Patterns Vocabulary

Which word is a synonym of iteration?

• different

• repeating

• stopping

• unpredictable

Answer explanation

A pattern with iteration has a part or action that is repeated.

These images are examples of...

• bumping

• algebra

• trees

• branching

Answer explanation

Branching is when parts of a thing divide and continue to grow in the same pattern of another part

Which group of words are names for the next stage of the pattern.

• Term, year, week

• Step, walk, run

• Member, term, step

• member, friend, aunty

Answer explanation

Term, member and step are all ways of saying one stage of a pattern.

An Nth Term formula for this pattern would let you figure out...

• How many Ns in the word 'pattern'

• How many matchsticks in any term of the pattern

• How many matchsticks in the 6th and 8th term of the pattern

• How many matchsticks in the next term only

Answer explanation

An Nth Term formula is a formula in which you can substitute the 'n' for any term number and get the answer for that term by solving the formula.

The first missing member in this pattern is...

Answer explanation

The rule of the pattern is 'add 5', +5 or x = n5.

What is the rule for this pattern?

• subtract 120

• divide by 5

• divide by 3

• e = mc2

Answer explanation

195 divided by 5 is 39

e=mc2 is Einstein's formula for relativity

What is the rule for the pattern and the missing member of the in and out box?

• x = n4 and 104

• multiply by 3 and 140

• x = n4 and 140

• x = n140 and 4

Answer explanation

This is another way or representing the 4 times tables

What are the next 4 terms of this sequence?

• 55, 165, 170, 510

• 53, 159, 161, 483

• 53, 195, 616, 384

• 55, 159, 161, 480

Answer explanation

This is a 2-step pattern

The rule of this pattern is...

• Multiply by 2 then Multiply by 3.

• Multiply by 2 then add 3

• Multiply by 3 then add 2

• Add 2, then and 10

Answer explanation

If the first number in this pattern were 2, the next 2 terms would be 6 and 18.

The 4 previous terms in this pattern are...

• 6, 8, 7, 9

• 6, 7, 8, 9

• 8, 6, 9, 7

• 5, 7, 6, 8

Answer explanation

Bonus points to anybody who can bring me this pattern written with 1.2 as the first term.