Virginia SOL Math / Grade 1 / Patterns, Functions & Algebra

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Patterns

What you'll learn

  • Find and describe a repeating pattern
  • Extend a repeating or increasing pattern
  • Make your own pattern

Words to know

Pattern —
an order that repeats or grows by a rule
Repeat —
to happen again and again
Rule —
what tells you the next part of a pattern
Increasing —
getting larger
Term —
one part of a pattern

Why it matters Finding a pattern's rule lets you guess what comes next, in colors, shapes, numbers, or even the days of the week.

Worked examples

Model ItI do

What comes next: red, blue, red, blue, ___?

The pattern is red, blue over and over. After blue comes red again. So the next color is red.

Try It TogetherWe do

Extend the growing pattern: 2, 4, 6, ___.

Each number is 2 more than the one before. After 6, add 2 more to get 8. So the next number is 8.

Now YouYou do

What comes next: circle, circle, square, circle, circle, ___?

Find the part that repeats, then say what comes next. Check your answer in the back of this chapter.

Practice

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Warm-up

Ease in with the basics.

  1. 1.What comes next: red, blue, red, blue, ___?

  2. 2.What comes next: 2, 4, 6, ___?

  3. 3.What comes next: up, down, up, down, ___?

On Level

The core Quick Check from the book.

  1. 1.What comes next: A, B, A, B, ___?

  2. 2.What comes next: 5, 10, 15, ___?

  3. 3.What comes next: clap, stomp, clap, stomp, ___?

  4. 4.Is the pattern 1, 2, 3, 4 increasing or repeating?

  5. 5.What comes next: star, moon, moon, star, moon, moon, ___?

Challenge

Stretch your thinking.

  1. 1.What comes next: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, ___?

  2. 2.Extend the growing pattern: 5, 10, 15, 20, ___.

  3. 3.What comes next: A, B, B, A, B, B, ___?