Intermediate Test Prep: Math 8 (Grade 5) Designing Patterns

You can use patterns to decide what shapes come next in a design. Look at the design and find the repeated pattern.

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What are the next three shapes in the pattern?

The pattern is square, circle, triangle; square, circle, triangle. So the next three shapes in the pattern are .

You can use patterns to decide what numbers come next in a design with a series of numbers.

Look at star A. Point number 1 has a value of 4.

Go to the point number 2 and look for a number pattern in the star.

What is the difference between each number?

Each number is 5 more than the one before it.

The first point is 4, the second is 9, the third is 14 , the fourth is 19, and the fifth is 24.

Use the same number pattern to find the next four numbers in star B.

Start with the first point as 3 and add 5 each time to get the next number. They should be 8, 13, 18, 23.