WS04 - Algebraic patterns

Use this work sample to assess students' knowledge and skills to apply algebraic thinking to a repeating task.

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Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment advice, Assessment task
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Feedback
Keywords	define variables, growing pattern, tables of values, algebraic rule, substitution
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Algebra
Topics	Algebraic expressions, Patterns and algebra
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7A01 Recognise and use variables to represent everyday formulas algebraically and substitute values into formulas to determine an unknown AC9M7A02 Formulate algebraic expressions using constants, variables, operations and brackets AC9M7A03 Solve one-variable linear equations with natural number solutions; verify the solution by substitution AC9M7A04 Describe relationships between variables represented in graphs of functions from authentic data AC9M7A05 Generate tables of values from visually growing patterns or the rule of a function; describe and plot these relationships on the Cartesian plane
Numeracy progression	Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P6, P7, P8)
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