Pattern & symmetry

Patterns

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1.
To extend a pattern you keep adding the same amount each time. This amount is called the...?
1. Atotal
2. Bconstant
3. Chalf
2.
A pattern of triangles grows 2, 4, 6. How many triangles are added each time?
3.
Pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, ... What is the next number?
4.
Start with 2 squares and add 2 each time. After 2, 4, 6, what comes next?
5.
This pattern gets smaller: 16, 12, 8, ... What is the next number?
6.
In the pattern 1, 2, 3, 4 the constant is...?
1. A1
2. B3
3. C2
7.
This pattern gets smaller: 10, 8, 6, ... What is the next number?
8.
In the pattern 2, 4, 6, 8 you add 2 each time.
True False
9.
Start with 2 circles and add 2 more each time, three times. How many circles are there at the end?
10.
Pattern: 4, 8, 12, ... What is the next number?
11.
Put the steps of this growing pattern in order, smallest first.
Write the order (smallest to largest) in the boxes:
- ?6
- ?2
- ?8
- ?4
12.
Pattern: 9, 12, 15, ... What is the next number?
13.
The pattern 2, 4, 6, 8 counts up in twos.
True False
14.
A sequence is 1, 11, 21, 31, … What is the next term?
15.
A sequence is 2, 7, 12, 17, … What is the next term?
16.
What comes next? 6, 7, 8, 9, …
17.
What number comes just after 4?
18.
What comes next? 10, 11, 12, 13, …
19.
What number comes just before 16?
20.
Continue the pattern. Fill in the missing numbers.
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