01 / QUICK RECAP
Connect the ideas.
- Check the rule against every neighbouring pair.
- Order matters when following instructions.
- A decision chooses one branch.
- Count jumps between step numbers when predicting.
02 / TOPIC TEST
Put it together.
Choose a paper and show your working.
Patterns and algorithms — topic test
Number rules, ordered steps, decisions and explained predictions.
12 questions · 21 marks · 30 minutes · By hand
Curriculum reference & lesson scope
Australian Curriculum v9 and SA Curriculum Mathematics 2026
Additive/multiplicative rules; steps/decisions; predicting and explaining patterns.
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