Pattern Types
What type of pattern is this?: Circle, square, circle, square
Repeating
What is: a letter used to represent an unknown number? (ex. x, y)
Variable
The next two numbers in the sequence 7, 11, 15, 19...
23 and 27
The algebraic expression for "3 times a number x plus 1"
3x + 1
How old is Mrs. Amanda?
28
What type of pattern is this? (2 answers required): 2, 5, 8, 11, 14
Growing and Linear
What is: An expression containing only numbers and operations, no = sign
Numerical Expression
The next two numbers in the shrinking sequence 80, 72, 64, 56...
48 and 40
The algebraic equation for a table where y is 4 more than twice x
2x + 4
Mrs. Amanda practices ukulele for 3 hours in Week 1 and adds 2 hours every week. She practices this many hours in Week 5.
11 hours
What type of pattern is this? (2 answers required): 15, 10, 5, 0
Shrinking and linear
What is: a math phrase having numbers, operations, and at least 1 variable, but no = sign
Algebraic Expression
The next term in the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54...
162
In the expression y = 5x - 2, the number 5 sitting next to x is called this
Coefficient
What is a number alone (not with a variable) called?
Constant
What type of pattern is this? (2 answers required): 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64
Growing and non-linear
Equation
The 6th term of a sequence that starts at 5 and adds 6 each time
35
The value of y when x = 10 in the rule y = 4x + 3
43
A plant is 10 cm tall and grows 3 cm each week. It will reach 31 cm tall after how many weeks?
7 weeks
What type of pattern is this? (2 answers required): 100, 99, 97, 94, 90
Shrinking and non-linear
What is: The number next to the variable (ex. the 3 in 3x)
Coefficient
The missing input (x) when the output (y) is 19 for the rule y = 3x + 1
6
Mr. Mark eats 6 pieces of sushi on Day 1 and increases by 3 pieces each day. On which day does he eat 18 pieces?
Day 6
The explicit algebraic rule for the coordinate points (1, 2), (2, 5), (3, 8), (4, 11)
y = 3x - 1