4th Grade Patterns & Function Machine Worksheets
These 4th grade pattern and function machine worksheets help students develop algebraic thinking skills through three key activities. Students practice identifying pattern attributes, creating number patterns, and continuing addition and subtraction patterns with 10 problems per worksheet.
About these worksheets
These worksheets help students identify and describe pattern rules. Activities include spotting attributes in number patterns, creating patterns from given rules, writing equations from function machine data, and determining whether patterns use addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Worksheets also include matching patterns and using tables to continue rules. Spanning fourth and fifth grade standards.
Creating Patterns
- Create your own number pattern by adding or subtracting the same amount each time.
- Use the rule to figure out a missing number later in the pattern.
- Explain the pattern rule in words or as a simple math sentence (like “add 3 each time”).
About these worksheets
Students practice continuing number patterns by identifying the rule and predicting what comes next. Worksheets include patterns that increase or decrease by a constant amount, finding missing numbers in sequences, choosing the correct pattern from multiple options, and using a 100 chart to spot patterns. Aligned with fourth grade.
Continuing Patterns (+ - )
- Figure out the rule in a number pattern that goes up or down by the same amount each step.
- Choose the next number that correctly continues an addition or subtraction pattern.
- Spot when a number does not fit the pattern and pick the option that does.