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I. GRADING LEVEL
This lesson is intended for Grade 10 students.
II. GRADING PERIOD
3RD Grading Period
III. LEARNING COMPETENCY
Describe some properties of the exponential function,
f ( x )=a x ,
0<a <1
IV. TIME
1 session
V. TOPIC
VI. ACTIVITY
Paper-Folding Patterns
Take a piece of paper, and fold it in half as many times as you
can. After 1 fold, there will be 2 regions.
How many regions will occur after 3 folds? Four folds? How many
folds are possible? Complete the table below. Imagine that there
is no limit to the number of folds possible.
# of folds
0
1
2
3
4
5
Questions
# of regions
VII. QUESTIONS
VIII. DISCUSSION
IX. ASSESSMENT
Fig. 6 Other sample problems that develop function concepts with concrete models
Questions
1. Construct the fourth triangle in the series. If the unit area is 1
green triangle, what is the area of each of the four triangles built?
Record the resulting areas in the table below:
Triangle number
# of cuts
# of pieces
Questions
1. Describe patterns that you observe in the table.
2. Without cutting the string, use the pattern from the table to
determine the number of pieces for 6 cuts, 7 cuts, and then 8 cuts.
Describe how you use patterns in the table to do this. [Find more than
one way to extend the table.]
4. What if you had 21 pieces, how many cuts did you make? Describe
how you solved this problem.