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Patterns — Multiplying Rules is a free printable Grade 4 maths worksheet on naming a multiplicative rule, aligned to Common Core standard 4.OA.C.5. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with 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.

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Patterns — Multiplying Rules

4.OA.C.5

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Write the rule and the next number.

1.9, 36, 144, 576, 2304, ___ What is the rule?
2.4, 16, 64, 256, 1024, ___ What is the rule?
3.1, 4, 16, 64, 256, ___ What is the rule?
4.8, 32, 128, 512, 2048, ___ What is the rule?
5.3, 12, 48, 192, 768, ___ What is the rule?

LessonPrint · 4.OA.C.5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Patterns — Multiplying Rules

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.multiply by 4; next is 9216
  2. 2.multiply by 4; next is 4096
  3. 3.multiply by 4; next is 1024
  4. 4.multiply by 4; next is 8192
  5. 5.multiply by 4; next is 3072

Questions about Patterns — Multiplying Rules

What does the Patterns — Multiplying Rules worksheet cover?

It practises naming a multiplicative rule — 5 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core 4.OA.C.5: Make and describe patterns that follow a rule. The instruction to pupils is “Write the rule and the next number”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Patterns — Multiplying Rules practise?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.5 — 4.OA.C.5, in the Operations & Algebraic Thinking domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Patterns — Multiplying Rules is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on 4.OA.C.5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Patterns — Multiplying Rules come with an answer key?

Yes. All 5 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Patterns — Multiplying Rules can I print?

25 versions, of which 21 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is Patterns — Multiplying Rules free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Patterns — Multiplying Rules, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach 4.OA.C.5?

Yes — “Generating Number Patterns” is a 50-minute Grade 4 plan for 4.OA.C.5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Patterns — Multiplying Rules is the practice that follows it.

More practice for 4.OA.C.5

Make and describe patterns that follow a rule.

Teaching this next? Generating Number Patterns is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4.OA.C.5 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.