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Mathematics 20-3 Module 3

Section 2: Slope—Rate of Change

 

Try This 4

 

There are fun ways to use tables and proportions.

  1. Here’s a simple puzzle related to proportions and tables. Can you find a solution? Can you find more than one solution?

    Fill in the squares with the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

    • Each number can be used only once.

    • The sums of the rows have to be in the proportion 1:2:3.

    • The sums of the columns have to be in the proportion 1:2:3.

       

       

      		    

       

       

      		    

       

       

      		    

  2. Can you complete the following table? How many ways can you complete the table in a logical way?

    1 7
    2 11
    3 13
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Share 2

 

Share your solution from question 2 of Try This 4 with a couple of other students. Did you all think the same way? If not, how did your ideas differ?