Grade
K

What Comes Next? Many Mittens

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

First, a row with 2 pairs of mittens. Next, a row with 3 pairs of mittens. Then, a row with 4 pairs of mittens. Last, a row with 5 pairs of mittens. In each row, each pair of mittens is different.

Show or tell what the next few items in the sequence look like. Describe how you know.

Challenge

What might earlier or later pictures 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