Creating and Describing Patterns
Patterns, and more...
 
1. EASY

Is there a pattern here? Triangle, square, triangle, square,...
 
2. MEDIUM

Which of the following shows a pattern?

  1. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
  2. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
  3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  4. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
  5. All of the above
 
3. MEDIUM

How would you describe the following pattern? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

  1. Increasing by twos
  2. Consecutive increasing even numbers
  3. Consecutive increasing odd numbers
  4. Both A and C
  5. Both A and B
 
4. HARD

How would you describe the following pattern? 40, -35, 30, -25, 20, -15, ...

  1. It's not a pattern
  2. Decreasing by fives
  3. Decreasing by tens
  4. Decreasing by fives, where every other number is negative
  5. Adding by fives
 
5. HARD

How would you describe the following pattern? 21, 17, 13, 9, ...

  1. Decreasing by fours
  2. Increasing by fours
  3. Increasing odd numbers
  4. Decreasing odd numbers
  5. It's not a pattern
 
6. HARD

In the month of July, Marta played badminton on the 1st, the 6th, the 11th, the 16th, the 21st, the 26th, and the 31st. Does Marta play badminton in a certain pattern? If so, what is the pattern?

  1. Yes; she plays every week
  2. No; she plays every week
  3. Yes; she plays one day then rests four days
  4. No; she plays one day then rests four days
  5. Yes; she plays one day then rests five days


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