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Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Patterns Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number patterns worksheet, students practice recognizing patterns. Students determine the number pattern and complete the pattern by inserting the last two numbers. There are ten problems in all, and an answer sheet is included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Continue Each Pattern

For Students 4th - 5th
In this number pattern worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which a sequence of 7 numbers is analyzed and the pattern determined. Students continue each pattern with the next two numbers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number: Index Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of index notation. In this square root and cube root lesson, students examine number patterns as they complete a worksheet that requires them to calculate roots.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ten in the Bed

For Teachers 1st
First graders share the story "Ten in the Bed". They rewrite the story so that the initial character is calling others to bed. There was one in the bed and the little one said, "Come to bed, come to bed." There were two in the bed and...
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Curated OER

Mathematics Problem Solving: Patterns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students examine a series of numbers, figure out the pattern, and give the next two numbers in the sequence. There are 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Look for Patterns

For Students 3rd
In this number pattern worksheet, 3rd graders focus on sequencing. Students must study the number chart and respond to 3 short answer questions about the patterns that are shown in the chart.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Patterns in Pyramids and Prisms

For Students 4th
In this finding patterns in pyramids and prisms worksheet, 4th graders use two tables showing faces, edges and vertices for pyramids and prisms to answer six questions about the patterns.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Patterns in Tables

For Students 5th - 8th
In this patterns in tables practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to write functions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tile Patterns I: Octagons and Squares

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This can be used as a critical thinking exercise in congruence or as a teaching tool when first introducing the concept. Four octagons are arranged in such a way that a square is formed in the middle. With this information, geometry...
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Math Wire

Penguin Parade

For Students 6th - 8th
Make way for the penguin parade! Based on a given pattern of penguins in an ascending number of rows, how many penguins were marching this year? Learners solve two word problems to find the answer.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Exploring the Symmetry in Graphs of Quadratic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math is all about finding solutions and connections you didn't expect! Young mathematicians often first discover nonlinear patterns when graphing quadratic functions. The lesson begins with the vocabulary of a quadratic graph and uses...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Morning Math

For Students K - 1st
Get your morning mathematicians thinking with this set of warm-ups. You can do them all in one day, or separate them and have kids do one each day. They will review past concepts and sharpen newer ones with this assortment of problems...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Adding and Subtracting Ten

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Developing fluency with basic addition and subtraction is fundamental to the success of all young mathematicians. This four-day lesson series begins with learners using ten-frames and hundreds charts to recognize patterns when adding and...
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Dinner Party: Using Pattern Trains to Demonstrate Linear Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Nothing fancy here ... just your run-of-the-mill Algebra party! Learners explore the patterns of linear functions while designing seating arrangements for a dinner party. Comparing the number of tables to the perimeter of the combined...
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Activity
Howard County Schools

Setting the Table

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
How many people can fit around a table? Depends on the size of the table, right? Explore patterns to generate an equation for the number of people that can fit around a table given its size.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Successive Differences in Polynomials

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Don't give your classes the third degree when working with polynomials! Teach them to recognize the successive differences and identify the degree of the polynomial. The lesson leads learners through a process to develop an understanding...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Complex Number Division 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Individuals learn to divide and conquer complex numbers with a little help from moduli and conjugates. In the second lesson on complex number division, the class takes a closer look at the numerator and denominator of the multiplicative...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Unit Circle: Special Angles—Just Know One

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's all about the patterns! Young scholars learn that the unit circle repeats itself in all four quadrants. Using these patterns, they evaluate the sine, cosine, and tangent of special angles.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Patterns and Expressions: Cookie Jars

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
It's okay to get caught with your hand in a virtual cookie jar. Pupils use an interactive to drag cookies from two cookie jars onto a plate. They investigate how an expression representing the number of remaining cookies changes as users...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating AB Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work with patterns. In this pattern lesson, students find AB patterns in nature and the manmade world. They create their own AB pattern using math manipulatives and visual arts. 
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Curated OER

Quilts and Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a pattern. In this patterns lesson plan, students review the meaning of symmetry and explore using pattern blocks. Young scholars look for patterns in real quilts, photographs and pictures. Students work...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with different types of patterns. In this pattern lesson plan, 2nd graders go to a pattern block webpage and use Unifix cubes to create their own patterns. They find patterns in the real world and draw their own...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Searching for Pattern 13.1-13.4

For Students 6th
In this recognizing patterns worksheet, 6th graders identify patterns of shapes and numbers and determine the pattern shape or number in question by skipping patterns (i.e.: the tenth, the forty-eighth, the ninety ninth) and by using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns

For Teachers K
Students create and extend patterns. In this pattern lesson, students learn to identify patterns using multiple senses. Students work at centers in small groups to explore and extend their understanding of patterns.