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? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 34
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 42 (b) 49 (c) 17 (d) 28
- 3.What comes next? 5, 9, 13, 17, ? (a) 17 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 21
- 4.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 51 (b) 63 (c) 49 (d) 28
- 5.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 81 (c) 80 (d) 60
- 6.What comes next? 8, 14, 20, 26, ? (a) 38 (b) 33 (c) 26 (d) 32
- 7.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 102 (b) 101 (c) 100 (d) 98
- 8.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 9.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 57 (b) 14 (c) 42 (d) 21
- 10.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 66 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 11.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 48
- 12.What comes next? 15, 17, 19, 21, ? (a) 24 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 23
- 13.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) 20
- 14.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 54 (b) 36 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 15.What comes next? 6, 8, 10, 12, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 15
- 16.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 49 (b) 51 (c) 50 (d) 47
- 17.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 18.What comes next? 4, 10, 16, 22, ? (a) 22 (b) 34 (c) 28 (d) 29
- 19.What comes next? 18, 27, 36, 45, ? (a) 54 (b) 63 (c) 45 (d) 55
- 20.What comes next? 19, 21, 23, 25, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 29 (d) 28
- 21.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) 40 (d) 60
- 22.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 39
- 23.What comes next? 20, 22, 24, 26, ? (a) 29 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 30
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 32 (b) 19 (c) 16 (d) 24
- 25.What comes next? 14, 22, 30, 38, ? (a) 47 (b) 54 (c) 38 (d) 46
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 16
- 27.What comes next? 20, 23, 26, 29, ? (a) 32 (b) 35 (c) 29 (d) 33
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 10 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) 20
- 29.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 24
- 30.What comes next? 5, 7, 9, 11, ? (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 15
- 31.What comes next? 3, 8, 13, 18, ? (a) 28 (b) 23 (c) 18 (d) 24
- 32.What comes next? 19, 25, 31, 37, ? (a) 44 (b) 37 (c) 43 (d) 49
- 33.What comes next? 3, 12, 21, 30, ? (a) 39 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 40
- 34.What comes next? 3, 9, 15, 21, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 21 (d) 27
- 35.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 9
- 36.What comes next? 18, 23, 28, 33, ? (a) 38 (b) 39 (c) 43 (d) 33
- 37.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 15 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 38.What comes next? 15, 20, 25, 30, ? (a) 36 (b) 35 (c) 30 (d) 40
- 39.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 40 (d) 17
- 40.What comes next? 11, 14, 17, 20, ? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) 23 (d) 20
Answer key
- 36
- 17
- 21
- 51
- 80
- 32
- 100
- 16
- 57
- 64
- 64
- 23
- 18
- 19
- 14
- 49
- 25
- 28
- 54
- 27
- 60
- 39
- 28
- 19
- 46
- 22
- 32
- 31
- 32
- 13
- 23
- 43
- 39
- 27
- 19
- 38
- 14
- 35
- 17
- 23
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