Numerical Patterns and Rules

Grade 412 minutes5.PFA.1 The student will identify, describe, extend, and create increasing and decreasing patterns with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, including those in context, using various representations.

Learning Objective

I can find the rule in a number pattern that adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides, and use it to find the next numbers.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Describe what a "term" is in a number pattern.

2. Identify the rule in the following pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15. What are the next two terms?

3. What is the rule for the following pattern: 20, 17, 14, 11, 8?

...and 4 more questions

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