Extending Patterns

SOL 4.15
The student will recognize, create, and extend numerical and
geometric patterns.

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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice extending geometric
patterns.

The first four figures are the core of this pattern.

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The 18th figure in this pattern will be a --

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D
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice extending geometric
patterns.

The first four figures are the core of this pattern.

...

The 18th figure in this pattern will be a --

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B
C
D
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice with geometric patterns.

Johanna is using a pattern to make figures from paper triangles

like this one:
She has made four figures using this pattern, as shown.

Figure 1

Figure 2
Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Exactly how many paper triangles will Johanna need to make

the sixth figure in this pattern?
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice with geometric patterns.

Johanna is using a pattern to make figures from paper triangles

like this one:
She has made four figures using this pattern, as shown.

Figure 1

Figure 2
Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Exactly how many paper triangles will Johanna need to make

the sixth figure in this pattern? 36
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice evaluating and extending
geometric and numerical patterns.
1) Yao used toothpicks to create a pattern. The first five steps
of his pattern are shown.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Yao will continue using toothpicks to extend his pattern.

a) How many toothpicks will Yao use for the next step of his
pattern?

b) How many will he use for step 8?

 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice evaluating and extending
geometric and numerical patterns.
1) Yao used toothpicks to create a pattern. The first five steps
of his pattern are shown.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Yao will continue using toothpicks to extend his pattern.

a) How many toothpicks will Yao use for the next step of his
pattern? 11

b) How many will he use for step 8? 15

 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
2) Look at this number pattern.

208, 183, 158, 133, ___

a) If the pattern continues in the same way, what will be the

next number?

b) What will be the seventh number in the pattern?

 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
2) Look at this number pattern.

208, 183, 158, 133, ___

a) If the pattern continues in the same way, what will be the

next number? 108

b) What will be the seventh number in the pattern? 58

 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice with numerical patterns.
1. This number pattern follows a rule.
137, 129, 121, 113, 105, …
The pattern will continue in the same way. What are the next
two numbers in this pattern?
2. The table has information about the number of balloons
contained in packages.
Number of
2 4 6 8 10 12
Packages
Total Number
24 48 72 96 120 ?
of Balloons

Based on the table, what would be the total number of

balloons in 12 of these packages?
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice with numerical patterns.
1. This number pattern follows a rule.
137, 129, 121, 113, 105, …
The pattern will continue in the same way. What are the next
two numbers in this pattern? 97, 89
2. The table has information about the number of balloons
contained in packages.
Number of
2 4 6 8 10 12
Packages
Total Number
24 48 72 96 120 ?
of Balloons

Based on the table, what would be the total number of

balloons in 12 of these packages? 144 balloons
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice recognizing and extending
numerical patterns.
Each box of crayons has the same number of crayons. This table shows the
total number of crayons in different numbers of boxes.
Crayons
Number of Boxes Total Number of Crayons
2 48
4 96
6 144
9 216
10 ?

Based on the table, what would be the total number of crayons in 10 boxes?
A 288 B 240 C 244 D 360
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 Suggested Practice for SOL 4.15
Students need additional practice recognizing and extending
numerical patterns.
Each box of crayons has the same number of crayons. This table shows the
total number of crayons in different numbers of boxes.
Crayons
Number of Boxes Total Number of Crayons
2 48
4 96
6 144
9 216
10 ?

Based on the table, what would be the total number of crayons in 10 boxes?
A 288 B 240 C 244 D 360
13 Most common error