Shape Patterns
Number Patterns
Tables
What's my Rule?
Act it Out
100
Draw the next 3 shapes in this pattern: Circle, Square, Triangle, Circle, Square, Triangle, ___, ___, ___
Circle, Square, Triangle
100
What are the next 3 numbers in the repeating pattern: 7, 9, 3, 7, 9, ___, ____, ____
3, 7, 9
100
There are 2 blue marbles for every 1 yellow marble. How many blue marbles would you have if you had 2 yellow marbles? 3 yellow marbles? Make a table.
2:4 3:6
100
# of Jars: 2 3 4 5 ________________________________ # of Marbles: 4 6 How many marbles do you have total in 4 jars? 5 jars? What is the rule?
# of Jars: 2 3 4 5 ________________________________ # of Marbles: 4 6 8 10 Rule: x2
100
There are 18 marbles in a jar. 4 of them are orange. There are 6 more blue marbles than purple marbles. How many blue marbles do you have? How many purple marbles do you have? Show your thinking!
blue: 10 purple: 4
200
Draw the next 3 shapes in the pattern: Triangle, Trapezoid, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Trapezoid, Circle, ____, _____, _____
Circle, Triangle, Trapezoid
200
What are the next 3 numbers in the pattern: 8, 4, 2, 2, 8, 4, 2, 2, ____, _____, _____ What is the 15th shape?
8, 4, 2 2
200
There are 3 blue marbles for every 1 yellow marble. How many blue marbles would you have if you had 2 yellow marbles? 3 yellow marbles? Make a table.
2:6 3:9
200
# of cups: 2 3 4 5 6 ______________________________________ # of coins: 10 15 20 How many coins total are in 5 cups? 6 cups? What is your rule?
# of cups: 2 3 4 5 6 ______________________________________ # of coins: 10 15 20 25 30 Rule: x5
200
There are 18 marbles in a jar. 6 of them are orange. There are 4 more blue marbles than purple marbles. How many blue marbles do you have? How many purple marbles do you have? Show your thinking!
blue: 8 purple: 4
300
What is the 10th Shape in this pattern? Circle, Triangle, Oval, Circle, Triangle, Oval
Circle
300
The repeating unit is 3, 8, 0... Write the pattern 2 times
3, 8, 0, 3, 8, 0
300
There are 6 blue marbles for every 1 yellow marble. How many blue marbles would you have if you had 2 yellow marbles? 5 yellow marbles? Make a table.
2:12 5:30
300
# of boxes: 2 3 4 5 10 ______________________________________ # of books: 22 33 44 How many books total are in 5 boxes? 10 boxes? What is your rule?
# of boxes: 2 3 4 5 10 ______________________________________ # of books: 22 33 44 55 110 Rule: x11
300
There are 18 pieces of fruit. 2 of them are apples. There are 8 more bananas than strawberries. How many bananas do you have? How many strawberries do you have? Show your thinking!
bananas: 12 strawberries: 4
400
What is the 25th Shape in this pattern: Triangle, Square, Square, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square, Circle
Triangle
400
Start with 9. Use the rule +3 to find the next 3 numbers 9, ___, ____, ____
12, 15, 18
400
There are 12 eggs in 1 carton. How many eggs are in 2 cartons? 3 cartons? Make a table. What is your rule?
2:24 3:36 x12
400
# of classes: 1 2 3 5 8 ___________________________________________ # of students: 25 50 75 How many students total are in 5 classes? 8 classes? What is your rule?
# of classes: 1 2 3 5 8 ___________________________________________ # of students: 25 50 75 125 200 Rule: x25
400
There are 35 pieces of candy. 11 of them are snickers. There are 8 more kitkats than starburst. How many kitkats do you have? How many starburst do you have? Show your thinking!
kitkat: 16 starburst: 8
500
What are the next 3 shapes in the pattern: Circle, Circle, Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, _____, _____, _____ What is the 30th Shape?
Triangle, Square, Circle Circle
500
Start with 55. Use the rule - 6. Write the next 3 numbers.
49, 43, 37
500
There are 18 cookies in a package. If you have 3 packages, how many cookies do you have? 6 packages? 8 packages? Make a table. What is your rule?
3:54 6:108 8:144 x18
500
# of boxes: 1 2 3 ___ 8 ___________________________________________ # of pens: 8 16 ___ 48 ___ Fill in the missing numbers. What is your rule?
# of boxes: 1 2 3 _6_ 8 ___________________________________________ # of pens: 8 16 _24_ 48 _64_ Rule: x8
500
There are 55 animals at the pet store. There are cats, dogs, and rabbits. There are 25 dogs. There are 8 less cats than rabbits. How many cats are there? How many rabbits are there? Show your thinking!
cats: 11 rabbits: 19