Complete the Increasing Pattern
Increasing Pattern Rule
Pattern Word Problems
(make a chart or follow the pattern)
Complete the Decreasing Pattern
Decreasing Pattern Rule
100
Complete the pattern: *@@ *@@@ *@@@@ ___, ___, ___
*@@@@@ *@@@@@@ *@@@@@@@
100
The pattern rule for 5, 7, 9, 11 is
start at 5, add 2
100
Jack was building a tower out of red squares starting with 1 square. He added 2 more red squares to each level. How many red squares would Jack's building have on on level 5?
Jack's building would have 9 blocks on level 5.
100

Complete the pattern: 110, 85, 60, 

45, 30, 15

100
The pattern rule for 50, 45, 40, 35 is
Start at 50, subtract 5
200

Complete the pattern: 150, 155, 161, 168

176, 185, 195

200

The pattern rule for .__. ..__.. ...__... ....__....

Start with .__., add 1 . to each side

200
If each player gets 10 birdies to practice their badminton skills, how many birdies would there be if 6 players were practicing?
There would be 60 birdies
200
Complete the pattern for 100, 90, 80, ___, ___, ___
70, 60, 50
200

The pattern rule for 100, 79, 58, 37, 16 is

Start at 100, subtract 21

300
Complete the pattern for 10, 15, 20, ___, ___, ___
25, 30, 35
300

The rule for the pattern 52, 55, 58, 61 is

Start at 52, add 3

300
Susan plans to plant 3 flowers every day. If she has 23 seeds altogether, will she have any left over seeds? How many?
Yes, she will have 2 leftover seeds.
300

Complete the pattern: ^^^^^^^$^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^$^^^^^^ ^^^^^$^^^^^, ___, ___, ___

^^^^$^^^^ ^^^$^^^ ^^$^^

300

The pattern rule for !@@@@@@@@@ !@@@@@@@ !@@@@@ !@@@ is

Start with !@@@@@@@@@, subtract 2 @ each time

400

Complete the pattern for 3, 7, 15, ___, ___, ___

31, 62,125

400

The pattern rule for ++ ++ , +++ +++ +++, ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++, is

Start with ++, have a many ++ groups as + in the group

400
A basketball player needs to drink 8 glasses of water a day! After 6 days, how many glasses of water did the basketball drink?
He drank 48 glasses of water after 6 days
400

Complete the pattern for 78, 72, 66, ___, ___, ___

60, 54, 48

400

The pattern rule for 

1.      60

2.      55

3.      49

4.      42

Start with 60 subtract 5 and increase the subtraction by 1 each time.

500

Complete the pattern for 46, 60, 74 ___, ___, ___

88, 102, 116

500

The pattern rule for 6, 16, 68, 140  is

Start at 6, multiply by 2 add 4

500
Tim picks 5 apples off the tree every day. How many days will it take Tim to pick 40 apples?
It will take Tim 8 days to pick 40 apples.
500

Complete the pattern for 100, 89, 78, ___, ___, ___

67, 56, 45

500
The pattern rule for 47, 41, 35, 29 is
Start with 47, subtract 6
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