A pattern rule is "square, triangle, circle, oval." What is the 50th shape? (1 point) Responses square square triangle triangle circle circle oval
The pattern rule appears to alternate between two shapes: square and triangle, followed by circle and oval. To determine the 50th shape, we need to see which pair of shapes the 50th shape falls into.
Since the pattern seems to repeat every four shapes, we can divide 50 by 4 to see how many complete cycles of the pattern we have.
50 divided by 4 gives us 12, with a remainder of 2.
This means that the 50th shape is the same as the second shape in the pair that starts with square - which is a triangle.
Therefore, the 50th shape is a triangle.