Practice Problems — Set 20

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: 21, 23, 25, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 31? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___

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Written practice

1. Continue the pattern: 20, 22, 24, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 3 each time. Next after 30? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___ 4. Input 22 → output 44. Input 25 → output ___ 5. Find the missing term: 25, ___, 31, 34 6. Write the rule in words for today's pattern. ___ 7. Continue the pattern: 23, 25, 27, ___, ___ 8. Rule: add 6 each time. Next after 33? ___

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More written practice

1. Input 25 → output 50. Input 28 → output ___ 2. Find the missing term: 28, ___, 34, 37 3. Continue the pattern: 26, 28, 30, ___, ___ 4. Rule: add 5 each time. Next after 36? ___ 5. Input 28 → output 56. Input 31 → output ___ 6. Find the missing term: 31, ___, 37, 40

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Patterns and rules

1. Continue the pattern: 37, 39, 41, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 47? ___ 3. Shape pattern: triangle, square, triangle, square, ___

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Stretch

1. Continue the pattern: 45, 47, 49, ___, ___ 2. Rule: add 4 each time. Next after 55? ___

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Parent tip: Build growing patterns with blocks or drawings