🔍 Part 1: Pattern Detective - Continue the Patterns

1. Look at this pattern and fill in the missing numbers:

3, 6, 9, 12, _____, _____, _____

2. Complete this decreasing pattern:

50, 45, 40, 35, _____, _____, _____

3. What comes next in this repeating pattern?

2, 5, 8, 2, 5, 8, _____, _____, _____

4. Use this table to show the pattern. Fill in the missing numbers:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Number	4	8	12	____	____

📝 Part 2: Explain the Pattern Rules

5. Look at this pattern: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50...

Explain in your own words how this pattern works:

6. For the pattern 100, 90, 80, 70, 60...

Write a simple rule that explains how to get the next number:

7. Choose the best rule for the pattern 7, 14, 21, 28, 35...

Add 7 each time

Add 14 each time

Multiply by 2 each time

Subtract 7 each time

8. Create your own increasing pattern (numbers get bigger). Write at least 6 numbers:

Explain your rule: _________________________________

9. Create your own decreasing pattern (numbers get smaller). Write at least 6 numbers:

Explain your rule: _________________________________

10. Peer Feedback: Swap with your partner and check their patterns. Do their rules work?

Pattern 8 rule works correctly

Pattern 9 rule works correctly

I can continue their patterns using their rules

11. Challenge: Can you create a pattern that uses both addition and subtraction?