Guess My Rule

The object of the game is to guess the rule for the Rule Machine by looking at the patterns in the table. This game is for two players.

Materials

• Guess My Rule Data Tables from the Student Activity Book
• connecting cubes, optional

Directions

1. One player is the Rule Machine. This player thinks of a rule and writes it on a piece of paper but does not tell it to the other player.
2. The other player is the Guesser. The Guesser gives the Rule Machine an input number and the Rule Machine tells the output number.
3. Record the input and output numbers in your table.
4. Steps 2 and 3 are repeated until the Guesser is able to correctly guess the rule. Write the rule in the box above the data table.
5. In the next round, players exchange roles.