Number patterns and sequences

Continue number patterns, fill in missing numbers, or find the rule: counting up, counting down and multiplying.

About this worksheet

Choose counting up, counting down, adding and subtracting, or multiplying patterns (doubling, tripling and more). Each pattern shows enough numbers for the rule to be clear. Students write the next three numbers, fill in missing numbers, or circle the rule from four choices.

The wrong rules are close to the right one, such as a step that is one too big or the opposite operation, and none of them fits the numbers shown. Mixed worksheets put all three tasks on one page, with the task written above each pattern.

Printing

US Letter or A4, portrait: choose your paper size above. Print at 100 percent (actual size). Use "Black and white" for the copier, or "Color" for display pages and mini books.

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