40 mins - Reviewing functions and models

 Recall using functions machines to describe relationships between an input variable, x, and an output variable, y
 Recall representations of functions as a table and as a graph

Starter: Recap unit poster (5 mins)

Activity: Constructing linear functions from coordinates (15-20 mins)

Student draw linear graphs using given coordinates in table
- They will complete this on graph paper and then stick them in their book
- They need to think of what x and y variables represent in real life
- How would they describe the pattern/relationship between x and y in an algebraic way?
De-brief: Review the answers – looking at properties of linear graphs and their algebraic forms (gradient and y-intercept)

Extension: https://nrich.maths.org/2282 (20-25 mins)

- Solve the problem
- How is this related to the functions that we have been looking at?
- What would the xy- graphs look like for different starting numbers?

Plenary: Recap learning so far

 Review: Direct proportion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ya8YNMJ27g

Direct proportion: two quantities are in direct proportion they increase or

decrease at the same rate.
If the values of two variables are always in the same ratio, the variables are
said to be in direct proportion. If the variables are y and x, you write this as y
proportional to x, means y/x is constant. That is, y=kx, where k is a
constant.
The direct proportional formula is written as
y = kx
 k is the constant of proportionality.
 y increases as x increases.
 y decreases as x decreases.
Q1: How to represent lines which do not
pass through the orign(0,0)?
Below you have 12 different tables of values.
Each table shows you the relationship between the variable x and y.

On an x- and y- coordinate plane (using all four quadrants):

• Plot the coordinates of one table at a time
• Align the coordinates using a ruler – what do you notice?
*What items in real-life could x and y represent?
Q2 ： variable x and y.
X ： dependent variable 自变量 represent by x-axis

Y ： independent variable 因变量 represent by y-axis

Q3: how to define linear function/equation
Conclusion:

Table

Graph – geometry. Straight lines

Function/equation – algebra general term(linear

function 一次函数，二元一次方程 ): y=mx+c
Q4: How to draw a grahp from linear
equation/function
In the number pyramid below, the number in the bottom left hand corner determines all the
other numbers. What patterns do you notice?
How is this related to the xy relationships we were considering earlier?
What would the xy relationships for different points look like if we drew their graphs?