LESSON 1: NUMBER PATTERN

Student’s name: _______________________ Date: ___________

Class: _________________________

I. Basic knowledge
A pattern is a series or sequence that repeats.

II. Examples:
EXAMPLE 1
Find the missing numbers:
a) 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33

b) 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20

c) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64

d) 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2

e) 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24

f) 6, 9, 13, 18, 24, 31, 39

g) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21

EXAMPLE 2
Alex is writing a number pattern by skip-counting backward by sevens.
What should the first number in Alex’s pattern be?
42, 35, 28, 21, 14, 7.

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III. Exercises:
Ex1: Sean is writing a number pattern by skip-counting forward by eights.
What should the first and the last number in Alex’s pattern be?
0, 8, 16 , 24, 32, 40

Ex2: What are the next two numbers?

a) 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26

b) 20, 17, 14, 11, 8, 5, 2

c) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64

d) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 21

e) 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 9 ,17, 31, 57

f) 3, 3, 6, 5, 9, 7, 12, 9, 15, 11, 18

g) 1, 2, 4, 4, 9, 8, 16, 16, 25, 32, 36

h) 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 31, 57

Ex3: Fill in the blank:

Ex4: What number should be replaced by the question mark?

Ex5: Find the missing numbers

1 4 10 19 31 46 64

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