Patterns and Algebraic Thinking: Glossary
38 words, listed in the order you meet them in Courseversity lessons.
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Grade 1
core
From Grade 1
The part of a pattern that repeats.
Learn it in: Recognising patterns (Grade 1), Colour patterns (Grade 1), Continuing patterns (Grade 1)
AB pattern
From Grade 1
A pattern with two parts that repeat: A, B, A, B.
Learn it in: Colour patterns (Grade 1)
continue
From Grade 1
Keep going.
Learn it in: Colour patterns (Grade 1), Continuing patterns (Grade 1)
rule
From Grade 1
What happens each time.
Learn it in: Number patterns (Grade 1), Creating patterns (Grade 1), Classifying objects (Grade 1)
sequence
From Grade 1
Numbers in an order.
Learn it in: Number patterns (Grade 1), Number sequences (Grade 2), Number patterns (Grade 4)
skip count
From Grade 1
Count in jumps of the same size.
Learn it in: Number patterns (Grade 1), Number sequences (Grade 2), Skip counting (Grade 2)
explain
From Grade 1
Tell how and why.
Learn it in: Creating patterns (Grade 1), Explaining solutions (Grade 6)
Grade 5
input
From Grade 5
What goes in.
Learn it in: Rules and relationships (Grade 5), Number relationships (Grade 6)
output
From Grade 5
What comes out.
Learn it in: Rules and relationships (Grade 5), Number relationships (Grade 6)
inverse operation
From Grade 5
Opposite.
Learn it in: Unknown quantities (Grade 5), Solving one-step equations (Grade 6)
solution
From Grade 5
Value that makes it true.
Learn it in: Unknown quantities (Grade 5), Simple equations (Grade 6), Algebraic word problems (Grade 6)
unknown
From Grade 5
A value we do not know.
Learn it in: Unknown quantities (Grade 5), Variables (Grade 6), Understanding mathematical problems (Grade 6)
variable
From Grade 5
A letter for a number.
Learn it in: Unknown quantities (Grade 5), Variables (Grade 6), Algebraic word problems (Grade 6)
equation
From Grade 5
A statement with =.
Learn it in: Simple equations (Grade 5), Simple equations (Grade 6), Algebraic word problems (Grade 6)
counterexample
From Grade 5
An example that shows a claim is false.
Learn it in: Mathematical reasoning (Grade 5), Geometric reasoning (Grade 5)
justify
From Grade 5
Give reasons.
Learn it in: Mathematical reasoning (Grade 5), Geometric reasoning (Grade 5), Comparing quantities (Grade 6)
Grade 6
substitute
From Grade 6
Replace by a number.
Learn it in: Variables (Grade 6), Evaluating expressions (Grade 6)