Name Date
P6 Math
June Worksheet 1
Number Pattern
Question 1
The diagram below shows figures made up of dots and lines.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
The table below shows the number of circles and lines.
Figure Number Number of Dots Number of Lines
1 2 1
2 6 7
3 12 17
4 20 31
a) Complete the table above
b) Which figure number will it be where there are 342 dots?
Answer
“ Some questions require the sum of
”
consecutive numbers to solve!
B
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Question 2
Ticket sales for the concert went on sale on Monday morning. By Sunday
night, a queue had formed outside the venue according to the
arrangement depicted below. Study the pattern and answer the following
questions. Column Column Column Column
1 2 3 4
Row 1 1 2 3 4
Row 2 8 7 6 5
Row 3 9 10 11 12
Row 4 16 15 14 13
a) Alex was given the queue number "171", which column and row would
he be waiting in?
b) Alex’s friend, Cassandra, is queuing at row 103, column 3. How many
people were queuing in front of her?
Answer
“ When patterns ‘alternate’, try to group
”
them into pairs!
A
B
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Question 3
The first four figures of a pattern are shown below.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
The table below shows the number of circles and lines.
Figure Number Number of Circles Number of Lines
1 2 1
2 3 3
3 4 6
4 5 10
a) How many circles are there in Figure 13?
b) How many lines are there in Figure 17?
c) Which figure has 210 lines?
Answer
“ Consecutive numbers have formulae
”
A
shortcuts! You can also use the
rainbow pattern.
B
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Question 4
The figures below are formed by squares and circles in a certain pattern.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
The table below shows the number of squares and circles for each figure.
Figure Number Number of Square(s) Number of Circle(s)
1 1 0
2 3 1
3 5 4
4 7 9
a) How any circles are there in figure 76?
b) There are 8464 circles in a certain figure number. How many squares are
there in that figure?
Answer
“ Perfect squares are numbers like 4 ( 2 × 2),
9 (3×3) and 16(4×4). Many number
pattern questions can be solved easily
”
with perfect squares.
A
B
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Question 5
Study the figures as shown below.
Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3
Number of White Number of Grey
Total
Circles Circles
Fig 1 1 2 3
Fig 2 4 2 6
Fig 3 4 6 10
a) How many grey circles are there in figure 233?
b) How many total circles will there be in figure 128?
c) Which figure will have 676 white circles?
Answer
“ Remember the formulae for the sum of
consecutive numbers to solve these
A
”
questions with ease!
B
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Question 6
The first five figures of a pattern are shown below.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5
The table below shows the number of white and grey circles used for each
figure.
Figure Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of white circles 1 1 6 6 15
Number of grey circles 0 3 3 10 10
Total number of white
1 4 9 16 25
and grey circles
a) Fill in the table for figure 6.
b) What is the total number of white and grey circles in Figure 50?
c) In figure 50, what fraction of the circles are grey? Give your answer in
the simplest form.
Answer
“ The difference between two sets of
numbers are sometimes key to
”
answering the question! B
C
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Question 7
Laura used triangles and squares to form figures that follow a pattern as
shown below.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
(a)The table shows the number of triangles and squares for the first four
figures. Complete the table for figure 5.
Total number of
Figure Number Number of triangles Number of squares triangles and
squares
1 2 1 3
2 3 3 6
3 4 6 10
4 5 10 15
5 6
(b)Find the total number of triangles and squares in figure 40.
(c) The area of figure 1 is 18 cm2. Find the area of figure 30.
Answer
“ There can be slight changes in the
way you approach similar type of
”
pattern questions. Adjust accordingly! B
C
Question 8
Some 2-cm sticks were used to build some structures. The first six structures
were shown below.
Structure Structure Structure Structure Structure Structure
1 2 3 4 5 6
The table below shows the number of sticks used for each structure and
the height of each structure.
Structure Number Height of structure (cm) Number of sticks used
1 2 12
2 2 20
3 2 28
4 4 36
5 4 41
6 4 46
a) Complete the table for structure 7.
b) What was the height of structure 24?
c) How many sticks were used for structure 40?
Answer
“ Look out for special sets of figures!
They are different from subsequent
”
patterns!
B
C
Question 9
Ben glued 2-cm cubes to build figures that follow a pattern. The first four
figures are shown below.
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
a) The table below shows the number of cubes used for each figure.
Complete the table for Figure 6. [1]
Figure Number Number of Cubes Used
1 1
2 5
3 14
4 30
… …
8
b) Find the volume of figure 8.
c) Figure 8 is dipped in a pail of blue paint. Find the area of figure 8 that is
painted blue.
Answer
“ Imagine the top view of the structure,
what would you see if the figure has
”
been dipped in paint?
B
C
Question 10
Study the pattern below.
Fig 1 Fig 2
Fig 3 Fig 4
Which figure contains 557 match sticks?
Answer
“ The first ____ figures are different from
”
the subsequent figures.
