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?
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- 1.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 17 (c) 14 (d) 16
- 2.What comes next? 9, 11, 13, 15, ? (a) 19 (b) 18 (c) 15 (d) 17
- 3.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 57 (b) 48 (c) 42 (d) 24
- 4.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 36 (c) 37 (d) 34
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 36 (b) 34 (c) 48 (d) 24
- 6.What comes next? 11, 20, 29, 38, ? (a) 48 (b) 47 (c) 38 (d) 56
- 7.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 26
- 8.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 33
- 9.What comes next? 1, 7, 13, 19, ? (a) 19 (b) 26 (c) 25 (d) 31
- 10.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 80 (b) 81 (c) 70 (d) 60
- 11.What comes next? 10, 17, 24, 31, ? (a) 45 (b) 39 (c) 31 (d) 38
- 12.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 19
- 13.What comes next? 18, 25, 32, 39, ? (a) 53 (b) 47 (c) 39 (d) 46
- 14.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 48 (d) 36
- 15.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 48 (b) 64 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 16.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 64 (b) 62 (c) 65 (d) 66
- 17.What comes next? 2, 5, 8, 11, ? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 14
- 18.What comes next? 15, 17, 19, 21, ? (a) 25 (b) 24 (c) 21 (d) 23
- 19.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 11 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 10
- 20.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 49 (b) 47 (c) 50 (d) 51
- 21.What comes next? 18, 23, 28, 33, ? (a) 39 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 38
- 22.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 16
- 23.What comes next? 18, 22, 26, 30, ? (a) 34 (b) 35 (c) 38 (d) 30
- 24.What comes next? 3, 7, 11, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 23
- 25.What comes next? 7, 10, 13, 16, ? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 22
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 15 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 12
- 27.What comes next? 16, 22, 28, 34, ? (a) 41 (b) 40 (c) 46 (d) 34
- 28.What comes next? 19, 21, 23, 25, ? (a) 25 (b) 29 (c) 28 (d) 27
- 29.What comes next? 14, 17, 20, 23, ? (a) 26 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 29
- 30.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 65 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) 56
- 31.What comes next? 1, 3, 5, 7, ? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 9
- 32.What comes next? 4, 10, 16, 22, ? (a) 29 (b) 34 (c) 22 (d) 28
- 33.What comes next? 2, 11, 20, 29, ? (a) 29 (b) 38 (c) 39 (d) 47
- 34.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 33 (b) 63 (c) 45 (d) 27
- 35.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 35 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) 47
- 36.What comes next? 8, 14, 20, 26, ? (a) 38 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) 33
- 37.What comes next? 10, 19, 28, 37, ? (a) 55 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 46
- 38.What comes next? 7, 13, 19, 25, ? (a) 31 (b) 32 (c) 25 (d) 37
- 39.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 14
- 40.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 9 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 12
Answer key
- 16
- 17
- 57
- 36
- 34
- 47
- 25
- 32
- 25
- 80
- 38
- 19
- 46
- 48
- 28
- 64
- 14
- 23
- 11
- 49
- 38
- 16
- 34
- 19
- 19
- 14
- 40
- 27
- 26
- 64
- 9
- 28
- 38
- 33
- 47
- 32
- 46
- 31
- 14
- 20
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