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Patterns, Groups and Sharing

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Patterns, Groups and Sharing

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1. Grouping

WALT: Show and explain how I use grouping.

Success criteria: I can make equal groups and show my thinking with a drawing, counters or an equation.

1. There are 24 apples. Put them into groups of 4. How many groups will there be? Show your thinking in a drawing, with counters or with an equation.

Answer: ______ groups

2. Equal sharing

WALT: Show and explain how I use equal sharing.

Success criteria: I can share equally and explain how I know each share is fair.

2. Share 18 stickers equally between 3 children. How many stickers does each child get?

Each child gets ______ stickers.

3. Explain your strategy. You may draw, write or use an equation.

3. Spatial pattern

WALT: Continue a spatial pattern accurately.

Success criteria: I can show the next steps and describe what changes each time.

4. Look at the pattern. Draw Step 4 and Step 5.

Step 1: ■

Step 2: ■ ■

Step 3: ■ ■ ■

5. What changes each time? ________________________________________________

4. Two-variable number pattern

WALT: State and check a rule for a two-variable number pattern.

Success criteria: I can state the rule, find a later term and check the rule with another term.

6. Complete the table.

Input: 1    2    3    4    5

Output: 4    7    10    13    ______

7. What is the rule? Input × ______ + ______
8. Using your rule, what is the output when the input is 8? Show your working.
9. Check your rule with another input and output from the pattern.
10. How do you know your answer is correct?

Need support? Use counters, cubes, drawings or ask for the instructions to be read aloud.

Extension: Create your own two-variable pattern. Write the first four inputs and outputs, state the rule and predict a later output.

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