Repeating & Growing Patterns

A repeating pattern is a sequence of shapes, colors, or numbers that repeats in the same order. For example: red, blue, red, blue.

A growing pattern is a sequence where the elements increase or change in a specific way. For example: 1, 2, 3, 4 (the numbers grow by 1 each time).

This is a repeating pattern.

This is a growing pattern.

The next is A (this is a repeating pattern).

The next is 25 (this is a growing pattern, increasing by 5).

A pattern is repeating if the same sequence of elements appears again and again.

A pattern is growing if each element increases or changes in a consistent way.

Red, green, red, green is a repeating pattern.

1, 3, 5, 7 is a growing pattern (increasing by 2).