Repeating Patterns
Identify the next shape in this pattern...
🔺⚪🔺⚪🔺⚪______
🔺
What is the next number in this pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, ___?
10
*the pattern adds 2 each time
What is the next number in this pattern: 10, 9, 8, 7, ___?
6
*The pattern subtracts 1 each time
What is the pattern rule: 🔺🔺🔵🔺🔺🔵🔺🔺🔵...?
2 red triangles followed by 1 blue circle
What comes next in this pattern: red, blue, green, red, blue, green, red, ___?
blue
What is the pattern rule?
A B B A B B A B B A B B
Repeat A B B in that order
What is the next number in this pattern: 5, 10, 15, 20, ___?
25
*the pattern adds 5 each time
What is the next number in this pattern: 100, 90, 80, 70, ___?
60
*The pattern subtracts 10 each time
What is the pattern rule: run, walk, jog, run, walk, jog...?
Repeat run, walk, jog in that order
If the rule is 2n+4 and n=5, what is the result?
14
= 2(5)+4
= 10 + 4
= 14
What is the pattern rule?
2 5 8 2 5 8 2 5 8 2 5 8
Repeat 2 5 8 in that order
What is the next number in this pattern: 3, 6, 12, 24, ___?
48
*the pattern multiplies by 2 each time
What is the next number in this pattern: 32, 16, 8, 4, ___?
2
*The pattern divides by 2 each time
Look at this pattern: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday... What is the rule?
Skip 1 day of the week each time
A clock chimes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock, and so on. How many times will it chime in total between 1 o’clock and 4 o’clock?
10 times
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
What would come next in this pattern?
🔴 🟧 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫▪️🔴 🟧 ⚫ ⚫
⚫
What is the next number in this pattern: 3, 6, 10, 15, ___?
21
*The pattern adds consecutive numbers: +3, +4, +5, +6...
What is the next number in this pattern: 81, 72, 63, 54, ___?
45
*The pattern subtracts 9 each time
A pattern starts at 10, then goes 20, 30, 50, 80... What is the rule?
Add the previous number to the current number
Ex.
10 + 20 = 30
20 + 30 = 50
A pattern starts at 2 and follows this rule: multiply by 3, then subtract 1. What is the 3rd number in the pattern?
41
*The numbers are 5 , 14, 41
Here is a repeating pattern: 👕👖👗👕👖👗👕👖👗...
If the pattern starts on 👕, what will the 25th item in the pattern be?
👕
A pattern starts at 1 and doubles each time. What is the 6th number in this pattern?
32
*The numbers are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
A pattern starts at 200 and decreases by 25 each time. What is the 5th number in the pattern?
100
*The numbers are: 200, 175, 150, 125, 100
What is the pattern rule: 20, 13, 9.5, 7.75, ___?
Divide by 2, and then add 3
Ex.
20/2 = 10 13/2 = 6.5
10 + 3 = 13 6.5 + 3 = 9.5
The rule for a pattern is 4n+7. What is the 10th term in the pattern?
47
4n+7 n=10
4(10)+7 = 47