Year 7 Numeracy Skills NA4

L3

Daniel wrote out the first four numbers in a pattern: 3, 7, 11, 15, …

What is the 10th number in the pattern?

L3

Sallyanne is making a pattern with pins. How many more pins will she need for the fourth shape?

L3

These numbers form a pattern, but one number is missing.

3 7 19 A 163

What is the missing number?

L3

Raad wrote down the first six numbers in a pattern: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16.....

What is the next number in Raad's pattern?

L4

4.8, 4.75, 4.7, 4.65, ....

What is the rule to continue this number pattern?

• Decrease by 0.5

• Decrease by 0.05

• Increase by 0.5

• Increase by 0.05

L4

Rema arranges some chairs for a meeting. If there are seven rows of chairs in this pattern, how many chairs are there altogether?

• 49

• 56

• 63

• 70

L4

Paul is stacking cans in a display at the shop where he works. He places 6 cans across the length and 6 cans across the width at the bottom of the display, then places a second row so that each can rests on four others beneath it as shown in the diagram.

If Paul continues to stack cans in this way, adding extra rows as he goes, how many cans in total can he place in the stack?

L5

Raffi used the rule 'Multiply the previous number by itself, then subtract one' to get the numbers in a pattern. The first number in his pattern is 2.

What is the fourth number?

L5

Dylan used this rule to work out the next number in a pattern: 'Multiply the previous number by 8 and then add 3'. The first number in the pattern is 11. Which number is not in the pattern?

• 5851

• 91

• 564

• 731

L5

A rule to calculate the temperature in degrees Celsius when the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is known is:

'First subtract 32, then divide by 1.8'. 

An old recipe says to set the oven to 410 Fahrenheit. What is this temperature in Celsius?