Question

What is the rule of the pattern below? 52, 48, 44, 40, 36....

Answer 1

Answer:

Subtract 4

Explanation:

In the number pattern:

$52,48,44,40,36...$

We subtract the next term from the previous term below:

$\begin{gathered} 48-52=-4 \\ 44-48=-4 \\ 40-44=-4 \end{gathered}$

We see that each one gives a subtraction of 4.

Therefore, the rule of the pattern is 'Subtract 4'.