A growing pattern is an ordered sequence of quantities, shapes, or arrangements in which each successive term increases by the same small whole-number amount. The learner identifies and describes this additive change, represents it with drawings or numerals, and predicts the next term, typically within familiar small-number ranges; multiplicative growth, algebraic rules, and formal generalizations of the pattern are beyond this level.
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Detailed Explanation: Identify growing patterns
A growing pattern gets bigger by the same number each time.
Look at this pattern:
- Term 1: ●● =
- Term 2: ●●●● =
- Term 3: ●●●●●● =
Step 1: Count each group.
The numbers are , , and .
Step 2: Compare two groups next to each other.
From to , the pattern grows by .
From to , it also grows by .
So, the pattern adds each time.
Step 3: Draw and count the next group.
Add dots to :
●●●●●● + ●● = ●●●●●●●●
There are dots.
The next term is .
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- Patterning - Next in Growing Shape Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by 2 - Next 2 in Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by 10 - Next 2 in Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by 5 - Next 2 in Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by Single Digits - Next 3 in Pattern
- Patterning - Next in Increasing Arithmetic Number Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by Single Digits - Next 2 in Pattern
- Skip Counting Upward by 2 - Next 3 in Pattern
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