Number and Shape Patterns from a Rule Worksheet with Answer Key

What's on the worksheet

1. Write the first 5 terms of each pattern from its rule:
   Start at 6, add 8.Start at 73, subtract 9.Start at 125, add 25.Start at 900, subtract 125.Start at 2, multiply by 4.
2. Word problem: how many paper cranes are there at the end of day 24?
3. Decide if each rule makes all odd, all even, or alternating terms, and give the reason.
   Start at 15, add 6.Start at 22, add 9.Start at 40, add 12.Start at 9, add 7.
4. Write the first 6 terms and say how often the ones digits repeat.
   Start at 3, add 5.Start at 7, add 20.Start at 1, add 6.
5. A subtract 6 pattern has 50 as its 4th term: find the start, the 8th term and the last term.
6. Count the chairs for tables pushed together in a row and describe the pattern.