Real-World Examples of Increasing Number Patterns for Kids

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 An increasing number pattern is a sequence where each number is greater than the one before it.
• ➕ These patterns often involve addition or multiplication.
• 🌱 Look for a constant difference or ratio between the numbers.
• 🧮 Examples include: 2, 4, 6, 8... (adding 2 each time) or 3, 9, 27, 81... (multiplying by 3 each time).
• 💡 To find the next number, identify the rule and apply it to the last number in the sequence.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is an increasing number pattern?

   1. 10, 8, 6, 4
   2. 1, 1, 1, 1
   3. 2, 4, 8, 16
   4. 9, 6, 3, 0

2. What is the next number in the sequence: 5, 10, 15, 20, ...?

   1. 30
   2. 25
   3. 20
   4. 35

3. Identify the rule for the pattern: 2, 6, 18, 54, ...

   1. Add 4
   2. Multiply by 2
   3. Multiply by 3
   4. Add 12

4. What comes next: 1, 4, 9, 16, ...?

   1. 20
   2. 25
   3. 27
   4. 30

5. Which pattern increases by adding 7 each time?

   1. 1, 2, 3, 4
   2. 3, 10, 17, 24
   3. 5, 8, 11, 14
   4. 2, 4, 8, 16

6. What is the missing number: 4, 8, __, 16, 20?

   1. 10
   2. 11
   3. 12
   4. 13

7. If a plant grows 2cm the first week, 4cm the second, and 6cm the third, how much will it grow the fourth week, assuming the pattern continues?

   1. 6cm
   2. 10cm
   3. 12cm
   4. 8cm