Pattern
Rule
Table
Graph
Thanksgiving Trivia
100

What would figure 4 look like?

On boards

100

Consider the rule y=3x+5.  

  1. How many tiles are in Figure 0?

5

100

What is the m (growth) value of this table?

m = 4

100

What is the growth (m)?

-3

100

Are pumpkins technically a fruit or a vegetable?

Fruit

200

What would figure zero look like? How many tiles would there be?

5 tiles 

200

What part of the rule tells me that my graph will be decreasing?

A negative m (growth) value

200

Complete the Table:

(0, 13) and (4,1)

200

How many tiles are in figure 4?

15

200

On average, how many questions does the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line field from callers during the holiday season? (10,000 50,000, 100,000  150,000)

100,000

300

Write a table that reflects the growth of this tile pattern.

On board

300

What are all of the ways that I can identify "b?" 

Graph, rule, table 

Rule: Number being added

Table: Y value when x=0

Graph: y-intercept


300

What rule represents this table?

y = 2x + 5

300

What rule can be used to represent this graph?

y = -2x + 3

300

In 1995, this popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space.

Potato 

400

Write a rule that represents this tile pattern.

y = 4x + 2

400

Invent an equation to fit these clues: The x-intercept is -4, and the pattern grows by 2.

y = 2x + 8

400

Draw a tile pattern that fits this set of data.

On boards

400

Draw a complete graph for y = -3x + 9

On Boards 

400

What is an adult male turkey called?

a Tom
500

Describe the pattern represented by the rule y=−2x+13.  

Figure 0 would have 13 tiles and each figure after would decrease by 2 tiles.

500

What rule can be used to represent this table?

y = 3x - 2

500

Fill out a table with values from figure 0 to figure 4. 

On board 

500

Write a rule that reflects this graph.

y = 9x - 5

500

Which U.S. Founding Father famously referred to turkeys as “a bird of courage”?

Benjamin Franklin

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