IXL | Compare patterns | 5th grade math

Compare pattern A to pattern B.

Pattern A add 3	3	6	9	12
Pattern B add 30	30	60	90	120

Which statement is true?

Each term in pattern B is 27 more than the corresponding term in pattern A.

Each term in pattern B is 10 times the corresponding term in pattern A.

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Compare pattern A to pattern B.

Pattern A add 4	8	12	16	20
Pattern B add 1	2	3	4	5

Which statement is true?

Each term in pattern B can be found by dividing the corresponding term in pattern A by 4.

Each term in pattern B is 6 less than the corresponding term in pattern A.

Look at the corresponding terms in the table. For example, the first pair of corresponding terms is 8 and 2.

Pattern A add 4	8	12	16	20
Pattern B add 1	2	3	4	5

Read the first statement.

Each term in pattern B can be found by dividing the corresponding term in pattern A by 4.

This statement is true for all of the corresponding terms.

Read the second statement.

Each term in pattern B is 6 less than the corresponding term in pattern A.

This statement is not true for some of the corresponding terms. For example, 3 is not 6 less than 12.

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