Primary 3 · Mathematics · Number Patterns
Number Patterns questions for Primary 3 Maths
10 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Continuing a sequence
- Doubling pattern
- Decreasing sequence
- Missing middle term
- Finding a later term
- Odd one out
- Describing the rule
Answers and explanations for all 10 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
5, 10, 15, 20, ?
Answer: 25
The numbers go up by 5 each time, so after 20 comes 25.
3, 6, 12, 24, ?
Answer: 48
Each number is double the one before, so after 24 comes 48.
100, 92, 84, 76, ?
Answer: 68
Each number is 8 less than the one before, so after 76 comes 68.
7, 14, 21, 28, ?
Answer: 35
This is the 7 times table, so after 28 comes 35.
12, ?, 20, 24
Answer: 16
The numbers rise by 4 each time: 12, 16, 20, 24.
4, 8, 12, 16, … What is the 8th number in this pattern?
Answer: 32
The pattern is the 4 times table, so the 8th number is 8 × 4 = 32.
45, 40, 35, ?
Answer: 30
Each number is 5 less than the one before, so after 35 comes 30.
Which of these numbers does not belong in the pattern 6, 12, 18, …?
Answer: 25
The pattern counts up in 6s, and 25 is not in the 6 times table.
15, 24, 33, ?
Answer: 42
Each number is 9 more than the one before, so after 33 comes 42.
In the pattern 2, 9, 16, 23, …, how much is added each time?
Answer: 7
9 − 2 = 7, 16 − 9 = 7 and 23 − 16 = 7, so 7 is added each time.