Grade
1

What Comes Next? Digits on a Number Line

A number line with 7 boxes. In the first box: the number 98. The nine is blue, the 8 is red. Next box: the number 99. The 1st 9 is blue, the 2nd 9 is red. In the third box: the number 100. The 1 is purple, the 1st 0 is blue. The 2nd 0 is red. Next box: the number 101.The 1 is purple, the 1st 0 is blue. The second 0 is red. The next 3 boxes are empty.

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

Show or tell what the next three numbers look like. Describe how you know.

Challenge

What two numbers come before 98?

Follow-up

Create your own pattern with some numbers greater than 100 and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

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Reference for Educators

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