The Le arning La b

Name
M athem atics
I. D.
Prim a ry 5 Int e nsiv e Pr a c ti c e D ate T2 W8
Day Tim e
Lo g o n t o TLL.360 Te a c h er

This booklet contains:

1 Number Patterns Tutorial 1

2 Number Patterns Tutorial 2
3 Number Patterns Tutorial 3
4 Number Patterns Quiz 1

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Num b er Patterns I. D.

Prim a ry 5 Int e nsiv e Pr a c ti c e D ate T2 W8

Day Tim e
Tutorial 1
Te a c h er
Fo cus on

Equal Interv als

Square Num b ers

STUDENT OUTCOMES
At the end of today’s lesson, students should be able to:
identify and solve linear sequences using listing or deriving the formula
identify and solve number patterns involving square numbers using listing or deriving the
formula

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EQUAL INTERVALS

EXAMPLE 1

Study the pattern below.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

a Complete the row in the table below for Figure 5.

b How many squares are there in Figure 30?
c Which figure has exactly 25 squares?

SOLUTION 1

Figure Number of squares

a
1 1 = 1 = 1 + (0 2)
2 3 = 1+2 = 1 + (1 2)
3 5 = 1+2+2 = 1 + (2 2)
4 7 = 1+2+2+2 = 1 + (3 2)
5
…

n 1 + [(n 1) 2]

b Number of squares in Figure 30 = 1 + [(30 – 1) 2]

= 1 + (29 2)
= 59

There are 59 squares in Figure 30.

c 1 + [(n 1) 2] = 25
(n 1) 2 = 24
(n 1) = 12
n = 13

Figure 13 has exactly 25 squares.

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SOLUTION 2

Figure Number of squares

a
1 1 = (2 × 1) – 1
2 3 = (2 × 2) – 1
3 5 = (2 × 3) – 1
4 7 = (2 × 4) – 1
5 9 = (2 × 5) – 1

…
n 2n 1

b Number of squares in Figure 30 = 2 × 30 – 1

= 60 – 1
= 59

There are 59 squares in Figure 30.

c 2n – 1 = 25
2n = 25 + 1
= 26
n = 26 ÷ 2
= 13

Figure 13 has exactly 25 squares.

General Formulas for Equal Intervals

Number to add/subtract
Method 1: Method 2: to adjust to fit the pattern.

nth term: First number + (n 1) difference nth term: (difference n) ± ?

Using Example 1, Using Example 1,

nth term = 1 + (n – 1) 2 2×1+?=1 2+?=1
= 1 + 2n – 2 2×2+?=3 4+?=3
= 2n – 1 2×3+?=5 6+?=5

Since ? can only be –1,

nth term = 2n – 1

Check if your formula for the nth term is correct by replacing n with 1, 2 and 3 and see if the
number you obtain with the formula is the same number for that given figure.

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Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 Ben created the following figures with his set of cubes.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Figure Number of cubes

1 5
2
3 13
9
Ei ;
4
… …
10

a Complete the table by writing down the number of cubes in Figure 4 and
Figure 10.

b How many cubes will be needed to form Figure 66?

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c A figure was formed using a total of 329 cubes.

Which figure is it?

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2 Each figure below is made up of squares and circles.

Study the following pattern carefully.

Pattern for

circles
=htlI
Pattern for

squares
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
=
nx I
a Which figure has a total of 50 circles?

50 II

-69
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b What is the total number of squares in Figure 69?

XII =

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c If a figure has a total of 401 shapes, how many of them are circles?
circles squares total
Fig I
2 4
62 3 g g,
I -15
3 4 12 pg
Lt -5

NO of circles =
y l
401--6
Fight
= -
-

-
÷5 =
-
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3 Some circle tiles were used to form the following figures.

Study the following pattern carefully.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Figure Number of circles Number of shaded parts

1 4 1
2 6 2
3 8 3

…
…

a In the table above, fill in the blanks to complete the row for Figure 8.

b How many shaded parts will there be in a figure with 32 circles?

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c What is the total number of circles and shaded areas in Figure 45?

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SQUARE NUMBERS

EXAMPLE 2

Study the pattern below.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

a How many dots are there in Figure 20?

b Which figure has exactly 225 dots?

SOLUTION

Figure Number of dots

1 1×1 = 1
2 2×2 = 4
3 3×3 = 9
4 4×4 = 16
…

n n×n = n2

a Number of dots in Figure 20 = 20 × 20

= 400

There are 400 dots in Figure 20.

b n × n = 225
n = 15

Figure 15 has exactly 225 dots.

