1. Practice with
PATTERNS & FUNCTIONS
Created by
Gwendolyn Best

2. How many total dots will be in Figure 7 if this pattern continues?

3. How many pink dots will be in Figure 7 if this pattern continues?

4. How many green dots will be in Figure 7 if this pattern continues?

5. Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 5
Figure 4
How many total dots will be in the bottom row of Figure 8 if this pattern continues?

6. Total Dots in Bottom Row
Fig. #
Total Dots in Bottom Row 1 3 2 4 5 9 10 11
Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 2
How many total dots will be in the bottom row of Figures 9, 10, and 11.
How can you find the total number of dots in the bottom row of any figure if this pattern continues?

7. Total Dots in Bottom Row
Fig. #
Total Dots in Bottom Row 1 3 2 4 5 6 9 11 10 12 13 N
N + 2
Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 2
How many total dots will be in the bottom row of Figures 9, 10, and 11. How can you find the total number of dots in the bottom row of any figure if this pattern continues?

8. Figure 1
Figure 3
Figure 2
How can you easily find the number of pink dots in the bottom row of any figure if this pattern continues?

9. Can you tell how the figure number relates
to the number of rows in each pattern?

10. How many squares will be in the top row of figure 8?
Picture Pattern 2
Figure 4
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 5
How many squares will be in the top row of figure 8?
How many squares will be in the top row of any figure if this pattern continues?

11. How many squares will be in the bottom row of Figure 7?
Picture Pattern 2
Figure 4
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 5
How many squares will be in the bottom row of Figure 7?
Figure 8? Figure 9?
If we know how many squares are in the top row, how can we find the number of squares in bottom row?

12. What comes next in this pattern?
This is a Multi-Step Problem
A 20 $
B 25 %
C 30 $
A 35 %
B 40 $
C 45 %
Break the pattern apart to look at each part separately. A B C 20 25 30 35 40 45 $ %

13. Copy the chart and extend the pattern.
Multi-Step Patterns
A 20 $
B 25 %
C 30 $
A 35 %
B 40 $
C 45 %
Copy the chart and extend the pattern.
Number the boxes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A B C 20 25 30 35 40 45 $ %

14. Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
How many purple circles will be in the 10th figure? Can you explain how you know how many purple figures are in any figure?

15. How many green circles will be in Figure 6?
Can you draw figure 7 of this pattern?

16. Tammy is riding her bike across Virginia to raise money for her favorite charity. For every 10 miles she rides, $3 will be donated. How much money will be donated when she travels 50 miles? Create a chart to help you.
# Miles
$ Donated 10 3 20 30 40 50 60 70

17. Tammy is riding her bike across Virginia to raise money for her favorite charity. For every 10 miles she rides, $3 will be donated. How much money will be donated when she travels 50 miles? Create a chart to help you.
# Miles
$ Donated 10 3 20 6 30 9 40 12 50 15 60 18 70 21

18. Every summer Ginny spends the summer with her grandparents
Every summer Ginny spends the summer with her grandparents. For every week she spends with them, three of those days are spent camping with cousins.
After 6 weeks with her grandparents, how many days has Ginny spent away from home? And how many of those days did she spend camping?
Make a chart to organize your work.

19. After 6 weeks with her grandparents, how many days has Ginny spent away from home? And how many of those days did she spend camping? Make a chart to organize your work.
# of Weeks
Total Days Away
# Days Camping 1 7 3 2 14 6 21 9 4 28 12 5 35 15 42 18