Math Vocabulary
What is a Table of Values?
a table that shows term position, and term value
What will the tenth term in this pattern be?
4, 5, 4, 5....
5
What is this pattern growing by?
14, 18, 22, 26
Adding 4
What is this pattern shrinking by?
43, 39, 35, 31...
4
What is the pattern rule?
20, 17, 14, 11
Start at 20, subtract 3
What is a Repeating Pattern?
a series of items that repeats in a predictable way, e.g., 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, …
What is the core pattern?
ABCABCABCABC
ABC
What comes next in this pattern?
50, 53, 56, 59...
62
What comes next in this shrinking pattern?
29, 27, 25, 23...
21
What is the patterning rule?
13, 16, 19
Start at 13, add 3
What is a term?
Each number or shape in a pattern (or spot)
What is the core in this pattern?
123341233412334
12334
What is missing?
55, 50, ___, 40, 35
45
What is missing?
33, 30, __, 24, 21
27
What is the pattern rule?
220, 180, 140, 100, …
Start at 220, subtract 40
What is a Growing Pattern?
a pattern in which the value of each term is greater than the value of the term before it, e.g., 2, 4, 6, 8, …
What comes next in this repeating pattern?
$$+$$+$
$
What are two pattern rules for this pattern?
4, 8, 16...
Multiply by 2
Double the number
What are two rules for this pattern?
40, 20, 10, 5
Divide by 2
Split the number in the term before in half
What is a shrinking pattern?
a pattern in which the value of each term is less than the value of the term before it, e.g., 20, 18, 16, 14, …
ABCCDABCCD
D
What is this pattern growing by?
5, 10, 20, 40...
Multiply by 2
What is this pattern shrinking by?
108, 36, 12, 4
Divide by 9