Complete the Pattern
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Pattern Word Problems
Variable Equations
Variable Word Problems
100

Complete the pattern for 3, 6, 9, __, __, ___

What is 12, 15, 18?

100

The rule for the pattern 5, 7, 9, 11 is ..

What is start at 5, add 2?

100

If each rose has 6 petals, if I were to create a table on the the number of roses and the number of petals, then I can see the fourth rose will have a total count of petals of...

24 petals

100

Sam loves to eat but his big brother Tim loves to eat more! For each chocolate cupcake Sam has, Tim has 2 more. Therefore this is the variable equation..

S + 2 or 2 + S

100

Casper LOVES turtles! He always has 50 more than me. If Casper has 80, I would have….

C + 50=80

 80-50= a total of 30 turtles

200

Complete the pattern for 10, 15, 20, __, __, __

What is 25, 30, 35?

200

The rule for the pattern 9, 14, 19 is..

What is start at 9, add 5?

200

If each player gets 1 racquet and 10 birdies to practice their badminton skills. If I create a table containing the pattern for players and birdies, I can see that if 6 players are on the court then the total count of birdies on the court is...

60 birders on the court

200

My big sister will always be ten years older than me! Therefore, the variable equation is...

M+10  or 10+M

200

Jesse is a way better runner than me! He is always 30 steps ahead of me! If I have ran 40 steps, how far at Jesse ran?

M - 30= 40

40 + 30 is a total of 70

300

Complete the pattern for 7, 10, __, __, __..

What is 13, 16, 19?

300

The rule for the pattern 23, 20, 17, 14 is..

What is start at 23, subtract 3?

300

If each horse needs 4 horse shoes and I create a table. I can determine that if there are 3 horses in the barn, the total count of horse shoes would be...

 there are a total of 12 horse shoes in the barn

300

For every fish I got for my tank, my friend gets 5! Therefore the equation using variables is...

M+5 or 5+M

300

I have a ton of shoes! I always have 25 more than my sister! If my sister has 5, than I have...

25 + 5 = M and M = 30

400

Complete the pattern for 14, 21, __, __....

What is 28, 35?

400

The rule for the pattern 30, 25, 20, 15 is ….

What is start at 30, subtract 5?

400

A basketball player needs to drink 8 glasses of water a day! If I create a table on days and glasses of water, I can see after a 3 days, the player will have drank..

24

400

For every flower that grows in my garden, my neighbour grows 20! Therefore the variable equation is...

M+20

400

What is the answer for J in the equation 


J + 12 = 22

 J=10

 

500

Complete the pattern for 26, 21, ___, ___, ___ ….

What is 16, 11, 6?

500

The rule for the pattern 100, 92, 84, 76 is..

What is start at 100, subtract 8?

500

Tim plays video games for 5 hours each day. If I create a table on number of days and hours played, I can see that on the 10th day, he will have played a total hours of ….

a total 50 hours

500

Sam collects rocks by the river. Sam is way better at collecting then his younger cousin! His cousin always has 20 less than him in his collection. Therefore the variable equation is..

S - 20

500

What is the answer for the variable b in the equation 

b - 30 = 50

b = 80

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