Grade 2, Patterns and equations
Growing patterns
Number patterns to 100 that grow by the same amount. Find the next numbers and the rule.
Three levels
One skill, rising difficulty
Each sheet carries one level. The three are the same skill at rising difficulty, each named for what it practises.
- Level 1: Add 2, 5 or 10: write the next three numbers
- Find the pattern. Write the next three numbers.
- Level 2: Add 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 from any number
- Find the pattern. Write the missing numbers.
- Level 3: Find the rule
- Find the pattern. Write the missing numbers and the rule.
Worked example
How the sheet explains it
The helper printed at the top of each sheet: one solved example and the steps a student follows, before the first question. Every number sentence in it is proven by the same checker as the answer key.
Level 1: Add 2, 5 or 10: write the next three numbers
15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45
- 15, 20, 25, 30: the numbers go up by 5 each time.
- Keep adding 5: 35, 40, 45.
Level 2: Add 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 from any number
17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41
- Count on from 17 to 21: 18, 19, 20, 21. That is 4 more.
- Keep adding 4: 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41.
Level 3: Find the rule
26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46 Rule: add 4
- Count on from 26 to 30: 27, 28, 29, 30. That is 4 more, so the rule is add 4.
- Keep adding 4: 30, 34, 38, 42, 46.
Goes with
Reference sheets
One-page helpers a student keeps beside this sheet:
- Patterns and rules
Every reference, facts and support sheet is listed in the worksheet catalogue.
In the BC curriculum
Content standards
The British Columbia content standard this skill is written for, by the codes used across this site:
- bc.math.2.c.5
The wording of each standard is on the Province's mathematics curriculum page.
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