords = 10 number of regions

Using the general formula 2n:
N=5
2n
2(5)
10 regions
Thus, it is true using the conjecture.

6 Chords = 12 number of regions

Using the general formula 2n:
N=6
2n
2(6)
12 regions
Thus, it is true using the conjecture.

Exactly 5 chords have 10 regions have similarly 6 chords 12 regions. At this stage,
the conjecture tested.

6. Explaining/ Justifying

In an investigation, after overcoming the challenges of finding a pattern

and making a conjecture about it that is supported by the available data, there is
still the challenges of explains holds conjecture should be accepted.
7. Reorganizing
Sometimes you may become aware that the work on part investigation can be
done in a simpler, or more systematic or more general better way.

Reorganization of the data led to the earlier pattern on conjecture which the
answer example proved false, rejected or revise.

8. Elaborating

a. As a result of taking a break

b. From looking at the situation in different ways.
c. From looking different feature of the situation.

9. Summarizing

a. Clearer to you what you have done.

b. communication finding for others.
c. introduction’
information
Its origin- how you arrived at it the method of attack presented any
patterns or relation
Testing conjecture
Explanation
conclusion