Searching for patterns

1. How would you describe the pattern in the sequence

65, 62, 59, 56, 53, 50?

• Add 3

• Add 2

• Subtract 3

2. Find the missing numbers.

520, ____, 560, 580, ____

• 540, 590

• 540, 600

• 510, 590

1. Find the next number in the sequence 11, 9, 7, 5, __

• 3

• 2

• 1

Observe the figure and determine which of the following is CORRECT

• The next term will have 16 blocks

• The next term will have 15 blocks.

• The next term will have 14 blocks.

Mrs. Santos wrote the following number pattern: 37, 30, 23, 16,

What number would come next if the pattern continued?

• 9

• 5

• 10

How would you describe the pattern in this sequence? 99, 97, 95, 93, 91

• Subtract 1

• Subtract 2

• Add 2

The terms in the number sequence 5, 8, 11, 14, ...are generated by:

• adding 2 to make a new term

• multiplying by 2 to make a new term

• adding 3 to make a new term

The terms in the number sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, ...are generated by:

• adding the previous two terms

• adding 1 and 2

• adding odd numbers