Category : 3rd Class
Patterns
OBJECTIVE
Introduction
A pattern is a repeated design or recurring sequence. It is a set of pictures/ shapes, letters or numbers arranged according to a certain rule.
Type-I
Find the missing term or next term in (number or letter) series to continue the given series.
· Identify the order of series (descending or ascending order). Observe the pattern using operations: addition, subtraction, skip counting and reverse counting.
· Identify the order of alphabetical series either A to Z or Z to A.
· Numbering of alphabets series either A to Z or Z to A.
· Skipping letters/numbers.
Type II
Find the missing term in the pattern.
· Identify the missing term in the pattern by observing the rule followed in rest of the given terms.
Type III
Find the missing part in the figure pattern,
· Complete the figure pattern by drawing its incomplete part in the pattern
Type I. Picture Based Pattern
Example - 1
How many smiling faces will be there in Pattern 5?
Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Patterns 3
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 15 (d) 16
Ans. (c)
Explanation:
Smiling faces in pattern 1=3
Smiling faces in pattern 2=6
Smiling faces in pattern 3=9
So, the Pattern is as follows
Example - 2
Joshua is weaving a pattern into a rug. What would most likely come next?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Ans. (a)
Explanation:
Each pattern repeats itself at every fourth step.
Example - 3
Which of the following options will complete the figure (X)?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Ans (d)
Type II: Number Based Pattern
Example - 4
Complete the number pattern.
3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ___?___, 51, ____?____.
(a) 34, 60 (b) 38, 66
(c) 42, 71 (d) 46, 75
Ans. (b)
Explanation:
Rule followed in the series is:
Difference between consecutive terms are consecutive odd numbers.
Type III: Alphabet Based Pattern:
Example - 5
(a) IP (b) PU
(c) MT (d) NS
Ans. (c)
Explanation:
The Pattern is as follows:
I Series
II Series
So, MT will complete the alphabet pattern.
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