Grade
3

What Comes Next? Snowballs

What do you notice about the groups of snowballs? What do you wonder? What comes next?

One row of 24 snowballs.
A row of 22 snowballs above a row of 24 snowballs.
A row of 20 snowballs above a row of 22 snowballs above a row of 24 snowballs.

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

Challenge

  • What would the 10th arrangement look like? Why do you think so?
  • How could you use multiplication to help you find the number of snowballs in the top row of the tenth arrangement?

Follow-Up

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

Printable Version

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Reference for Educators

Sample problems and solutions