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3rd grade math · Unit 1: Multiplication and division

Patterns from a rule

What this lesson shows

Start at 500, subtract 35: the 1st, 2nd, 3rd terms.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: Start at 500, subtract 35. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Start is the 1st term
  2. Same rule each time
  3. Label the places

Helping at home

Write the start as the 1st term. Use the rule on the last term to get the next one, every time, and label each term 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

If your kid gets stuck

Use the rule on the last term each time.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 3.OA.D.9
    Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.
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