This task is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. Given a situation, students identify a pattern and continue the pattern. They also graph the pattern on the coordinate grid. This is remixable.

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is reading a novel.  She stopped on page 140 yesterday.  She plans to read 20 pages every day until she completes the novel.  If the novel has 320 pages, how many days will it take Samaria to complete her book?  Use the coordinate grid to record the first 5 days.  What pattern do you notice?

Explain how you can use the pattern to find how many days it will take Samaria to complete her book.

How many days will it take Samaria to complete her book?