Extending Patterns
Q: What are the next 3 terms in this pattern?
2, 4, 6, 8, ___, ___, ___
10, 12, 14
Q: What will be the 8th shape in this pattern?
🔵 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵 🔴
🔴
Red circle
Q: What is the rule for this pattern?
1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Start at 1, add 2
Q: Which attribute is changing in the following pattern?
🔵 🔵 🟡 🔵 🔵 🟡 🔵 🔵 🟡
A) Shape
B) Colour
C) Size
D) Direction
B) Colour
Q: Fill in the missing shape in the pattern.
🟩 🔵 🟩 ___ 🟩 🔵
🔵
(blue circle)
Q: What are the next 3 shapes in this pattern?
🟩 🔺 🟩 🔺 🟩 🔺...
🟩 🔺 🟩
(green square, red triangle, green square)
Q: What will be the 10th term in this pattern?
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...
20
Q: What is the rule for this pattern?
12, 22, 32, 42
Start at 12, add 10 each time
Q: Which two attributes are changing?
⬛ 🔺 ⬜ 🔵 ⬛ 🔺 ⬜ 🔵 …
A) Colour and shape
B) Colour and size
C) Shape and number
D) Direction and size
A) Colour and shape
Q: Fill in the missing number in this repeating pattern.
3, 6, 9, 3, ___, 9, 3, 6...
6
Q: What are the next 3 terms in this pattern?
5, 10, 15, 20, ___, ___, ___
Q: What will be the 12th term in this pattern?
5, 8, 11, 14, 17, ...
38
Q: What is the rule for this pattern?
2, 4, 8, 16, 32
Start at 2, multiply by 2 each time
Q: Which of the following is a translation of this pattern?
🔺🔺⚫⚫🔺🔺⚫⚫
A) AABBAABB
B) ABABABAB
C) ABBBABBB
D) AAABAAAB
A) AABBAABB
Q: Which pattern follows a rule of “Start at 5 and add 3 each time”?
A) 5, 8, 11, 14
B) 5, 7, 9, 11
C) 5, 10, 20, 40
D) 5, 4, 3, 2
A) 5, 8, 11, 14
Q: What are the next 3 terms in this pattern?
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ___, ___, ___
16, 22, 29
Q: What will be the 20th shape in this pattern?
🟪 🟨 🟨 🟪 🟨 🟨 🟪 …
🟨
(Yellow square)
Q: What is the rule for this input/output table?
Input Output
1 3
2 6
3 9
4 12
Multiply by 3
Q: Which of the following is a translation of this pattern?
2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2
A) AABBBAAB
B) ABBAABBA
C) ABABABAB
D) AABAAABA
B) ABBAABBA
Q: Fill in the missing numbers in this growing pattern.
12, 16, ___, 24, ___, 32...
20, 28
Q: What are the next 3 shapes in this pattern?
🔺 🔵 🔵 ⬛🔺 🔵 🔵 ⬛ 🔺 🔵
🔵 ⬛🔺
(blue circle, black square, red triangle)
Q: What will be the 8th term in this pattern?
2, 4, 8, 16, 32...
256
Q: Which pattern follows a rule of “Multiply by 2 and then subtract 1”?
A) 1, 2, 4, 8
B) 1, 1, 3, 5, 9
C) 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 17
D) 1, 3, 5, 7
C) 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 17
Q: Which of the following is a translation of this pattern?
🔷🔷⬛⬛🔷🔷⬛⬛
A) 1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2
B) AABBAABB
C) ⚫⚫🔺🔺⚫⚫🔺🔺
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Q: What are the next 3 numbers in this pattern if the rule for the table is T x 2 + 2 = N?
Term (T) Number (N)
1 4
2 ?
3 ?
4 ?
4, 6, 8