Understanding Patterns and Operations

This video tutorial by Mr. J guides fifth-grade students through a mastery check on analyzing patterns and relationships. It includes instructions for solving four pattern problems, each requiring students to identify and describe the relationship between corresponding terms using operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The video emphasizes the importance of writing clear sentences to describe these relationships and provides examples for each problem. Students are encouraged to achieve a score of 3 or 4 out of 4 to demonstrate mastery.

What should you have ready before starting the mastery check?

• A textbook and a notebook

• A computer and internet connection

• Something to write with and on

• A calculator and a ruler

Which operation is used in the example to describe the relationship between patterns?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

In the first pattern problem, what is added to Pattern A to get Pattern B?

• 6

• 5

• 7

• 4

What is the starting number for Pattern A in the first problem?

• 0

• 3

• 1

• 2

In the second pattern problem, what operation is used to relate Pattern X to Pattern Y?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

What is the starting number for Pattern Y in the second problem?

• 10

• 12

• 16

• 14

In the third pattern problem, what operation is used to relate Pattern C to Pattern D?

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Division

• Addition

What is the starting number for Pattern C in the third problem?

• 22

• 24

• 26

• 20

In the final pattern problem, what is subtracted from Pattern M to get Pattern N?

• 12

• 11

• 10

• 9

What is the starting number for Pattern M in the final problem?

• 49

• 52

• 50

• 51