Key Stage 3

Growing tree patterns

You can link together patterns of dots to form chains. Counting the dots in a ______ way can help you to find the number of dots in any length chain.

For the chain below, complete the tracking calculation that illustrates the counting strategy for the total number of dots.

Use the counting strategy from Q3 to find the total number of dots in a 10-chain.

Use the counting strategy from Q3 to find the total number of dots in an n-chain.