House patterns

This task is about continuing a growing pattern.

Question 1Change answer

Jed used toothpicks to make a house.
It looked like this.
house shape made from toothpicks
a)  How many toothpicks did Jed use?

Question 1Change answer

Jed then made two houses joined together.
They looked like this.
two house shape made from toothpicks
b)  How many toothpicks did Jed use for the two houses joined together?

Question 2Change answer

c)  Complete the table to show the number of toothpicks needed to make the different numbers of houses joined together.
Number of houses 3 4 5 6
Number of toothpicks