Number Series Patterns
Can you figure out the various patterns in the following number series?
First, let’s look at this series of numbers:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 . . .
What’s the pattern? What are the next three numbers in the series?
Here are more number series to figure out.
In each case, explain the pattern and find the next three numbers in the series.
a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 . . .
b. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 . . .
c. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25…
d. 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720 . . .
e. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21…
f. 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7…
After you’ve tried this for yourself, check the solutions.
Toothpick Puzzle
In the meantime, try this puzzle...
Remove three toothpicks from the arrangement on the right to leave exactly three squares.
World Maths Day - March 5th
We had a couple of days of practice, then today (those who could) went online to compete against others around the world. There were so many people around the world trying to get on we actually had some problems accessing the site. We had loads of fun though and loads of maths questions answered at high-speed!
Here are some tallies of how many questions some students managed to answer just today at school!
Callum 582
Codey 391
Phoenix 277
Jacob 230
Patrick 167
Ethan 149
Kennedy 139
Poppy 105
Luca 73
Olivia 54
Lucas 49
Lennox 49
Mikee 32
Total: 2297
Coming soon... + - x ÷
Information about practicing the four equation expressions + - x ÷
This will include suggestions and explanations on choosing an area of focus, as well as some fun card games that improve instant recall of basic fact knowledge
By the way, knowledge is being able to answer a question within four seconds, without the need to try and 'work it out'.