Functions

Warm Up
• Figure out what the pattern is.
• J, F, M, A, M, J, J…
• S, M, T, W…
• O, T, T, F…
• George, John, Thomas, James…
• M, V, E, M, ...
• 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …

• The most popular meal ordered at US

restaurants is _________________
What would you pick?
• What do you put in?

• What do you get out?

• How do you control what comes out?

• Does the input ever change?

• Does the output ever change?

• How many items do you get out each time?

 Input Output Table

• On the next slide, make your own

input output table for the above
pattern.
Input Output Table

Figure Dots
1
• Let’s graph our table as if they are
ordered pairs.
 Graph
• Graph the
following
table.
X y
-2 2
-1 4
0 6
0 8
1 10
2 12
 Function
• A function must have only one output
for each input. Are the following
functions?
In Out In Out In Out
1 3 1 3 9 5
1 4 2 6 9 4
2 5 3 11 8 3
3 6 4 18 7 2
 Important
• With a function, we always want to
know what we’re going to get out. If I
put my dollar into the vending machine,
I want my candy bar, not a bag of chips.
No surprises!

True of False
• For each input, you can have more than
one output.
• More than one input can have the same
output.
 Vocabulary
• A function is a ___________ that
establishes a relationship between
two numbers.

• The collection of all the inputs is

called the ______________ of a
function.

• The collection of all the outputs is

called the ______________ of a