Number Patterns
February 19, 2013 Enrichment, From the Teacher, Grade 1 Lessons, Grade 2 Lessons, Grade 3 Lessons, Grade 4, Grade 5 Lessons, Grade 6, Mathematics No CommentsNumber Patterns are typical math drill that children encounter although most of the time, the obvious is not that obvious.
Patterns are repeated over and over. These could be numbers, repeated lines, colors, shapes, forms and even behavior.
For an example on number patterns, the factors for 2 are the following: 2 4 6 8 10
12 14 16 18 20
22 24 26 28 30
Number patterns are often given in math aptitude tests because it serves to see how students observe the way the numbers in a number series (among other things) relate to each other.
Some examples of number patterns:
Arithmetic Sequences:
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, …
25, 23, 21, 19, 17, 15, …
Geometric Sequences:
3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187, …
Cube Numbers:
1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, …
For samples of number patterns, click here.