Complete the Pattern
Rule
Pattern Word Problems
Types of Patterns
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...
What is roses pattern -> 1, 2, 3, 4 and then petals pattern -> 6, 12, 18, 24 so 24 petals!!
100

The core of a pattern is...

What is the part of the pattern that repeats.

100
Casper LOVES turtles! He always has 50 more than me. If Casper has 80, I would have….
What is C-50=M therefore 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...
What is players pattern -> 1,2,3,4,5,6 and birdies pattern -> 6,12,18,24,30,36 so 36 birders on the court?
200

Do repeating patterns, growing patterns or shrinking patterns have a core?

What is a repeating pattern

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?

What is M+30=J therefore 40+30= 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...
What is horse patterns -> 1, 2, 3 and horse shoe pattern is -> 4, 8, 12 so there are a total of 12 horse shoes in the barn?
300

148, 158, 168, 178 is an example of a repeating, growing or shrinking pattern?

What is a growing pattern.

300
I have a ton of shoes! I always have 25 more than my sister! If my sister has 5, than I have...
What is M+25=S so M+25=5 then M=30 shoes?
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..
What is days pattern -> 1,2,3, and glasses pattern -> 8,16,24?
400

171, 170, 169, 168 is an example of a growing, shrinking or repeating pattern?

What is a shrinking pattern?

400

John is good at chess but I am better! I always have 12 more wins than John. If John has won 10, I have won...

What is J+12=me so 10+12 = a total of 22 games won?

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 ….
What is days -> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and hours -> 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50 for a total 50 hours?
500

What kind of pattern is this? 

20, 30, 25, 35, 30, 40, 35, 45

What is an alternating pattern?

500

I love pop! For every glass my brother drinks, I can drink two! If he has drank 4, then I have drank...

What is b+2, therefore 4+2=6 cans of pop?

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