Access to math. The book starts with a discussion of finding a number pattern and moves through writing the rule for a number pattern, looking for patterns based on days, and then proceeds to functions and graphs of linear functions. Many of the two to four page lessons in this book are introduced with a sample problem from a real life experience. For example, the lesson on finding number patterns based on multiplication and division describes a phone tree and then asks how many people will be called at stage five. The student is guided through determining how many will be called at later stages if the tree continues.
Exercises give the student an opportunity to find the next term in several different patterns.
The lesson ends with an application section which has the student describe the rules for two different patterns and then apply the rules to determine the sixth terms of those patterns. The book contains cumulative reviews. Answers to the odd number problems are included. The accompanying teachers manual contains suggestions for teaching approaches and discusses common errors. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.