Find the Rule is a free printable Grade 3 maths worksheet on naming a small additive rule, not just continuing it, aligned to Common Core standard 3.OA.D.9. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Find the Rule

3.OA.D.9

NameDate

Write the rule and the next number.

1.7, 10, 13, 16, 19, ___ What is the rule?

2.4, 7, 10, 13, 16, ___ What is the rule?

3.9, 11, 13, 15, 17, ___ What is the rule?

4.2, 5, 8, 11, 14, ___ What is the rule?

5.9, 12, 15, 18, 21, ___ What is the rule?

6.6, 8, 10, 12, 14, ___ What is the rule?

7.5, 8, 11, 14, 17, ___ What is the rule?

8.3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ___ What is the rule?

LessonPrint · 3.OA.D.9 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Find the Rule

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

1.add 3; next is 22
2.add 3; next is 19
3.add 2; next is 19
4.add 3; next is 17
5.add 3; next is 24
6.add 2; next is 16
7.add 3; next is 20
8.add 3; next is 18

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3.OA.D.9 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.