Number Patterns

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 5 and multiply by 3 each time until there are 4 numbers.

• 5, 10, 15, 20
•   5, 15, 45, 135
• 5, 15, 50, 125
• 5, 15, 45, 125

Which pattern follows the rule below?
Rule: Start with 10 and add 6 each time until there are 8 numbers

• 10, 16, 22, 27, 34, 40, 46, 52
• 10, 16, 22, 28, 33, 39, 45, 51
• 10, 16, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52
• 10, 16, 21, 27, 33, 39, 45, 51

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 2 and add 4 each time until
there are 5 numbers

• 2, 4, 8, 12, 16
• 2, 6, 10, 14, 17
• .  2, 6, 10, 14, 18
• 2, 6, 11, 15, 19

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 3 and add 7 each time until
there are 4 numbers.

• 3, 10, 17, 22
• 3, 10, 17, 24
• 3, 10, 16, 23
• 3, 11, 18, 25

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 4 and multiply by 2 each time until there are 5 numbers.

•  4, 8, 16, 34, 64
• 4, 8, 16, 32, 64
• 4, 8, 16, 36, 72
• 4, 8, 18, 36, 72

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 6 and multiply by 3 each time until there are 3 numbers.

• 6, 18, 60
• 6, 18, 54
• 6, 9, 27
• 6, 9, 12

Rule: Start with 5 and add 5 until there are 10 numbers. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 Which is true about this number pattern?

• All the numbers are multiples of 10.

• All the numbers are multiples of 2.

• The difference of two numbers next to each

  other is always even.

• The difference of two numbers next to each

  other is always odd.

Rule: Start with 8 and add 4 until there are 8 numbers.  8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36 Which is NOT true about this number pattern?

• All the numbers are multiples of 4.
• All the numbers are multiples of 8
• The ones digits are all even numbers.
•  Some numbers were made by adding two
  even numbers together.

Rule: Start with 3 and add 2 until there are  5 numbers.  3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Which is true about this number pattern?

• All the numbers are multiples of 3.
•  The ones digits are all even numbers.
• The ones digits are all odd numbers.
• The difference of two numbers next to each other is always odd. 

Which pattern follows the rule below?   Rule: Start with 4 and multiply by 3 each time  until there are 4 numbers.

• 4, 12, 36, 108
• 4, 12, 38, 114
• 4, 7, 10, 13
• 4, 7, 11, 14