Growing patterns
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What are Growing Patterns?
A pattern is an arrangement or sequence that follows a certain order.
In the last lesson, you learned about repeating patterns– patterns that repeat themselves, like:
2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4…
Growing patterns are different.
Take a look:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ….
Each term is growing by two.
Patterns that increase (or grow) according to a certain rule, are called increasing patterns, or growing patterns.
Here’s another growing pattern:
Parts of a Growing Pattern:
A growing pattern has two important parts – the terms and the rule.
Here’s a growing pattern with shapes.👇 It also has terms and a rule.
1. Terms :
Each step of a growing pattern is a term.
2. Rule :
The amount that each term increases by in each step is called the pattern’s rule.
Finding the Rule of a Growing Pattern :
How can we find the rule of this pattern? 🤔
You got it! 😎
To find the rule of a pattern, look at how the pattern changes from one term to the next.
Let’s try it! 🤗
So, what do you think the rule of this pattern is?
The rule of this pattern is:
Nicely done! 😎
Learn with example
Copy the pattern.
Start on the left. Copy the shapes one by one.
Copy the pattern.
Start on the left. Copy the shapes one by one.
Copy the pattern.
Start on the left. Copy the shapes one by one.
Let’s practice!🖊️
