Grade
4

What Comes Next? Number Forms

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What comes next?

First, the number 20 in blue. Next, the words 'two hundred' in red. Then, the number 2,000 in green. Last, the words 'twenty thousand' in blue.

Write or describe the next 4 numbers. Describe how you know what comes next.

Challenge

What would the 10th number look like?

What might earlier numbers look like? Why do you think so?

Follow-up

Create your own pattern and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

Printable Version

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Reference for Educators

Sample problems and solutions