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Investigation - Looking For Triangles

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Seventh graders investigate a series of triangles, looking for patterns and generalizing what they have found. They analyze the pattern data and organize it into a table and graph. Students identify the relationship and discover the rule and algebraic expression that describes the pattern.

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7th
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Math
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