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Sheet # 257
Name_________________________Date:_____________


Show your work.

Look at following numbers and see if you can figure out what comes next to complete the pattern. Write a rule to find the next number.

1) 12, 14, 16, 18, _____


2) 21, 24, 27, _____


3) 5, 10, 15, 20,_____


4) 20, 17, 14, 11,_____


5) 7, 12, 17, 22,_____


6) 46, 44, 42, _____


7) 23, 25, 27, 29,_____


8) 34, 36, 38,_____


9) 55, 50, 45,_____


10) 25, 30, 35,_____












































Answers for sheet # 257

1) 20, + 2

2) 30, add 3

3) 25, add 5

4) 8, subtract 3

5) 27, add 5

6) 40, subtract 2

7) 31, add 2

8) 40, add 2

9) 40, subtract 5

10) 40, + 5