Growing or Repeating?
Find the Pattern Rule
Continue the Pattern
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Is this a growing or repeating pattern?
Growing Pattern
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What is the pattern rule?
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
Start at 2. Add 2 each time.
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What are the next three numbers in the pattern:
4, 8, 12, 16 ....
20, 24, 28
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Are these examples of growing or repeating patterns?
Repeating patterns
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What is the pattern rule?
6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30
Start at 6. Add 3 each time.
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What are the next 2 numbers in this pattern?
5, 10, 20, 40 ...
80, 160
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Which of these patterns is a growing pattern?
AB AB AB AB AB AB AB
The first and last patterns are both growing.
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Make a growing pattern using the pattern rule below (give the first 5 numbers):
Start at 1. Add 10 each time.
1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51
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What is the next number in this pattern?
25, 50, 75, 100...
125
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What is the difference between a growing and repeating pattern?
Repeating patterns have a core that is shown over and over again.
A growing pattern starts at a certain shape or number and increases or gets bigger.
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What do pattern rules tell us when making growing patterns?
A pattern rule is a rule that tells you the start number or shape of a pattern and how the pattern continues.
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Find the mistake in this pattern.
3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15
We are missing the #7. It should be
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
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Make your own repeating or growing pattern by drawing shapes or using numbers/letters. Have your classmates guess which type of pattern it is.
Answers will vary.
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Make a growing pattern using the pattern rule below (give the first 5 numbers):
Start at 7. Add 4 each time.
7, 11, 15, 19, 23
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Find the mistake in the pattern.
6, 10, 14, 20, 24, 28, 32
The mistake is between 14 and 20 (we are increasing by 4 each time)
6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30