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Harcourt Grade 4
Reteach the Standards RW72
NS 3.0 Students solve problems involving addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers
and understand the relationships among operations.
Problem Solving Workshop Strategy:
Find a Pattern
The table below shows the number of windows on each floor of a
skyscraper. How many windows might be on the tenth floor?
Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Number of Windows 4 8 6 10 8 12 10 14
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Read to Understand
1. What are you trying to find?
Plan
2. How would the Find a Pattern strategy help you solve the problem?
Solve
3. Whats the pattern for the table? How many windows might be on the tenth floor?
Check
4. Does the answer make sense for the problem? Explain.
Find a pattern to solve.
5. Peter started an exercise program. On
the first day he did 5 pushups. On the
second day he did 10 pushups. On the
third day he did 15 pushups. If the
pattern continues, how many pushups
will Peter do on the sixth day?
6. Jan rode her bike for 10 minutes the
first day, 12 minutes the second day,
and 14 minutes the third day. If the
pattern continues, how many
minutes will Jan ride her bike on
the fifth day?
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Problem Solving Workshop Strategy: Find a Pattern
Problem Solving Strategy Practice
Find a pattern to solve.
1. A 3 by 3 array of blocks is painted so
that every other row, starting with row
1, begins with a red block, and the
alternate rows begin with a black
block. If this pattern continues, does
the 12
th
row begin with red or black?

2. What are the next three shapes in the
pattern likely to be?

3. The first day on a March calendar is
Saturday. March includes 31 days.
On which day of the week will
March end?

4. How many blocks are needed to build
a stairstep pattern that has a base of
10, a height of 10, and where each
step is one block high and one block
deep?

Mixed Strategy Practice
5. USE DATA If the pattern continues,
how much would each 5-inch spike
cost if you buy 10,000?

6. Jules bought 5 pet turtles for $2 each.
How much money did Jules spend on
turtles in all?

7. Dorothy bought gloves with a $20
dollar bill. The gloves cost $6. How
much change did Dorothy receive?

Ralphs Hardware Builders Sale
Spike 10 100 1,000
5-inch 10 cents ea. 8 cents ea. 6 cents ea.
10-inch 15 cents ea. 13 cents ea. 10 cents ea.
15-inch 20 cents ea. 16 cents ea. 12 cents ea.

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PW72 Practice
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Lesson 12.6
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