4th Grade Number and Shape Patterns Test with Point Values (PDF)

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This grade 4 patterns test for 4th Grade covers number and shape patterns (Common Core 4.OA.C.5), with a free PDF to print.

This test checks number and shape patterns: making terms from a rule, finding rules, completing input-output tables, and explaining features of a pattern. It has 9 questions worth 20 points. Allow 45 minutes.

Time and points

About this test
  • Grade: Grade 4
  • Chapter: Number and Shape Patterns
  • Standards: 4.OA.C.5
  • Time: 45 minutes
  • Total: 20 points

Grade 4 patterns test: questions

Question 1 – Add 7 pattern [2 pts]

Start at 8. The rule is add 7. Write the first six numbers.

Question 2 – Doubling pattern [2 pts]

Start at 3. The rule is multiply by 2. Write the first five numbers.

Question 3 – Missing terms [2 pts]

Write the rule. Then find the two missing numbers.

12202836??
A number pattern.

Question 4 – Input-output table [2 pts]

The rule is subtract 4. Complete the table.

Rule: subtract 4Input1012151820Output?????
Outputs are missing.

Question 5 – Find the table rule [2 pts]

Find the rule that changes each input into its output. Then find the output for input 11.

Input 3 5 7 9
Output 12 20 28 36

Question 6 – Toothpick squares [3 pts]

Squares are made in a row from toothpicks.

1 square: 42 squares: 73 squares: 10
Toothpick squares.
  1. Write the rule for the number of toothpicks. (1 point)
  2. How many toothpicks are needed for 6 squares? (1 point)
  3. Can 25 toothpicks make a row of squares with none left over? Explain. (1 point)

Question 7 – Odd or even feature [2 pts]

Start at 5 and add 4 each time. Write the first six numbers. Describe one feature of the pattern that the rule does not state.

Question 8 – Flower garden rows [3 pts]

Aisha plants 3 flowers in row 1. Each new row has 4 more flowers than the row before.

  1. Write the number of flowers in rows 1 to 5. (1 point)
  2. How many flowers are in row 8? (1 point)
  3. Can any row have exactly 50 flowers? Explain. (1 point)

Question 9 – Diego's claim [2 pts]

Diego says, “If you start at 2 and add 3 each time, every number is even.” Is he correct? Show the first six numbers and explain.

See the solutions: Number and Shape Patterns test solutions

Key facts behind this grade 4 patterns test

Key facts
  • A pattern rule gives a starting number and an operation to repeat.
  • Each number in a pattern is called a term.
  • Adding an odd number makes terms alternate odd and even; adding an even number keeps them all odd or all even.
  • In an input-output table, the same rule turns every input into its output.
  • Shape patterns grow by adding the same number of pieces at each step.

How to use this grade 4 patterns test

Time yourself: the test is designed for an average student in 45 minutes. Answer the questions you are sure of first, then come back to the longer ones and check your units.

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