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Pattern Recognition

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an increasing pattern?

a)

20, 18, 16, 14

b)

2, 4, 6, 8

c)

9, 8, 7, 6

d)

50, 40, 30, 20

2.

Which of these is a decreasing pattern?

a)

3, 6, 9, 12

b)

25, 20, 15, 10

c)

5, 10, 15, 20

d)

2, 4, 8, 16

3.

What number comes next? 5, 10, 15, 20, ___

a)

22

b)

23

c)

25

d)

30

4.

What number is missing in this pattern? 30, 27, 24, 21, ___

a)

20

b)

19

c)

18

d)

17

5.

What is the rule for this pattern? 2 → 4 → 6 → 8 → 10

a)

Add 1

b)

Add 2

c)

Multiply by 2

d)

Add 4

6.

Which pattern shows a decrease of 3 each time?

a)

21, 18, 15, 12

b)

15, 17, 19, 21

c)

10, 5, 0, -5

d)

9, 6, 4, 1

7.

What is the missing number? 3, ___, 9, 12

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

8.

What is the rule for this pattern? 100, 90, 80, 70

a)

Add 10

b)

Subtract 10

c)

Subtract 20

d)

Divide by 2

9.

What number is missing? 2, 4, ___, 8, 10

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

12

10.

What number comes next? 6, 12, 18, 24, ___

a)

28

b)

30

c)

32

d)

36

11.

Which pattern increases by 4 each time?

a)

1, 2, 3, 4

b)

4, 8, 11, 117

c)

2, 5, 9, 12

d)

10, 14, 18, 22

12.

What number is missing? 60, 55, ___, 45

a)

48

b)

50

c)

52

d)

53

13.

Which pattern decreases by 2?

a)

18, 16, 14, 12

b)

2, 4, 6, 8

c)

30, 25, 20, 15

d)

10, 5, 0, -5

14.

🔺🔺🔺, 🔺🔺🔺🔺, 🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺 — What comes next?

a)

🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺

b)

🔺🔺🔺🔺

c)

🔺🔺🔺

d)

🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺

15.

🟢🟢, 🟢🟢🟢🟢, 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 — What is the rule?

a)

Add 1 circle each time

b)

Add 2 circles each time

c)

Add 3 circles each time

d)

Double the number of circles

16.

🐠, 🐠🐠, 🐠🐠🐠, 🐠🐠🐠🐠 — What comes next?

a)

🐠🐠🐠

b)

🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠

c)

🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠

d)

🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠

17.

🍎🍏, 🍎🍏🍎, 🍎🍏🍎🍏 — What is the next pattern?

a)

🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎

b)

🍎🍏🍏🍎

c)

🍏🍎🍏🍎

d)

🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏

18.

🌟🌟, 🌟🌟🌟, 🌟🌟🌟🌟 — What comes next?

a)

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

b)

🌟🌟🌟

c)

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

d)

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

19.

What pattern is shown? 12, 24, 36, 48

a)

Add 6

b)

Add 12

c)

Multiply by 2

d)

Multiply by 3

20.

If you skip count by 5s starting from 0: 0, 5, 10, 15, ___

a)

18

b)

20

c)

25

d)

30