Handout: Pattern Detective Agency

Your mission is to crack the code behind these patterns!

Case #1: The Growing Shapes

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1. Draw the next two shapes in the pattern.

2. How many triangles will be in the 6th shape? _________

3. What is the rule for this pattern? _________________________

Case #2: The Skipping Numbers

3, 7, 11, 15, ___, ___

1. What are the next two numbers in the sequence?

2. What is the rule for this pattern? _________________________

Case #3: The Mirrored Pattern

1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, ___

1. What are the next three numbers in this sequence?

2. Describe the pattern in your own words. _________________________

Extra Challenge: The Two-Step

2, 5, 11, 23, ___

Can you figure out the two-step rule and find the next number?

Rule: _________________________