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7.05 Find the rule

Lesson

Are you ready?

Can you continue this pattern?

Complete the pattern:

  1. $$6, $$8, $$10, $$, $$, $$

 

Learn

You may not have realized but patterns have a rule that you follow to work out the next number, Let's look at how to write rules to describe patterns.

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Apply

Complete the pattern:

  1. $$6, $$8, $$10, $$, $$, $$

  2. What is the rule for filling in the pattern?

    Add $$2.

    A

    Add $$3.

    B

 

Remember!

Think about how the numbers are changing to work out the rule. Are the numbers getting bigger or smaller, and by how many?

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