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100

3, 9, 15, 21, 27

Start at 3 and add 6 each time

100

2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Add 7

37, 44, 51

100

1 box holds 4 books. How many boxes does Sally need to buy to have 36 books

9

200

80, 68, 56, 44, 32

Start at 80 and subtract 12 each time

200

141, 121, 101, 81, 61,

Subtract 20

41, 21, 1

200

Problem 2

16, 18

200

On her cell phone bill Kayla used 72 minutes in May, 80 minutes in June, 88 minutes in July and 96 minutes in August. If this pattern continues how many minutes will she have on her September bill?

Add 8 


104

300

2, 4, 16, 256

Start at 2 and multiply the number by itself

300

3, 8, 13, 18, 23,

Add 5

28, 33, 38

300

Problem 3

3, 9

300

Kayla is planting her garden. She plants 2 flowers in the first row, 4 in the second row, 8 in the third row, 16 in the fourth row and 32 in the fifth row. If the pattern continues, how many flowers will she plant in the seventh row?

128

400

1, 4, 10, 22, 46, 94

Start at 1, add 1 and then multiply by 2
400

90, 77, 64, 51

Subtract 13 

38, 25, 12

400

Problem 4

16, 24

400

1 box holds 12 cookies. How many boxes does Jim need to buy to have 96 cookies.

8 boxes

500

72, 36, 18, 9

Start at 72 and then divide by 2

500

3, 5, 9, 17

Multiply by 2 and subtract 1 

33, 65, 129

500

Problem 5

25, 45

500

Mrs. Silvester puts 5 rocks in the first box, 10 in the second box, 20 in the third box, 40 in the fourth box and 80 in the fifth box. If the patterns continues how many will she put in the sixth box?

160

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