A pattern is color, shape, or numbers that repeat in a set order.
Red, blue, red, blue repeats, and 2, 4, 6, 8 grows by the same step each time.
Patterns hide everywhere, in traffic lights, seasons, and weekdays.
Change the pattern type to see how colors and shapes repeat, then move the start and the step to predict the next number.
What is a pattern?
🔄 A pattern is something that repeats
①Yellow, blue, yellow, blue: the same order comes back again and again
②The sun rises, sets, and rises again, so that repeats too
③Once you find the pattern, you can tell what comes next
Color patterns
Yellow-Blue
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Colors and shapes that repeat
🎨 Finding the pattern
①The name of the pattern you picked is at the top of the picture
②The number under each shape tells its place in line
③The group that comes before the pattern starts over is the part that repeats
④The line at the bottom says how many items are in that group
⑤The pink ? marks the spot for what comes next
Number patterns
2
3
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Numbers that grow by the same amount
🔢 Numbers have patterns too
①2, 4, 6, 8 grows by 2 each time
②1, 4, 7, 10 grows by 3 each time
③The +number over each green arc is how much it grows in one step
④The pink line at the bottom shows the next number
Patterns in everyday life
🌈 Where are the patterns?
①Traffic lights: green → yellow → red → green
②Seasons: spring → summer → fall → winter → spring
③Days of the week: Monday → Tuesday → … → Sunday → Monday
Wrap-up
What a pattern is
something that repeats
Colors, shapes, and numbers can all make patterns
Number patterns
2, 4, 6, 8, ... → +2 each step
Adding the same number each time makes the numbers grow, like 2, 4, 6, 8 (+2 every time)
Using patterns
find the pattern → tell what comes next
Knowing the pattern lets you fill in the blanks
🎯 Remember
①A pattern is something that repeats
②Look for patterns in colors, shapes, and numbers
③When you know the pattern, you can tell what comes next
④Patterns are all around us
Examples and unit check
Example 1
Red, blue, red, blue, red. What color comes next?
1
Red and blue take turns.
2
Blue always comes after red, so the next color is blue.
▸ Blue
Find the group that repeats, and you know what comes next.
Example 2
What number comes after 2, 4, 6, 8?
1
The numbers grow by 2 each time (2 → 4 → 6 → 8).
2
8 + 2 = 10, so the next number is 10.
▸ 10
In a number pattern that grows evenly, you keep adding the same number.
Unit check
Triangle, circle, triangle, circle, triangle. What shape comes next?
①triangle
②circle
③square
④star
▸ ② circle
1
Triangles and circles take turns.
2
A circle comes after a triangle, so the next shape is a circle.