Growing or Repeating?
Core, Pattern Rules, and Symmetry
Continue the Pattern, Symmetry
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Is this a growing or repeating pattern?
Growing Pattern
100
What is the pattern rule?
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
Start at 2. Add 2 each time / Count by 2s
100
What is the next shape?
🌳🌸🌳🌳🌸🌳🌸🌳❓
🌳
200
Are these examples of growing or repeating patterns?
Repeating patterns
200
Which shape is not symmetrical?
(c)
200
What are the next 2 color in this pattern?
🟧🟪🟧🟧🟪🟪🟧🟧🟧🟪🟪❓❓
🟪🟧
300
Which of these patterns is a growing pattern?
AB AB AB AB AB AB AB
The first and last patterns are both growing.
300
Make a growing pattern using the pattern rule below (give the first 5 numbers):
Start at 1. Count by 10
1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51
300
What is the next number in this pattern?
25, 50, 75, 100...
125
400
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.
400
What is a core?
A part of a pattern that repeats.
400
Find the mistake in this pattern.
❌⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕
The third set of circles repeats, instead of adding one more.
❌⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕⭕❌⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕
500
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.
500
Make a growing shape pattern using the pattern rule below.
1, 3, 6, 10
Growing pattern
Ex
500
Find a symmetrical shape. How many lines of symmetry does it have?
(b), 6 lines of symmetry
