Multiplication rules

Multiplication rules

Pencil and paper
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This task is about finding and using rules for patterns.
a) Use the multiplication rule given to fill in the boxes
 
 
 		 The rule is  
 
b) Work out the multiplication rule, write it in the space given, and then use it to fill in the boxes.
 
 
i)		 The rule is
ii)
 

c)
Make up a rule which uses multiplication, write it in the space given, and then use it to fill in the boxes.
 
    The rule is
 		  
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships
Keywords: 
number patterns, functional rules, multiplication
Description of task: 
Students complete number patterns, identifying and creating rules.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Patterns and relationships, sets 4-5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (08/1998)
a)   42
54
60
66		 easy
b) i)
ii)		 4
28
32
40
48		 very easy
easy
c)   Give the mark for correctly applying the given rule. [Answers will vary]. easy