Complete the Pattern
Rule
Pattern Word Problems
Variable Expressions
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

Sam loves to eat but his big brother Tim loves to eat more! For each chocolate cupcake Sam has, Tim has 2 more. A possible expression (with a variable) for this is...

What is S+2 ?

100

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

What is a total of 30 turtles (80-50=30) ?

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

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 -> 10,20,30,40,50,60 so 60 birdies on the court?

200

My big sister will always be ten years only than me!A possible expression (with a variable) for this is...

What is M+10 ?

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 did Jesse run?

What is Jesse ran 70 steps (40+30=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

For every fish I got for my tank, my friend gets 5! A possible expression (with a variable) for this is...

What is M5 or Mx5 ?

300

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

What is 30 pairs of shoes (25+5=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...

What is days pattern -> 1,2,3, and glasses pattern -> 8,16,24?

400

For every flower that grows in my garden, my neighbour grows 20! A possible expression (with a variable) for this is...

What is M20 or Mx20 ?

400

John is good at chess but I am better! For every game he wins, I win 3. If John has won 10, I have won...

What is 30 (3x10=30) ?

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

Sam collects rocks by the river. Sam is way better at collecting rocks than his younger cousin because he always has 20 more rocks in his collection. A possible expression (with a variable) for how many rocks Sam collects is...

What is C+20 ?

500

I love drinking milk more than my brother! For every glass that my brother drinks, I drink two! If he drank 4, then I have drank...

What is 8 (4x2=8) ? 

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