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Number Patterns Exploration

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Number Patterns Exploration

Māori tukutuku pattern illustration

🔍 Part 1: Finding Pattern Rules

1. Look at this number pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, _____, _____

What are the next two numbers? _______ and _______

What is the pattern rule? Add _______ each time

2. Complete this growing pattern:

Start with 5, then add 7 each time:

5, _____, _____, 26, _____, _____

3. Which pattern rule matches this sequence: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20?

Add 2 each time

Add 4 each time

Add 6 each time

Multiply by 2 each time

4. Create your own pattern starting with 6 and adding 8 each time:

6, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

📊 Part 2: Pattern Tables and Problem Solving

5. Complete this pattern table for a kete (basket) problem:

Rule: Each kete holds 4 kūmara

Number of Kete 1 2 3 4 5
Total Kūmara 4 ____ ____ ____ ____
6. How many kūmara would 10 kete hold? Show your working:
7. A tukutuku panel has a repeating pattern. If the pattern uses 2 red shapes, then 5 black shapes, then repeats:

How many shapes in total after 3 complete patterns?

💭 Part 3: Explaining Your Thinking

8. Look at this pattern: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50

Explain in your own words how you would find the 8th number in this pattern:

9. Create and draw a visual pattern that matches this number sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8

Hint: You could use shapes, dots, or lines

10. Challenge: If a pattern starts at 7 and the rule is "multiply by 2", what would be the 4th number?

Show your working: 7 → _____ → _____ → _____

The 4th number is: _____

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