Grade 4 Number Patterns: Find the rule of a pattern
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What students practice: Generating a pattern from a rule and identifying the rule.
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Grade 4 · Number Patterns
Find the Rule of a Pattern
Set 1 · Grade 4 · Number Patterns
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Easy
What is the rule for this pattern? 196, 205, 214, 223, 232
Answer: add 9
What is the rule for this pattern? 266, 274, 282, 290, 298
Answer: add 8
Standard
What is the rule for this pattern? 105, 81, 57, 33, 9
Answer: subtract 24
What is the rule for this pattern? 233, 248, 263, 278, 293
Answer: add 15
Challenge
What is the rule for this pattern? 44, 72, 100, 128, 156
Answer: add 28
What is the rule for this pattern? 468, 412, 356, 300, 244
Answer: subtract 56
Where this skill fits
- Previous skill: Find the nth number in a pattern
- All grades: Number Patterns worksheets, Grades 1–5
- Same skill in Grade 3: Grade 3 Number Patterns: Find the rule of a pattern
Related Common Core standards
- 4.OA.C.5 — Generate and analyze a number pattern from a given rule.
The task matches what these standards describe at this grade. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.