Investigation+11F

Target 11F: Compare linear, exponential, and quadratic functions from any representation.
Toothpicks

This investigation was created by Dan Meyer. 1. Guess how many levels he'll make with all those toothpicks. 2. Write down an answer you know is too high. Too low. include component="comments" page="page:Investigation 3C" limit="10" Video: building the pyramid
 * Act One**

3. What information would be useful to know here? 4. What information doesn't matter? include component="comments" page="page:Investigation 3C" limit="10"
 * Act Two**

Video: the answer
 * Act Three**

Sequel 5. We used a pack of 250 toothpicks and made 12 levels. If we used another 250 toothpicks, how many levels would that make? 6. Write a function t(l) that takes the number of levels (l) and returns the total number of toothpicks (t) in that pyramid. include component="comments" page="page:Investigation 3C" limit="10"