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Look For A Pattern

The document provides steps to solve a problem about counting the number of triangles formed in a regular pentagon. It first has the student identify the question, which is to determine how many triangles are formed. It then has them choose a strategy of looking for patterns. By examining each vertex and the lines connecting them, a pattern emerges where every vertex is connected to every other vertex, forming 10 triangles. The student then checks that their answer seems reasonable based on applying the pattern counting strategy.

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Look For A Pattern

The document provides steps to solve a problem about counting the number of triangles formed in a regular pentagon. It first has the student identify the question, which is to determine how many triangles are formed. It then has them choose a strategy of looking for patterns. By examining each vertex and the lines connecting them, a pattern emerges where every vertex is connected to every other vertex, forming 10 triangles. The student then checks that their answer seems reasonable based on applying the pattern counting strategy.

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LOOK FOR A

PATTERN
Disediakan oleh :
Nur Hidayah bt Moh Zahari
Nor Hafizah bt Ahmad
Nur Adilah bt Mat Nor
Hashinah bt Baharum
Nur Zawani bt Ahmad
Look for patterns
strategy   
strategy
FIND OUT
What question do we have to answer?
= how many triangles are formed?
CHOOSE A STRATEGY
Is a pattern developing?
Yes, because every vertex of a regular
pentagon is connected to every other
vertex.
SOLVE IT
By a number in a vertex, we can find
out the triangles.
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 
= 10 triangles
1,2 / 2,3 / 6,4 / 4,1 / 10,7 / 7,6 / 9,8 / 8,10 /
9,5 / 5,3
= 10 triangles
7,0,5 / 4,0,8 / 2,0,7 / 5,0,4 / 8,0,2
= 5 triangles
1,2,3 / 1,4,6 / 6,7,10 / 10,8,9 / 9,5,3
= 5 triangles
LOOK BACK
Does our answer seem reasonable?
= Yes, when we find out the triangles
step by step, so we can get the
patterns that we want.
QUESTION 2
An ice cream stand has nine different
flavours. A group of children come to the
stand and each buys a duble scoop cone
with two flavours of ice cream. If none of
the children choose the same combination
of flavours, and every different
combination of flavours is chosen, how
many children are there?
FLAVOURS 
1 Vanilla
2 Maple
3 Chocolate
4 Tiger
5 Raspberry
6 Strawberry
7 Coffee
8 Moon Mist
9 Cherry Vanilla
Find out
• We need to know every number of
flavours.
• A group of children come to the
stand and each buys a double scoop
cone with two flavours of ice cream.
• How many children are there?
Choose a strategy
Solving this problem with to use the “pattern”
of this solution. Finding a Pattern is a strategy
in which students look for patterns in the data
in order to solve the problem. Students look
for items or numbers that are repeated, or a
series of events that repeat. Is a pattern
developing ? Yes,the number of children
( number of different combinations of two
different flavours. )
Solve it
• Draw a table with 8 column for number.
• The number of children = number of different combinations of two
different flavours.        
1,2     2,3     3,4     4,5     5,6     6,7     7,8     8,9       
1,3     2,4     3,5     4,6     5,7     6,8     7,9       
1,4     2,5     3,6     4,7     5,8     6,9       
1,5     2,6     3,7     4,8     5,9       
1,6     2,7     3,8     4,9       
1,7     2,8     3,9       
1,8     2,9     
1,9                

36 = 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1                There are 36 children.


Look back 
• Read the question again.
• Did we answer all of question ? Yes.
• Does our answer seem reasonable ? Yes.What
assumption are we making ? We are assuming
that the pattern- the number of children are
there are 36 children from combinations of
two different flavours.

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