Number and Shape
Patterns
Task Cards
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Jennifer is at the strawberry
Find the next four numbers in
patch. From the first plant she
the pattern.
picks 12 strawberries. She picks
16 from the second plant, and
7, 9, 11, 7, 9, 11, ___, ___,
20 from the third. If this
___, ___
pattern continues, how many will
she pick from the 7th plant?
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3 Write the missing number.
4
x y
Start at 3. Write the first
3 18
five numbers in a pattern
4 24 with the rule “add 3”.
5 ?
6 36
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Using the rule multiply by 5, Is the shape pattern growing or
subtract 1, repeating?
what is the next number in the
pattern below?
3, 15, 14, _____
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What is the rule for the
following pattern? Craig creates a pattern that
starts at 65 and follows the rule
“subtract 6”. Will the number 27
200, 100, 50, 25 be in his pattern?
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How many blocks will shape 4 x y
What is
have? 44 22
the rule
40 20
for the
30 15
table?
12 6
Shape 1 Shape 2 Shape 3
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Ellen has a lemonade stand. One
Write the missing number day she started noticing a pattern.
In the first hour she sold 3 cups
in the pattern.
of lemonade. In the second hour
she sold 9 cups and in the third
7, 14, ___, 56, 112 hour she sold 15 cups. How many
cups will she sell in the fourth
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Write the first five numbers for
a pattern that starts with 50 and
follows the rule “add 12”
What will the 17th shape in
the pattern be?
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Mr. Thomas’ fourth grade class held a
recycling contest. In the first week
they collected 12 pieces of recyclable What is the rule for the following
materials. During the second week pattern?
they collected 36 pieces. During the
third week they collected 108 pieces. 2, 6, 8, 24, 26
If the pattern continues, how many
pieces will they collect during the
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In a pattern, the first
number starts with 5. The
Start at 46 and make a pattern second number is 10, and
with the rule “subtract 3”. What will
the 5th number in the pattern be? the third number is 15.
Will the 9th number end in
a 0 or 5?
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19 Write the missing number. 20
x y Find the next four numbers in the
58 50
pattern.
44 36 14, 16, 18, 20, ___, ___, ___, ___
32 24
21 ?
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Amy starts a pattern on an even
number. She makes the rule for
If this pattern continues, the pattern “add 16”. Will any of the
numbers in her pattern ever be
what will be the 10th shape? odd?
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Write the first five numbers for Write the missing numbers in the
a pattern that starts with 15 and pattern below:
follows the rule “subtract 5, then
multiply by 2” 3, 6, ____, 24, 48, ____
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Number and Shape Patterns Recording Sheet
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5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
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Number and Shape Patterns Recording Sheet (Page 2)
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20
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Number and Shape Patterns Recording Sheet
1 2 3 4
7,9, 11, 7 36 30 3, 6, 9, 12, 15
5 6 7 8
70 Repeating Divide by 2 No
9 10 11 12
16 X divided by 2 28 21
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Number and Shape Patterns Recording Sheet (Page 2)
13 14 15 16
50, 62, Multiply by 3,
324 pieces
74, 86, 98 then add 2
17 18 19 20
31 5 13 22, 24, 26, 28
21 22 23 24
No 15, 10, 20, 12, 96
15, 30
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