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This lesson is aligned with TEKS - 4th Grade Mathematics.

• TEKS Math 4.5B: Represent problems using an input-output table and numerical expressions to generate a number pattern that follows a given rule representing the relationship of the values in the resulting sequence and their position in the sequence;

Task Card Sizes: Prints in 8.5 x 11

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24 Questions:

1. A garden fence has a pattern. The position number is the input. Which numerical expression describes the rule?
2. At a flower stand, the gardener uses this rule: add 4. What is the missing output?
3. Spring baskets are arranged in a pattern. What is the output when the input is 5?
4. A bunny trail pattern is shown in the table. Which rule matches the table?
5. A row of tulips follows a rule. The output is always 2 less than 5 times the input. What is the output when the input is 4?
6. A student wrote this table for a spring pattern. Which statement is true?
7. A spring picnic table has this rule: multiply by 4, then add 1. What is the output for input 3?
8. A butterfly garden uses the rule: output = input + 10. Which table matches the rule?
9. During a spring walk, Liam counts frogs sitting on rocks in a pattern. Which statement is true?
10. A pattern of raindrop stickers is shown. Which rule fits the input-output tree?
11. Emma makes a pattern of watering cans. The rule is 3 × input + 2. What is the output when the input is 5?
12. In a spring craft class, Emma makes flower rings. The number of beads used follows this table. How many beads are used for Ring 5?
13. A bee chart shows this pattern. Which expression gives the number of bees at any position?
14. A gardener records the number of seed packets in each display. What is the missing rule?
15. At a spring fair, ticket numbers follow a rule. The outputs are 8, 12, 16, 20 for inputs 1, 2, 3, 4. What is the output for input 6?
16. Liam notices a spring pattern: 14, 18, 22, 26, … Which input-output table could represent the pattern if input means position number?
17. A garden club notices this pattern in the number of potted plants. Which input would give an output of 25?
18. A spring shop displays kites in a pattern. Which output belongs with input 6?
19. Noah fills in an input-output table for a spring display. Rule: input + 7. What missing number belongs in the table?
20. A teacher makes an input-output table about watering cans. Which rule is correct?
21. Sophia writes this rule for a pattern of flower pots: 4 × position + 1. What are the first three outputs?
22. A set of birdhouses is arranged in this pattern. What is the best description of the rule?
23. Noah is counting petals in a spring pattern. The outputs follow the rule 2 times the input, then add 6. What is the output for input 7?
24. Olivia studies a pattern of nests in a science notebook. What is the number of nests at position 5?