Question

Problem 2 : Using in the pattern in the image below, how many dots would be in Step 4

Answer 1

Answer:

20

Step-by-step explanation:

One pattern is that we are adding one row and one column for each step.

The first step has 1 row and 2 columns,

the second one has 2 rows and 3 columns,

and the third has 3 rows and 4 columns.

Thus, it would make sense for the fourth step to have 4 rows and 5 columns. This makes a rectangle with a length and a width, with the area of the rectangle being length * width. 4 * 5 = 20 as our number of dots