Name that Pattern
What type of pattern is ABABAB?
A repeating pattern.
ABCABCA__
B
AB_CABBC
B
The rule is grow by 2. What comes after 8?
10
What is the core of this pattern? 5 2 6 7 5 2 6 7 5 2 6 7
5 2 6 7
What patterns grows by a specific number each time?
Growing pattern
2, 4, 6, 8, ___
10
10, ___, 30, 40, 50
20
The rule is shrink by 10. If you start at 50, what is next?
40
Make a simple repeating pattern with letters.
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ABAB
ABCABC
AABAAB
What pattern gets smaller each time?
Shrinking pattern
Triangle, cricle, cricle, triangle, circle, circle, triangle, __
Circle
Heart, star, heart, _____, heart
The rule is AAB. What are the first 5 elements?
A A B A A
Create a growing pattern starting with 2.
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2, 4, 6, 8
What is the core of a pattern?
The portion of the pattern that repeats.
25, 20, 15, 10, __
5
3, 6, 9, ____, 15
12
A pattern starts at 3 and grows by 4. What are the first three numbers?
3, 7, 11
Create a shrinking pattern that shrinks by 3.
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15, 12, 9, 6
Red-blue-red-blue is the same as 1-2-1-2. What is this called?
Translating a pattern.
52, 55, 58, 61, 64
67
75, __, 65, 60, __, 50, 45, 40
70 and 55
A pattern starts at 75 and shrinks by 10. What are the first three numbers?
75, 65, 55
Translate this pattern into shapes. 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3
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Circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle