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100

The next number in this sequence: 

2, 5, 8, 11, _____

What is 14?

100

The rule for this number sequence:

3, 8, 13, 18...

What is "Start at 3, add 5 each time"?

100

The two common letters used as variables to label a table.

What are x and y?

100

The nth term expression for the following sequence:

2, 4, 6, 8...

What is y = 2n?

100

A repeated arrangement that follows a rule.

What is a pattern?

200

The next number in this sequence:

1, 3, 6, 10, _____

What is 15?

200

The rule for this number sequence: 

160, 80, 40, 20...

What is "Start at 160, divide by 2 each time"?

200

The side of the table labeled "output."

What is the right side?

200

The nth term expression for the following sequence:

5, 7, 9, 11...

What is y = 2n + 3?

200

An ordered list of numbers that follows a pattern.

What is a sequence?

300

The next number in this sequence:

3, 7, 15, 31, _____

What is 63?

300

The rule for this number sequence:

1, 5, 17, 53...

What is "multiply by 3, add 2"?

300

The first 5 output terms in the table for this scenario:

Mr. Parker tells 3 puns per hour for 5 hours.

What is 3, 6, 9, 12, 15?

300

The nth term expression for the following sequence:

5, 8, 11, 14...

What is y = 3n + 2?

300

One number in a sequence.

What is a term?

400

The missing number in this sequence:

1, 4, ____ , 22, 46

What is 10?

400

The rule for this number sequence:

729, 243, 81, 27...

What is "divide by 3 each time"?

400

The fourth term in the output column of the table for this scenario:

Mr. Henderson starts the day with 27 jellybeans and eats 4 every hour for 5 hours.

What is 15?

400

The nth term expression for the following sequence:

1, 3, 5, 7...

What is y = 2n - 1?

400

The instruction that tells how a pattern changes.

What is a rule?

500

The missing number in this sequence:

2, 5, ____ , 41, 122

What is 14?

500

The rule for this number sequence:

420, 200, 90, 35...

What is "divide by 2, subtract 10"?

500

The sum of the output terms for the table of the following scenario:

Mr. Ryvers brought 42 dodgeballs to school, and he lost 6 in the woods every class for four classes.

What is 132?

500

The nth term expression for the following sequence:

20, 17, 14, 11, 9...

What is y = -3n + 23? 

500

A formula used to find any term in a sequence.

What is an nth term expression?