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.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 21 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 20
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 30 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) 20
- 3.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 28 (d) 33
- 4.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 42 (b) 49 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 12
- 6.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 81 (c) 83 (d) 82
- 7.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 34 (c) 37 (d) 36
- 8.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 81 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 9.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 69 (b) 28 (c) 14 (d) 42
- 10.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 11.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 40
- 12.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 65 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) 56
- 13.What comes next? 10, 15, 20, 25, ? (a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) 35
- 14.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 51 (c) 49 (d) 47
- 15.What comes next? 1, 10, 19, 28, ? (a) 28 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 46
- 16.What comes next? 1, 8, 15, 22, ? (a) 29 (b) 36 (c) 22 (d) 30
- 17.What comes next? 17, 21, 25, 29, ? (a) 37 (b) 34 (c) 29 (d) 33
- 18.What comes next? 5, 12, 19, 26, ? (a) 26 (b) 34 (c) 33 (d) 40
- 19.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 65 (c) 66 (d) 64
- 20.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 16 (b) 56 (c) 32 (d) 44
- 21.What comes next? 16, 18, 20, 22, ? (a) 25 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 26
- 22.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 42
- 23.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 14
- 24.What comes next? 13, 17, 21, 25, ? (a) 29 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 33
- 25.What comes next? 20, 26, 32, 38, ? (a) 50 (b) 44 (c) 45 (d) 38
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 56 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 42
- 27.What comes next? 3, 12, 21, 30, ? (a) 39 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 30
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 28 (b) 49 (c) 59 (d) 42
- 29.What comes next? 6, 11, 16, 21, ? (a) 27 (b) 31 (c) 26 (d) 21
- 30.What comes next? 7, 12, 17, 22, ? (a) 27 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 32
- 31.What comes next? 3, 7, 11, 15, ? (a) 23 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 20
- 32.What comes next? 1, 3, 5, 7, ? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 10
- 33.What comes next? 9, 12, 15, 18, ? (a) 24 (b) 21 (c) 18 (d) 22
- 34.What comes next? 11, 16, 21, 26, ? (a) 32 (b) 31 (c) 36 (d) 26
- 35.What comes next? 7, 13, 19, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 32 (c) 25 (d) 31
- 36.What comes next? 8, 10, 12, 14, ? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 17
- 37.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 100 (b) 98 (c) 102 (d) 101
- 38.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 42 (d) 23
- 39.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 64 (d) 60
- 40.What comes next? 9, 15, 21, 27, ? (a) 33 (b) 34 (c) 39 (d) 27
Answer key
- 21
- 37
- 32
- 48
- 18
- 81
- 36
- 80
- 69
- 25
- 23
- 64
- 30
- 49
- 37
- 29
- 33
- 33
- 64
- 44
- 24
- 38
- 16
- 29
- 44
- 29
- 39
- 59
- 26
- 27
- 19
- 9
- 21
- 31
- 31
- 16
- 100
- 23
- 60
- 33
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