Do you think this row of crayons makes a pattern?
You're right, it does.
A pattern is a group of objects, shapes, or numbers that are arranged in a certain order.
After every pink crayon are two green crayons. That pattern repeats over and over.
It's called a repeating pattern.
Repeating patterns are patterns that repeat a rule over and over.
Here are examples of repeating patterns:
The list of shapes that make up the pattern are called the sequence.
To add to the sequence, we follow a rule.
What do you think the rule of the pattern below is?
You got it:
Rule: 2 circles then 1 star.
So we draw 2 circles, then 1 star, and then repeat the rule again.
Let's look at this example:
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How can you find the rule of this pattern?
Just find the smallest group of objects that repeats over and over.
Does this sequence show the rule for the pattern? 🧐
🍄🌴
No...
How about this? 🤔
🍄🌴🌴
No...one object is missing.
Now, how about this?
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Yes. This is the sequence that's repeated over and over.
So what's the rule for our pattern?
Rule: 1 mushroom then 3 palm trees
Great work. 👏
What comes next in this pattern?
To figure out what comes next in a pattern, first find its rule.
The sequence that shows the rule is:
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Rule: 1 basketball then 1 football
Use the rule to figure out what comes next:
We see that a football comes after a basketball, and basketball comes after a football.
What comes next in this pattern?
First, we find the rule of the pattern.
Rule: 2 baskets then 2 boxes
So, what comes next in our pattern?
Yes. A box.
Let's add that in.
Awesome. You got it. 👏
Now, start the practice. Finding patterns is fun.