Word Patterns
River was putting stickers on her notebook. She put them in the following order:
star, circle, circle, square, star, circle,
What are the next 2 stickers in her pattern?
Circle, Square
Collin is playing a number game. He needs to complete the pattern to win the game.
2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 2, 4,
What are the next 4 numbers in the pattern?
5, 2, 2, 4
Dhruva wrote this pattern for her friends.
3, 5, 7, 9, 11...
What is the rule?
Add 2
Audrey is planting rows of flowers in the school garden. The first row has 6 flowers. Each new row has 4 more flowers than the row before it.
There are 5 rows in all.
Questions:
How many flowers are in the second row?
10 flowers
Rule: Add 4 flowers
Silas plays 4 games. For each game, he earns 3 more tickets than he earned in the previous game. In the first game, he earns 5 tickets.
How many tickets does Silas earn in each of the 4 games?
17 tickets
5 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 17 tickets
Declynn loves to create patterns with numbers. She started with the number 28 and skip counted by 8s. What are the next 3 numbers in her pattern?
36, 44, 52
Vivian wrote this pattern for her friends.
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, ...
What is the 10th number in the pattern?
30
For a bake sale, Chiamaka put cookies into bags. The first bag has 8 cookies. Each bag after that has 2 more cookies than the previous bag.
Chiamaka makes 5 bags.
How many cookies does Chiamaka have all together?
1st bag: 8 cookies
2nd bag: 10 cookies
3rd bag: 12 cookies
4th bag: 14 cookies
5th bag: 16 cookies
All together, 60 cookies.
A library puts books on shelves. The first shelf has 8 books. Each shelf after that has 5 more books than the shelf before it.
There are 4 shelves.
How many books are on the 3rd shelf?
17 books
1st shelf: 8 books
2nd Shelf: 12 books
3rd Shelf: 17 books
Matthew wrote this rule for this friends.
What is the rule?
6, 12, 24, 48, ...
Multiply by 2
Monday: 410 poptarts
Tuesday: 380 poptarts
Wednesday: 350 poptarts
Thursday: 320 poptarts
What is the rule?
Subtract 30
Aiden wants to buy an iPad for $400. He plans to save $20 each week towards his goal. He already has $240. Which number sequence shows the amount he will have saved each week towards his goal?
A. 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, ...
B. 240, 260, 280, 300, 320, ...
C. 240, 245, 250, 255, 260, ...
D. 240, 280, 320, 360, 400, ...
B
Jynelle is going to a parade with her family. She notices that all of the parade floats are coming by in the same pattern. They go,
Red, Red, Blue, Red, Red, Yellow...
What color is the 12th float going to be?
Yellow
What is the rule for this table?
IN Out
2 6
4 8
6 10
8 12
10 14
Add 4
Heith wrote a pattern for his friends. What is the rule?
420, 390, 360, ...
subtract 30
The fourth-grade class is selling apples to raise money for a field trip. They have 8 bags of apples. Each bag contains 6 apples.
On Monday, they sold 27 apples. On Tuesday, they sold 15 apples.
How many apples do they have left to sell?
8 x 6 = 48 apples
48 - 27 = 21 apples
27 - 15 = 12 apples
There are 12 apples left to sell.
What are the next 3 shapes (colors needed) in the pattern?
🔴 ▲ 🔵 ▲ 🟢 ■ 🔴 ▲ 🔵 ▲ 🟢 ■ 🔴 ___ ___ ___
Gabe has 48 tennis balls. Of those tennis balls, 14 of them are orange. He has 10 more green than blue. How many green tennis balls does Gabe have?
22
Ozzie was working on his garden and added a plant each day. How many plants will he have on Wednesday?
Monday: 22 plants
Tuesday: 28 plants
Wednesday:
Thursday: 38 plants
Friday: 43 plants
Rule: Add 5
On Wednesday, Ozzie will have 33 plants.
Finn is planting rows of flowers in the school garden. The first row has 6 flowers. Each new row has 4 more flowers than the row before it.
There are 5 rows in all.
Questions:
How many flowers are there all together?
70 Flowers
1st Row: 6 flowers
2nd Row: 10 Flowers
3rd Row: 14 Flowers
4th Row: 18 Flowers
5th Row: 22 Flowers