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Concept 4 of 5

Number Pairs: Copy the Rule

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Today's big idea

Find the rule, run it again

Double, minus 2, plus 10 — reuse it.

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How it works

👀 What's going on?

Give a machine a 2 and it hands back a 4; give it a 3 and it hands back a 6. Once you see it always doubles, you can feed it any number. Number analogies are little machines like that.

💡 Here's the trick

Copy the rule24::5?×2

A number analogy reads A : B :: C : ?. Find the rule that turns A into B — double it, take 2 away, add 10 — then run the third number through the same rule.

  1. 1.Look at the first pair and find the rule (×2, −2, +10).
  2. 2.Check the rule works for that pair.
  3. 3.Use the same rule on the third number.

✍️ Try it

  1. 1.2 : 4 :: 3 : ?
  2. 2.9 : 7 :: 5 : ? Pair 1 doubles, so 3 becomes 6. Pair 2 takes 2 away, so 5 becomes 3.

⚠️ Watch out

One pair can look like more than one rule. 2 : 4 could be +2 or ×2. Check the answer choices and the numbers again — the rule that fits both parts is the right one.

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See it in action

⚡ Time to play!

Find the rule that turns the first number into the second, then use it on the third.

NUMBER ANALOGY · ROUND 1 OF 3

2:4::3:?

Which number completes the pair?

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Quick check

✅ VERIFICATION

2 is to 4 as 5 is to ___? (each number doubles)

⚡ Finish the activity above first to answer.

Keep going!

Up next: Letter Pairs

One letter on, two on, or one back — copy the hop.

Concept 5 of 5