Doubling Pocket Money
Use this interactive file to learn about doubling and trebling patterns. Learn what type of situations lead to such patterns and what the graph of such a situation looks like.
Instructions:
Introduce the activity with the following statement:
A child asks "Please can you give me 2 cents on the first day and double the amount of pocket money you give me each day after that".
How much money does the child get each day? Can you identify a pattern?
Reflection:
Complete the accompanying student activity sheet.
