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Ollie's Leaf Puzzles — Extension Version

Growing patterns and equivalent sentences

Ollie thinking.

"Some patterns grow in clever ways," says Ollie. "Describe the rule precisely."

1. Find each unknown: a) □ − 17 = 48     b) 100 − □ = 63  

2. Describe the rule and give the next two terms: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, , . Rule:

3. This pattern goes 4, 7, 10, 13… Will 30 ever appear? Explain why or why not.

4. Write three different number sentences that all equal 24 (use +, −, × ).

5. Pip's star pattern adds 2, then 4, then 6, then 8… Starting at 1, write the first six numbers.