Jump Start Problem

The pattern of tiles shown here is made with a square of white tiles surrounded by a border with alternating colored squares. Show how you would group the tiles to quickly count the number of colored squares in the pattern.

For the figures, show how the green colored tiles in the border can be grouped to allow for quick calculation. There are two figures of different sizes for you to work with; use a different grouping method on each and provide a mathematical expression that connects with your grouping method. #6-7

Reminder: When creating an expression, relate the green tiles to the blue tiles.

Evaluate each of the expressions using the given value. #8 - 13

Graph the ordered pairs from the tables on the given graphs. #14-15