Aligned Resources

Virginia Standards of Learning
3rd Grade
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
3.25a The student will investigate and create patterns involving numbers, operations (addition and multiplication), and relations that model the identity and commutative properties for addition and multiplication.

Lessons (3)

Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle

Uses modular (clock) arithmetic to find patterns in Pascal's Triangle.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, division, divisors, integers, modular, pascal's triangle, pascals triangle, pattern, remainders, sum, triangle, whole numbers

Modular Arithmetic

Introduces students to modular (clock) arithmetic and its uses in real world problem-solving.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, division, elapsed time, modular, multiplication, remainders, time

Recognizing Patterns

Students learn to identify a variety of patterns using sequences and tessellations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, hexagon, iteration, multiplication, pattern, planes, polygon, recursion, recursive functions, sequences, squares, symmetry, tessellations, triangle