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