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Tennessee Curriculum Standards
4th Grade
Algebra
The student will understand and generalize patterns as they represent and analyze quantitative relationships and change in a variety of contexts and problems using graphs, tables, and equations.

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Lessons (3)

Shows students that number patterns exist in the Pascal's Triangle, and reinforces student's ability to identify patterns.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: arithmetic, binomial, chaos, coefficient, combinatorics, decimals, dimension, division, divisors, factors, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, geometry, infinity, integers, iteration, length, lines, multiples, multiplication, pascal's triangle, pattern, probability, rectangles, recursion, remainders, segment, self-similarity, sequences, surface area, symmetry, triangle, whole numbers

Students learn to identify a variety of patterns using sequences and tessellations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, hexagon, iteration, multiplication, pattern, planes, polygon, recursion, recursive functions, sequences, squares, symmetry, tessellations, triangle

This lesson is designed to introduce students to the idea of a set and what it means to be a part of a set. Students will experiment with sets in conjunction with the Venn Diagram.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: counting, element, pattern, sets, venn diagram

Activities (6)

Learn about fractions between 0 and 1 by repeatedly deleting portions of a line segment, and also learn about properties of fractal objects. Parameter: fraction of the segment to be deleted each time.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, sequences, sets

Color numbers in Pascal's Triangle by rolling a number and then clicking on all entries that are multiples of the number rolled, thereby practicing multiplication tables, investigating number patterns, and investigating fractal patterns. Coloring Multiples in Pascal's Triangle is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algebra, combinatorics, division, divisors, factors, fractals, integers, multiples, pascal's triangle, pascals triangle, pattern, triangle, whole numbers

Color numbers in Pascal's Triangle by rolling a number and then clicking on all entries that have the same remainder when divided by the number rolled, thereby practicing division and remainders, investigating number patterns, and investigating fractal patterns. Coloring Remainders in Pascal's Triangle is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algebra, combinatorics, division, divisors, factors, fractals, integers, modular, pascal's triangle, pascals triangle, pattern, remainders, triangle, whole numbers

Recognize patterns in a series of shapes, numbers, or letters. After determining the pattern, the student fills in the missing pieces. Three levels of difficulty are available.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: arithmetic, arithmetic sequences, iteration, pattern, sequences

Sort colored shapes into a Venn diagram based on various characteristics. Venn Diagram Shape Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Graphs, Number and Operations

Related Topics: pattern, sets, sorter, venn diagram

Sort colored shapes into a three circle Venn Diagram.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations, Science

Related Topics: pattern, sets, venn diagram