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LEADERS PRIVATE SCHOOL, SHARJAH

WORK SHEET-1 (2025-26)
MATHEMATICS

GRADE: VI CH1: PATTERNS IN MATHEMATICS Date:

Name:________________ Section:______

CHAPTER - 1
PATTERNS IN MATHEMATICS
BASIC NOTES OF CONCEPTS AND IMPORTANT POINTS:

1) What is a Pattern?
A pattern is a repeated or regular arrangement of numbers, shapes, or objects.
Patterns help us predict what comes next using logic and observation.

2) Types of Patterns:
Number Patterns

Formed by numbers that follow a rule (e.g., add 2, multiply by 3).

Example: 5, 10, 15, 20, … (Rule: Add 5)

Shape or Visual Patterns

Patterns made with shapes, colors, or positions.

Example: ___ (alternating colors)

Growing and Shrinking Patterns

Growing pattern: Each term increases.

Example: 2, 4, 8, 16 (Multiply by 2)
Shrinking pattern: Each term decreases.
Example: 20, 18, 16, 14 (Subtract 2)

3) Recognizing a Pattern Rule :

Look for what changes from one step to the next. And ask:
o Are the numbers being added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided?
o Are the shapes rotating or changing position?
 ❖ Repeating vs Increasing Patterns
Repeating pattern: Same group repeats.
o …
Increasing/Decreasing pattern: Grows or shrinks in size or value.
o 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 (Increasing)
o 100, 90, 80, 70 (Decreasing)
❖ Use of Patterns in Daily Life
Rangoli designs, wall tiles, calendars, musical beats, and clothing borders.
Patterns help in understanding sequences, schedules, and logic.

❖ Finding the Rule

Look at the difference or ratio between terms.
Try to write a rule in words or as a formula.

❖ Tables and Patterns

Use multiplication tables to find patterns.
o Table of 9: 9, 18, 27, 36… (Digits add up to 9)

❖ Important Tips
Use trial and error if you're stuck.
Draw or write out the pattern to see it better.

Number Sequences:
▪ Some important examples of number sequences include the counting numbers, odd
numbers, even numbers, square numbers, triangular numbers, cube numbers, Virahānka
numbers, and powers of 2.
▪ Sometimes number sequences can be related to each other in beautiful and remarkable ways.
For example, adding up the sequence of odd numbers starting with 1 gives square numbers.
▪ Visualising number sequences using pictures can help to understand sequences and the
relationships between them.
▪ Shape sequences are another basic type of pattern.
Pictorial representation of some number sequences:

Shape Sequences:
▪ Shape sequences are another basic type of pattern in mathematics.
▪ Some important examples of shape sequences include regular polygons, complete graphs, stacked
triangles and squares, and Koch snowflake iterations. Shape sequences also exhibit many
interesting relationships with number sequences.
Examples of shape patterns:

LEVEL - 1
1) A pattern where the same group repeats again and again is called a ______ pattern.
2) Fill the blanks in the pattern 1,2,4,7,11,____,____,_____
3) In a triangle number pattern, the difference between the terms increases by ______
4) In the pattern 81, 72, 63, 54, the rule is “Subtract ______.”
5) The pattern 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 follows the rule of ______ numbers.
6) In the pattern 1, 4, 9, 16…, the 6th term is ______.
7) 1,2,3,5,8,13,….. is called as the series of ________________ numbers
8) In the table of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20…), the rule is “Adding______.”
9) The 6th square number is __________
10) Fill the blanks in the pattern A, B, C,A, B, C, ___, ____,
11) In the shape pattern , , , , , the missing shape is ______.
12) When the numbers decrease in a pattern, it is called a ______ pattern.
13) Recognizing patterns improves our ______ thinking.
14) A pattern like 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 follows the rule of ______ numbers.
15) Pictorial representation of square numbers can be explained by arranging dots in ___ shapes
 LEVEL - 2
1) A dot pattern grows like this:
Figure 1: 1 dot
Figure 2: 3 dots
Figure 3: 6 dots
Figure 4: 10 dots
(i) How many dots are in Figure 6?Draw the figure.
(ii) What pattern do you notice?

2) Which sequence do you get when you start to add the All 1’s sequence up?
(i) What sequence do you get when you add the All 1’s sequence up and
down?
(ii) Which sequence do you get when you start to add the Counting numbers up? Can
you give a smaller pictorial explanation?

3) You have the digits 3, 5, 0, 7, and 2.

(i) What is the greatest 5-digit number you can form?
(ii) What is the smallest?
(iii) Find the difference between them.

4) A whole number when multiplied by itself gives 49.

(i) What is the number?
(ii) What is it called when a number is multiplied by itself?

5) Observe the pattern of odd numbers added consecutively:

1, 1+3, 1+3+5, 1+3+5+7...
What is the sum of the first 6 odd numbers? What pattern do these sums follow
6) A sequence shows the number of dots arranged in squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25...
What will be the 10th number in the pattern? Explain your reason.

7) In a staircase pattern, the first step has 1 block, the second has 3 blocks, the third
has 5, and so on.
How many blocks will be there in the 10th step? What kind of numbers are these?

8) A child observes a pattern: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81...

What is the rule of the pattern? Predict the 7th number.
 LEVEL - 3
1) Draw two more rows as boxes at the bottom of the below figure and fill the boxes:

2) If the nth term of a pattern is given by 2n+1, then find its 5th term.
3) Observe the pattern: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30.
(a) Write the next two terms.
(b) Find the difference between consecutive terms.
(c) Describe the rule of the pattern.
4) The sum of the first n odd numbers gives a square number.
(a) Prove this using an example.
(b) What is the sum of the first 7 odd numbers?
5) A farmer plants trees in a triangular arrangement:
Row 1: 1 tree
Row 2: 2 trees
Row 3: 3 trees
...
(a) How many trees in total are planted in 5 rows?
(b) Derive a formula to calculate the total number of trees in n rows.
(c) How many trees will be there in 10 rows?

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