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The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Can You See It in Nature? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students will build, extend, describe, predict, graph and generate rules for patterns and functions designed to help students understand the connection between geometric and numerical patterns (younger students) as well as between...
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Common Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Developed by a mathematics teacher from the UK, this page identifies and illustrates several common number patterns.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: How Old?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: It Must Be 2000

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Mathemagician's Seven Spells

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in the sequence of numbers that will break the Mathemagician's spell. The solution is available at this one page website. After you find your solution you can check it.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Think of Two Numbers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Doplication

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Why 8?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Buzzy Bee Problem

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in Buzzy Bee's honeycomb. The solution is available right at this one page website.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee,g Sierpinski's Carpet

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this task, 6th graders are presented with a large square divided into 9 squares and the center square is then removed. They are asked to find the area of the 8 remaining squares. Each smaller square is divided in the same way and the...