Name ________________________ Period ________
Activity Sheet 2-6A
Working With Functions
This activity provides practice building terms in a sequence. This activity will allow students to
use functions to determine any term in a sequence
Directions: You must work in-groups. Each member must submit this sheet with all
measurements properly labeled. Your task is to build the sequence of different colored cubes
then find the required color and the function to determine any term in the sequence .
To get started do the following:
1.
Use Rainbow cubes to make the following sequences:
Sequence of Cubes
Find
Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Yellow,…..
15th color
Green, Yellow, Red, Green, Yellow, Red…..
33th color
Red, Red, Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Red, Red, Red
35th color
Red, Purple, Red, Purple, Purple, Red, Purple…..
40th color
Red, Blue, Blue,Yellow, Red, Blue, Blue, Yellow..
25th color
Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Yellow,…..
50th color
Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Yellow,…..
25th color
Red, Yellow, Green, Green, Red, Yellow, Green…
100th
color
Color
Function
Name ________________________ Period ________
Activity Sheet 2-6B
Working With Functions
This activity provides practice building terms in a sequence. This activity will allow students to
use functions to determine any term in a sequence
Directions: You must work in-groups. Each member must submit this sheet with all
measurements properly labeled. Your task is to build the sequence of different colored cubes
then find the required color and the function to determine any term in the sequence .
To get started do the following:
2.
Use Rainbow cubes to make the following sequences:
Sequence of Cubes
Find
Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue,…..
25th color
Green, Yellow, Red, Red, Green, Yellow, Red…..
130thcolor
Red, Red, Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Red, Red, Red
455th color
Red, Purple, Red, Purple, Purple, Red, Purple…..
1000th color
Red, Red, Blue, Yellow, Red, Red, Blue, Yellow..
444th color
Yellow, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Red…..
75th color
Yellow, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Yellow, Red, Red,…..
12348th
color
Red, Yellow, Green, Green, Red, Yellow, Green…
1,000,000th
color
Color
Function