Question

Fistan is comparing two number pattern
the information below.
• Both patterns start with the number 1.
• Pattern A follows the rule “add 3”.
• Pattern B follows the rule “add 4".
ow do each of the first 5 terms in Pattern A
mpare to the first 5 terms in Pattern B? As
et of your answer, list the first 5 terms of each
tern.

Answer 1

Answer:

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each term increases by 3 for A and 4 for B.  Either do this calculation manually on a table, or use a spreadsheet to calculate all terms quickly.

The ten first terms for A and B are shown.  

A B Difference

1 1 1    0

2 4 5    1

3 7 9    2

4 10 13    3

5 13 17    4

6 16 21    5

7 19 25    6

8 22 29    7

9 25 33    8

10 28 37    9

We can see that the difference between the two patterns is that B increases more rapidly until there is a difference of 9 by the 10th term.