Practice Problems — Set 16

4.OA.C.5 · Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule

Print and write your answers. Use diagrams to show thinking.

Warm-up

1. Continue the pattern: 17, 19, 21, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 27? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___

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Written practice

1. Continue the pattern: 16, 18, 20, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 3 each time. Next after 26? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___ 4. Input 18 → output 36. Input 21 → output ___ 5. Find the missing term: 21, ___, 27, 30 6. Write the rule in words for today's pattern. ___ 7. Continue the pattern: 19, 21, 23, ___, ___ 8. Rule: add 6 each time. Next after 29? ___

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More written practice

1. Input 21 → output 42. Input 24 → output ___ 2. Find the missing term: 24, ___, 30, 33 3. Continue the pattern: 22, 24, 26, ___, ___ 4. Rule: add 5 each time. Next after 32? ___ 5. Input 24 → output 48. Input 27 → output ___ 6. Find the missing term: 27, ___, 33, 36

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Patterns and rules

1. Continue the pattern: 33, 35, 37, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 43? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___

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Stretch

1. Continue the pattern: 41, 43, 45, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 51? ___

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Parent tip: Build growing patterns with blocks or drawings