Function Machine Cards

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Function Machine Cards: A 3-column grid of cut-apart cards with dashed cutting lines. Top rows: green 'RULE CARD' headers showing an IN → [gear icon machine] → OUT diagram, a bold rule name (e.g. 'Add 5', 'Subtract 3', 'Multiply by 2', 'Divide by 4', 'Multiply by 3, then add 1', 'Square the input') and the function written below in f(x) form. Middle rows: blue 'INPUT CARD' headers with a small boxed x → icon and text like 'x = -6', 'x = -2', 'x = 0', 'x = 2', 'x = 5', 'x = 10' etc. Bottom rows:...

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A single-A4 printable with cut-apart cards: rule cards that give an operation and f(x) formula (e.g. Add 5, Multiply by 2, Square the input), input cards that state x = (various integers including negatives and zero), and output cards with a blank box and space for y = ___. It is designed to support concrete practice of substitution/evaluation, order of operations and input→rule→output reasoning.

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