Tables and Graphs: Numerical Patterns

This product contains four practice sheets for the 5th grade Common Core standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.B.3
With this resource students will be asked to generate two numerical patterns using two given rules.

Additionally, they will identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms and form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.

For example, given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 0, and given the rule "Add 6" and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence. Explain informally why this is so.

There are five skills for which students will complete exercises. They are

1) when a pattern is described in words the student will find a specific term for that pattern,

2) when a pattern is described in words the student will choose the graph that illustrates that pattern,

3) when a pattern is described in words the student will graph the pattern

4) when a pattern is described the student will complete ordered pairs for that pattern and

5) when a pattern is shown the student will describe the pattern.

All questions are multiple choice. The answer sheets are included. The file is in PDF format.