Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Say it in words

the verbal description

G3

The table and the sentence say the same thing. You may be asked for either.Pencils in PacksPacksPencils16212318424in words“Each pack holds 6 pencils.”“The number of pencils is 6 timesthe number of packs.”as a rulepencils = packs × 6if you can say the rule in a sentence, you have understood the table

How this one works

How

say the rule out loud as a sentence about the real things.

Best when

you want to check you really understood the table.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 3.5E, finding the rule in a table.

The same problem, other ways