IXL | Compare patterns | 5th grade math

Compare pattern A to pattern B.

Pattern A add 3	4	7	10	13
Pattern B add 9	13	22	31	40

Which statement is true?

Each term in pattern B can be found by multiplying the corresponding term in pattern A by 3 and then adding 1.

Each term in pattern B is 9 more than the corresponding term in pattern A.

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Compare pattern A to pattern B.

Pattern A add 4	2	6	10	14
Pattern B add 4	16	20	24	28

Which statement is true?

Each term in pattern B is 8 times the corresponding term in pattern A.

Each term in pattern B is 14 more than the corresponding term in pattern A.

Look at the corresponding terms in the table. For example, the first pair of corresponding terms is 2 and 16.

Pattern A add 4	2	6	10	14
Pattern B add 4	16	20	24	28

Read the first statement.

Each term in pattern B is 8 times the corresponding term in pattern A.

This statement is not true for all of the corresponding terms. For example, 20 is not equal to 8 times 6.

Read the second statement.

Each term in pattern B is 14 more than the corresponding term in pattern A.

This statement is true for all of the corresponding terms.

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