General Formula for Square Numbers

nth term: n2

Check if your formula for the nth term is correct by replacing n with 1, 2 and 3 and see if the
number you obtain with the formula is the same number for that given figure.

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EXAMPLE 3

The figures below are made up of identical squares.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

a How many shaded squares are there in Figure 50?

b Which figure has exactly 72 unshaded squares?
c Which figure has exactly 121 squares?

SOLUTION

Number of Number of Total number of

Figure
unshaded squares shaded squares squares
1 4=4×1 0 = (1 – 1)2 4 = (1 + 1)2
2 8=4×2 1 = (2 – 1)2 9 = (2 + 1)2
3 12 = 4 × 3 4 = (3 – 1)2 16 = (3 + 1)2
4 16 = 4 × 4 9 = (4 – 1)2 25 = (4 + 1)2
…

…
…

n 4n (n – 1)2 (n + 1)2

a Number of shaded squares in Figure 50 = 49 49

= 2 401

There are 2 401 shaded squares in Figure 50.

b 72 4 = 18

Figure 18 has exactly 72 unshaded squares.

c 121 = 11 × 11
11 – 1 = 10

Figure 10 has exactly 121 squares.

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4 The figures below are formed using identical square tiles.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Figure Number of Number of shaded Total Number of

unshaded squares squares squares
1 7 1 8
2 11 21-4 4 15
3 15 21-4 9 24
4 19 2-14 16 35

7¥ ( h -1×4 ( h2 )
a How many unshaded squares are there in Figure 10?

t t ( 10
1) X4
-

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b Which Figure has 121 shaded squares?

h2 =
121

h =

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c How many squares are there in Figure 14?

No .
of unshaded =
F t ( 14 -

f) X 4
=

No -

of shade of =
14 X 44
=

Total
-

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5 Study the pattern of small triangles and dots as shown in the diagram below.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

a Complete the table below by writing down the number of dots and the number of
small triangles in Figure 4 and Figure 5.

Number of
Pattern Number of dots
small triangles
1 4 2
2 9 8
3 16 18
4
5

b How many dots will there be in Pattern 49?

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c How many small right-angled triangles in Pattern 10?

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6 Study the number pattern below.

Row Number(s)
1 3 (3×1)
2
3
6
15
9
18
12
21 (3×2×213×343)
24 27
4 30 33 36 A 42 45 48
5 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72 75

a What is the value of A?

Formula for last number
3 X h2
=

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b What is the largest number in Row 22?

3 X 22 X 22

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c Given that the largest number in a particular row is 588, which row is that?

3 X h X n
=
588

N X h
=
588 ÷ 3

h =

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p h o t o flickr /

THE LEARNING LAB

The Le arning La b Name
Num b er Patterns I. D.

Prim a ry 5 Int e nsiv e Pr a c ti c e D ate T2 W8

Day Tim e
Tutorial 2
Te a c h er
Fo cus on Grouping (I)

STUDENT OUTCOME
At the end of today’s lesson, students should be able to:
solve number patterns in tables by grouping

Shade the next pattern!

Do your working here!

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General approach for number patterns arranged in a table:

1. Observe how the numbers are arranged in the table.

2. How many numbers are there in a group?
3. For some patterns, you may need to minus the “extra” numbers.

EXAMPLE 1

The numbers 1 to 35 are written in columns as shown:

A B C D E F G
1 3 5 7
13 11 9
15 17 19 21
27 25 23
29 31 33 35
… … … … … … …

If the pattern continues, in which column will the number 97 be written?

SOLUTION

The numbers are arranged in groups of 7.

97 + 1
Position of the number 97 =
2
= 49
This means that 97 is the 49th number in the pattern.
49 7=7R0
As there is no remainder, 97 it must be the last member of the group.

The number 97 lies in Column B.

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EXAMPLE 2

Study the pattern in the table below.

Column
1 2 3 4 …
A 4 10 16 …
B 5 11 17 …
C 6 12 18 …
Row
D 1 7 13 19 …
E 2 8 14 20 …
F 3 9 15 21 …

If the pattern continues, in which row and column will the number 185 appear?

SOLUTION

185 – 3 = 182
182 6 = 30 R 2
Row = B
Column = 1 + 30 + 1
= 32

The number 97 lies in Row B and Column 32.

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Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 The numbers 1 to 18 are written in columns as shown:

A B C D E F
1 2 3 4 5 6
12 11 10 9 8 7
13 14 15 16 17 18
… … … … … …

If this pattern continues, in which column will the number 52 be written?

