Looking for a Pattern
Examples
1 Complete the number patterns.
(a) 1, 3, 5, 7, ( ), ( ), ...
(b) 2, 3, 5, 8, ( ), ( ), ...
(c) 1, 4, 9, 16, ( ), ( ), ...
(d) 2, 5, 11, 23, ( ), ( ), ...
Solution:
+2 +2 +2 +2 +2
(a) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ...
+1 +2 +3 +4 +5
(b) 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 17, ...
(c) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, ...
(1 × 1) (2 × 2) (3 × 3) (4 × 4) (5 × 5) (6 × 6)
(d) 2nd term: 2 × 2 + 1 = 5
3rd term: 5 × 2 + 1 = 11
4th term: 11 × 2 + 1 = 23
5th term: 23 × 2 + 1 = 47
6th term: 47 × 2 + 1 = 95
2, 5, 11, 23, 47, 95, ...
2 Look at each pattern carefully and find the missing number.
5 6 7
7 1 ?
4 2 3 8 4 3
Solution: 4 + 5 = 9 = 7 + 2
3+6=9=1+8
7 + 4 = 11 = ? + 3
? = 11 – 3
= 8
Adapted:
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3 Look at each number pattern and find the unknown numbers.
(a) 12 3 8 3 14 4 16 2
10 5 6 5 A 6 8 B
(b) 13 4 12 5 18 8 22 3
7 2 3 4 C 4 12 D
Solution:
(a) 12 + 3 = 15 = 10 + 5
8 + 3 = 11 = 6 + 5
14 + 4 = 18 = A + 6 16 + 2 = 18 = 8 + B
A = 18 – 6 = 12 B = 18 – 8 = 10
(b) 7 + 4 = 11 = 13 – 2
3 + 5 = 8 = 12 – 4
18 – 4 = 14 = C + 8 12 + 3 = 15 = 22 – D
C = 14 – 8 = 6 D = 22 – 15 = 7
4 Look at each number pattern and find the unknown numbers.
(a) 2 2 8 (b) 6 4 4
3 2 10 8 3 10
5 3 A 10 3 B
Solution:
(a) 2+2=4 4×2=8
3+2=5 5 × 2 = 10
5+3=8 8×2=A A = 16
(b) 6 – 4 = 2 2×2=4
8–3=5 5 × 2 = 10
10 – 3 = 7 7×2=B B = 14
5 Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
1
2 3
4 5 6
( ) ( ) 9 10
11 12 13 ( ) ( )
Solution: (7) (8) 9 10
11 12 13 (14) (15)
Adapted:
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1 Complete each number pattern.
(a) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, ( ), ( ), ...
(b) 1, 2, 4, ( ), 16, ( ), 64, ...
(c) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ( ), ( ), ...
(d) 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ), ( ), ...
(e) 3, 6, 9, ( ), 15, ( ), ( ), ...
(f) 1, 4, 5, ( ), 14, 23, ( ), ...
(g) 2, 3, 4, 6, ( ), ( ), ...
(h) 3, 2, 5, 4, ( ), ( ), ...
(i) 4, 5, 8, 13, ( ), ( ), ...
(j) 2, 4, 8, 14, ( ), ( ), ...
2 Look at each pattern carefully and find the missing number.
(a) 3 2 3
2 2 6
10 5 8 4 ? 3
(b) 7 5 8
2 6 ?
14 5 15 4 11 2
(c) 17 28 40
2 4 5
3 5 4 6 7 ?
Adapted:
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Solutions to:
Looking for a Pattern
1. (a) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, ...
Each term increases by 4.
(b) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ...
Each term is the multiplication of 2 and its previous term.
(c) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...
Each term is the addition of the previous 2 terms.
(d) 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
Each term is the addition of the previous 2 terms.
(e) 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, ...
Each term is a multiple of 3.
(f) 1, 4, 5, 9, 14, 23, 37, ...
Each term is the addition of the previous 2 terms.
(g) 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, ...
2+3–1=4
3+4–1=6
4+6–1=9
6 + 9 – 1 = 14
(h) 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, ...
There are 2 sequences, the odd numbers and the even numbers.
+1 +3 +5 +7 +9
(i) 4, 5, 8, 13, 20, 29, ...
(j) 2, 4, 8, 14, 22, 32, ...
+2 +4 +6 +8 +10
2. (a) 10 – 2 = 8 = 3 + 5
8–2=6=2+4
?–6=6=3+3
? = 12
(b) 14 – 2 = 12 = 7 + 5
15 – 6 = 9 = 5 + 4
11 – ? = 10 = 8 + 2
?=1
(c) 17 – 2 = 15 = 3 × 5
28 – 4 = 24 = 4 × 6
40 – 5 = 35 = 7 × ?
?=5
Adapted:
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