Headline Story
Geometry, #1
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to create problems that can be solved using information from the story.
Headline Story
Krista used square tiles to make the following pattern:
Possible student responses
- Each figure in Krista’s pattern has one more square than the figure before it.
- She added a new square to the top row and then to the bottom row.
- She made a rectangle with 2 tiles and then added a tile to the top row. Then she made a rectangle with 4 tiles and added a tile to the top row.
- The next two figures in her pattern are:
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