Grade
1

What Comes Next? Bundles of Ten

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

First, 5 bundles of sticks plus 4 sticks. Then, 4 bundles of sticks plus 4 sticks. Last, 3 bundles of sticks plus 4 sticks.

Show or tell what the next few pictures look like.
Describe how you know.

Hints. 1 bundle of sticks = 10. A single stick = 1.

Challenge

How can you make the same pattern using numbers?
What might earlier pictures look like?
How do you know?

Follow-up

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