01 / QUICK RECAP
Connect the ideas.
- A pattern needs a starting value and a rule; a short list may allow more than one possible rule.
- Term-number rules and term-to-term rules answer different questions.
- Brackets first; multiplication/division then addition/subtraction, with equal-priority operations read left to right.
- Use inverse operations and check unknown values in the original statement.
- Algorithms need precise recording steps and a stopping condition that works.
02 / TOPIC TEST
Put it together.
Choose a paper and show your working.
Year 6 Patterns and equations topic test
A hand-solvable review that builds from familiar skills to reasoning and practical applications.
12 questions · 22 marks · 30 minutes · By hand
Curriculum reference & lesson scope
Australian Curriculum v9 and SA Curriculum Mathematics
Growing rational patterns; rules; brackets/order of operations; unknowns; algorithms.
Official curriculum source ↗