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Tiling Patterns

Tyrell is making rectangular tiles for his bathroom floor. Thus far he has made the three designs below.

If he extends his pattern what will the 4th design look like? the fifth design? the tenth design?

How many white and yellow tiles will be in the 10th design?

Can you write a number sentence that expresses the number of yellow tiles in relation to the number of the design?

Can you write a number sentence that expresses the number of white tiles in relation to the number of the design?

Adapted from Balanced Assessment in Mathematics