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Tripling Patterns is a free printable Grade 5 maths worksheet on a multiplicative rule with a larger factor, aligned to Common Core standard 5.OA.B.3. 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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Tripling Patterns

5.OA.B.3

NameDate

Write the rule and the next number.

1.1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ___ What is the rule?
2.6, 18, 54, 162, 486, ___ What is the rule?
3.9, 27, 81, 243, 729, ___ What is the rule?
4.3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ___ What is the rule?
5.5, 15, 45, 135, 405, ___ What is the rule?

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Answer key — Tripling Patterns

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.multiply by 3; next is 243
  2. 2.multiply by 3; next is 1458
  3. 3.multiply by 3; next is 2187
  4. 4.multiply by 3; next is 729
  5. 5.multiply by 3; next is 1215

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5.OA.B.3 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.