Chapter-1
Patterns in Mathematics
Q1. Find out the missing numbers and figure out what the pattern rule is for each:
(a) 1, 7, 19, 37, _____, _______
(b) 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, _______, ______
(c) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, _________, _______
(d) 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, _____, _____
Q2. Find out what type of pattern is represented by the given diagram and write number
pattern for the same:
Q3. Fill in the blanks
(a) A ______polygon is a shape with all sides and angles equal.
(b) The sequence 1, 8, 27, 64, ... represents the of numbers.
(c) _____numbers can be represented as dots forming a perfect square.
(d) The pattern 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ... is a sequence of _numbers.
(e) _______ shape is added to each side of Koch snowflakes in every iteration.
Q4. Write True or False:
(a) The sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ... is an example of cube numbers.
(b) A regular pentagon has equal sides but different angles.
(c) The sequence of odd numbers starts with 1, 3, 5, 7, ...
(d) A shape sequence starting with a square and adding one side each time would form
polygons with increasing numbers of sides.
(e) The number 36 can be both a square number and a triangular number.
Q5. Riya is stacking books in a pyramid shape. The first row has 1 book, the second has 3,
the third has 6. If she continues this pattern, how many books will be in the fifth row?
Q6. A honeycomb follows a hexagonal pattern. If the first row has 1 cell, the second has 7
cells, and the third has 19 cells, how many will be in the fourth row?
Q7. A school’s staircase follows a pattern: The first step has 2 tiles, the second has 4, the
third has 6. How many tiles will be on the 10th step?
Q8. Give a diagrammatic representation of triangular numbers.
Q9. Represent pictorially 36 as both triangular and square numbers.
Q10. If you add up the first six odd numbers, what square numbers do you get?
