Patterns
Spot what repeats or grows in a pattern, then work out what comes next.
What your child learns
- Find the repeating part (the 'core') of a pattern
- Continue AB, ABB and ABC patterns
- Describe growing number patterns
Example
🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴… the core is 'red, blue', so blue comes next.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
What comes next in the pattern?
🍎🍌🍎🍌?- 🍌
- 🐶
- 🍎
- 🟨
Show the answer
Answer: 🍎
The pattern repeats 🍎 🍌, so next comes 🍎.
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Question 2 · Level 3
What number comes next?
10121416?- 18
- 16
- 19
- 20
Show the answer
Answer: 18
Each number goes up by 2: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18
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Question 3 · Level 5
What comes next? 2, 10, 50, 250, …
Show the answer
Answer: 1250
Each number is multiplied by 5. Next is 1250.
Try it at home
Make a bead or block pattern and ask your child to continue it, then make one for you.
Key takeaway
Say the pattern out loud — your ears often hear the repeat before your eyes see it.
Practise patterns with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.