Growing and Shrinking Patterns

Find the rule and continue it.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 46

A growing pattern gets bigger by the same amount each time. 3, 5, 7, 9: the rule is add 2.
A shrinking pattern gets smaller. 50, 40, 30, 20: the rule is take away 10.
Patterns are all around us. A plant grows 1 leaf each day: 1, 2, 3, 4 leaves. That's a growing pattern of 1s.
To continue a pattern, find the rule, then use it again. 25, 30, 35: add 5, so next is 40.
Growing or shrinking, by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s: find the rule, then keep it going.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

1.PAR.3.2 — Identify, describe, and create growing, shrinking, and repeating patterns based on the repeated addition or subtraction of 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.