Number Pattern Puzzles Worksheet
The trick (Find the rule): Find the gap between neighbours. The same jump? Add it again. Each number double the last? Double again. 1, 4, 9, 16? They are square numbers. Odd one out: test each number — which one breaks the rule?
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 33
- 2.What comes next? 20, 24, 28, 32, ? (a) 37 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 40
- 3.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 13 (d) 20
- 4.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 62 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 5.What comes next? 1, 5, 9, 13, ? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 21
- 6.What comes next? 9, 11, 13, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 7.What comes next? 7, 9, 11, 13, ? (a) 16 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 17
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 56 (b) 33 (c) 16 (d) 32
- 9.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 70 (d) 81
- 10.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 83 (c) 82 (d) 81
- 11.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 24 (b) 30 (c) 27 (d) 12
- 12.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 17 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 14
- 13.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 56 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 42
- 14.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 37 (c) 36 (d) 34
- 15.What comes next? 15, 24, 33, 42, ? (a) 42 (b) 60 (c) 51 (d) 52
- 16.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 35 (d) 38
- 17.What comes next? 1, 9, 17, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 33 (c) 25 (d) 41
- 18.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 101 (c) 100 (d) 102
- 19.What comes next? 1, 6, 11, 16, ? (a) 16 (b) 21 (c) 26 (d) 22
- 20.What comes next? 5, 7, 9, 11, ? (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 15
- 21.What comes next? 2, 11, 20, 29, ? (a) 39 (b) 38 (c) 29 (d) 47
- 22.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 23
- 23.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 24 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 12
- 24.What comes next? 20, 26, 32, 38, ? (a) 44 (b) 50 (c) 45 (d) 38
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 35 (b) 24 (c) 56 (d) 21
- 26.What comes next? 9, 15, 21, 27, ? (a) 27 (b) 34 (c) 33 (d) 39
- 27.What comes next? 15, 22, 29, 36, ? (a) 43 (b) 36 (c) 50 (d) 44
- 28.What comes next? 4, 7, 10, 13, ? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) 16 (d) 17
- 29.What comes next? 16, 20, 24, 28, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 32
- 30.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 65 (c) 56 (d) 48
- 31.What comes next? 7, 11, 15, 19, ? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) 24 (d) 27
- 32.What comes next? 20, 22, 24, 26, ? (a) 26 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) 29
- 33.What comes next? 11, 14, 17, 20, ? (a) 20 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 26
- 34.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 51 (c) 49 (d) 50
- 35.What comes next? 7, 15, 23, 31, ? (a) 40 (b) 31 (c) 47 (d) 39
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 24 (b) 13 (c) 18 (d) 9
- 37.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 28 (d) 6
- 38.What comes next? 1, 4, 7, 10, ? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 13 (d) 16
- 39.What comes next? 16, 21, 26, 31, ? (a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 31 (d) 41
- 40.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 14 (b) 35 (c) 42 (d) 39
Answer key
- 32
- 36
- 13
- 64
- 17
- 17
- 15
- 33
- 80
- 81
- 27
- 16
- 19
- 36
- 51
- 38
- 33
- 100
- 21
- 13
- 38
- 25
- 7
- 44
- 24
- 33
- 43
- 16
- 32
- 64
- 23
- 28
- 23
- 49
- 39
- 13
- 28
- 13
- 36
- 39
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