Grade 4 - Math

Grade 4 Number Patterns Worksheet

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Number Patterns

Grade 4 - Math - Challenge Me

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  1. The pattern starts at 4 and adds 9: 4, 13, 22, 31, __. What is the next term?

  2. Which rule makes this pattern: 6, 18, 30, 42, 54?

  3. Rule A starts at 2 and adds 18. Rule B starts at 4 and adds 36. What is the 4th term in Rule B?

  4. What is true about the pattern 10, 15, 20, 25, 30?

  5. Input x follows the rule x x 16 + 2. What output goes with input 8?

  6. The pattern starts at 3 and adds 13: 3, 16, 29, 42, __. What is the next term?

  7. Which rule makes this pattern: 12, 25, 38, 51, 64?

  8. Rule A starts at 1 and adds 9. Rule B starts at 2 and adds 18. What is the 4th term in Rule B?

  9. What is true about the pattern 9, 18, 27, 36, 45?

  10. Input x follows the rule x x 9 + 4. What output goes with input 6?

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About this worksheet

Number patterns help students describe how a sequence grows and notice features that follow from a rule is a major fourth-grade math step because students now work with larger numbers, multi-step reasoning, and more precise notation. Students may list terms correctly but miss the relationship between two patterns. This worksheet gives short, self-checking questions that rotate through the parts of the skill instead of repeating one template. Students generate terms from rules, compare input-output tables, identify features, and explain pattern relationships. Support versions keep the numbers friendlier while preserving the same reasoning. Standard and challenge versions add larger values, closer distractors, or an extra comparison step. Encourage your child to write down the place, operation, or unit before calculating. If an answer is close but does not match the requested place value, fraction denominator, or measurement unit, it is probably the trap answer.

What your child will learn

  • Generate pattern terms
  • Use rules
  • Complete tables
  • Compare patterns
  • Describe features

Worked example

A pattern that starts at 3 and adds 4 is 3, 7, 11, 15, 19.

Common mistake

Changing the rule halfway through the pattern.

Helpful hint

Apply the same rule to every term.

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with number patterns?
Changing the rule halfway through the pattern.
How can I help my child with number patterns?
Apply the same rule to every term.
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