Spot the Pattern Core
Type of Patterns
What is the Pattern Rule?
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100

1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4

Pattern Core: 1, 2, 3, 4

Attributes: Number

100

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21

Growing Pattern

100

10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

Pattern Rule: Start at 10, add 10 each time

100

2, 4, 6, __, 10

8

100
Sunrise puts 10 pepperonis on the first pizza he made. He put 20 pepperonis on the second pizza he made. How many pepperonis were on the third pizza?

1     10

2     20

3     30

200

3, 6, 9, 3, 6, 9, 3, 6, 9

Pattern Core: 3, 6, 9

Attributes: Number

200

50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25

Shrinking Pattern

200

90, 60, 30, 0

Pattern Rule: Start at 90, take away 30 each time

200

5, 10, 15, 20. 25, 30, __, 40, 45, 50

35

200

Joyanna added 5 sprinkles on the first cupcake she baked. She added 8 sprinkles on the second cupcake she baked. She then added 11 sprinkles on the third cupcake she baked. How many sprinkles did she add on the fourth cupcake?

1    5

2    8

3    11

4    14 

300

1, , 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Pattern Core: 1, 1

Attributes: Number, Size

300

Black, White, Black, White, Black, White

Repeating Pattern

300

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Pattern Rule: Start at 2, add 2 each time

300
100, 99, 98, ___, 96

97

300

Whiskers ate 4 sunflower seeds on the first day. Then, ate 8 sunflower seeds on the second day. How many sunflower seed did Whiskers eat on the fifth day?

1    4

2    8

3    12

4    16

5    20

400

100, 200, 300, 100, 200, 300, 100, 200, 300, 100, 200, 300, 100, 200

Pattern Core: 100, 200, 300

Attributes: Number

400

700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100

Shrinking Pattern

400

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24

Pattern Rule: Start at 4, add 4 each time

400

33, 30, 27, ___, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3

24

400

Iris and Kreena was helping out Santa Clause hand out presents on Christmas Eve. They gave out 100 presents in the first hour. Then, gave out 80 presents in the second hour. How many presents did they hand out in the third hour?

1     100

2     80

3     60

500
1, 1, 10, 100, 1, 1, 10, 100, 1, 1, 10, 100, 1, 1, 10, 100, 1, 1

Pattern Core: 1, 1, 10, 100

Attributes: Number

500

1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2

Repeating Pattern

500

48, 43, 38, 33, 28, 23

Pattern Rule: Start at 48, take away 5 each time

500

B, G, B, G, __, G, B, G

B

500
Levi was counting the amount of rocks there were on the playground. In the first hour, he found 5 rocks. In the second hour, he found 10 rocks. How many rocks did he find on the sixth hour?

1     5

2     10

3     15

4     20

5     25

6     30