A Problem Solving Approach To Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780135183885
Author: Rick Billstein, Shlomo Libeskind, Johnny Lott, Barbara Boschmans
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 1MC
a. If a fixed number is added to each term of an arithmetic sequence, is the resulting sequence an arithmetic sequence? Justify the answer.
b. If each term of an arithmetic sequence is multiplied by a fixed number, will the resulting sequence always be an arithmetic sequence? Justify the answer.
c. If the corresponding terms of two arithmetic sequences are added, is the resulting sequence arithmetic?
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A Problem Solving Approach To Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers (13th Edition)
Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 a. If a fixed number...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 A student says she...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 Abby and Dan are...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 The arithmetic...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 A mathematician named...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 The figure below...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-1 The distance around...Ch. 1.1 - John asks why the last step of Polyas four-step...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 Connecting...Ch. 1.1 - Mathematical Connections 1-2 Connecting...
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Suppose you have quarters, dimes and pennies...Ch. 1.1B - Suppose you buy lunch for the math club. You have...Ch. 1.1B - One winter night the temperature fell 15 degrees...Ch. 1.1B - Seth bought gifts at a toy store and spent 33. He...Ch. 1.1B - Find the value of the question mark.Ch. 1.1B - You are given a cube that is made of 101010...Ch. 1.2 - a. If a fixed number is added to each term of an...Ch. 1.2 - A student says she read that Thomas Robert Malthus...Ch. 1.2 - MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS Abby to take place in 5...Ch. 1.2 - MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS The arithmetic average of...Ch. 1.2 - A mathematician named Christian Goldbach 1690-1764...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 6MCCh. 1.2 - Prob. 7MCCh. 1.2 - Prob. 8MCCh. 1.2 - MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS Joey said that 4, 24, 44,...Ch. 1.2 - Mathematical Connections A1 and Betty were asked...Ch. 1.2 - MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS A student claims the...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 12MCCh. 1.2 - MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS Suppose flu breaks out in...Ch. 1.2 - a. Students noticed that the digits of numbers in...Ch. 1.2 - Mathematical connections 12 In a baseball league...Ch. 1.2 - Mathematical connections 12 How many ways can you...Ch. 1.2 - Mathematical connections 12 Tents hold...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 1NAEPCh. 1.2 - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS NAEP...Ch. 1.2 - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS NAEP...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 4NAEPCh. 1.2A - ASSESSEMENT For each of the following sequences of...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Each of the following sequences is...Ch. 1.2A - Assessment Find the 100th term and the nth term...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Use a traditional clock face to...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT The pattern 1,8,27,64,125,... is a...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT The first windmill has 5 matchstick...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT In the following sequence, the figures...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT The school population for a certain...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Juans annual income has been increasing...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Find a number to continue the pattern...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT One block is needed to make an...Ch. 1.2A - Assessment How many terms are there in each of the...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Find the first five terms in sequences...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Find a counterexample for each of the...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Assume that the following patterns are...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT Consider the sequences given in the...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT A sheet of paper is cut into 5...Ch. 1.2A - Assessment Each of the following sequences is...Ch. 1.2A - Assessment A Fibonacci-type sequence is a sequence...Ch. 1.2A - ASSESSMENT A new pair of tennis shoes cost 80. 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