• Printer Friendly Version

Virtual Manipulative

Click here for this interactive resource.

Description

This interactive web-based resource allows the user to explore simple linear functions; the function is determined by looking for patterns in the outputs. The Number Cruncher records each input and output in an input/output box.

Content Provider

The Shodor Foundation is a non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. For more information, please visit www.shodor.org.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

4.OA.5 Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.

MST3.4.PS.18 Students analyze problems by observing patterns.

MST3.4.A.5 Students analyze a pattern or a whole number function and state the rule, given a table or an input/output box.