Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 41, Issue 2

Developing Three Distinct Number Patterns from a Single Diagram

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 41 Issue 2, June 2004

13 – 14

Developing Three Distinct Number Patterns from a Single Diagram

David R. Duncan and Bonnie H. Litwiller

Mathematics is in large part a study of relationships and patterns. Teachers are always on the lookout for settings in which these relationships and patterns can be discovered and considered. Finding several patterns in a single setting is a serendipitous occurrence.