Missing numbers

Missing numbers

Pencil and paper
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This task is about finding missing numbers and a rule for a number pattern.
John hung some rugby jerseys on the line in a pattern.
 
a) Draw the two missing jerseys and write the numbers on them.
 

 

b)
What is the rule for John's pattern?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships
Keywords: 
number patterns, recursive rules
Description of task: 
Students complete a sequential number pattern and describe its rule in words.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Patterns and relationships, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 

 

Y4 (06/2000)

a)

i)
ii)

9
13

very easy

b)

 

Any 1 of:
 
•  +2.
•  Odd numbers.
•  Every second number.

easy

Figure It Out:

The Mystery of the Vanishing Pattern Algebra L2-3 p.2