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2 Peter wrote the numbers in the following pattern as shown in the table below.
In which row would the number 119 be found?

00
Row W 1 8 9 16 17 …
Row X 2 7 10 15 18 …
Row Y 3 6 11 14 19 …
Row Z 4 5 12 13 20 …

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3 Study the table below.

In which column will the number 54 appear?

A B C D E
5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19
… … … … …

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4 Study the table below.

In which row will the number 88 appear?

000
K 7 11 15 …
L 8 12 16 …
M 9 13 17 …
N 10 14 18 …

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5 Even numbers are arranged in a certain pattern as shown below.

Which column will the number 76 appear?

A B C D
2 4 6 8
10 12 14 16
18 20 22 24
… … … …

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6 Even numbers are arranged in a certain pattern as shown below.

Which column will the number 104 appear?

E F G H I J
i
12 10 8 6 4 2
24 22 20 18 16 14
36 34 32 30 28 26
… … … … … …

No . Of terms =
104 ÷ 2
=

÷ G
No -

of groups I -

R
-

-
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7 Odd numbers are arranged in a certain pattern as shown below.

Which row will the number 67 appear?

P 1 13 25 …
Q 3 15 27 …
R 5 17 29 …
S 7 19 31 …
T 9 21 33 …
U 11 23 35 …

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8 Odd numbers are arranged in a certain pattern as shown below.

Which row will the number 235 appear?

O
A 13 27 41 …
B 11 25 39 …
C 9 23 37 …
D 7 21 35 …
E 5 19 33 …
F 3 17 31 …
G 1 15 29 …

terms
2351-12
=

NO -

of

No of ÷7
groups
- =

=
-
K -

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9 Study the table below.

In which row and column will the number 213 appear?

Column
1 2 3 4 …
A 3 8 13 …
B 4 9 14 …
Row C 5 10 15 …
D 1 6 11 16 …
E 2 7 12 17 …

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10 Study the table below.

In which row and column will the number 556 appear?

Column
V W X Y Z
1 1 2 3

-556
2 4 5 6 7 8
Row 3 9 10 11 12 13
4 14 15 16 17 18
…

…
…

3 =

÷ -5
groups
=
No -

of -

R
=
-

ROW =

=
Column
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Num b er Patterns I. D.

Prim a ry 5 Int e nsiv e Pr a c ti c e D ate T2 W8

Day Tim e
Tutorial 3
Te a c h er
Fo cus on Grouping (II)

STUDENT OUTCOMES
At the end of today’s lesson, students should be able to:
identify and solve patterns by grouping
identify and solve patterns using listing or finding the pattern

Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 Benji wrote his favourite football player’s name in the pattern shown below.
Which letter is in the 82nd position?

W A Y N E W A Y N E W A
1ST 5th 10th

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2 Andy wants to pack all his files into 5 different boxes of different colours.
He stacks all his files up and places the first file into an orange box, the second file into a
pink box, the third file into a green box, the fourth file into a black box and the fifth file
into a yellow box.
He then repeats the process until all the files have been packed into boxes.
If Andy has 69 files, in which box can the last file be found?

OP G B 9/0 PG By

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3 Sherry wrote some numbers down in a pattern shown below.

4 1 9 3 4 1 9 3 4 1 …
1ST

a What number is in the 27th position?

b What is the sum of the first 49 numbers?

a ______________________________________

b ______________________________________

4 Observe the pattern below and answer the following questions.

2
1ST
4 5 8 2
I 2 4 5 8 2
I
2…

a What is the number in the 56th position?

b What is the sum of the first 88 numbers?

a ______________________________________

b ______________________________________
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5 Ray wanted to number his books.

If he wrote the numbers 1 to 100 on labels, how many times did he write the digit ‘5’?

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6 Severus wrote the numbers from 100 to 200 on a piece of paper to count how many ‘0’s
there were.
Find the number of ‘0’s between 99 and 201.

* use listing

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7 A string of beads was partially hidden by a piece of paper as shown below.

There are 2 white beads between every 2 black beads.
There are 12 black beads in total.
What is the total number of white beads?

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8 An unchained necklace is partly covered by a piece of paper as shown below.

There are 3 black beads between every 2 white beads.
Given that there are 10 white beads in total, find the total number of black beads.

1
1
10 I g
- =

9 white beads -

-
9 groups
9 X g
-

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9 There are 3 girls in between every 2 boys in a queue.

There are 15 boys altogether.
If the first person and last person in the queue were both boys, how many girls were there
in the queue?

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Q uiz 1
Te a c h er

Answer the following questions in the spaces provided.

The use of a calculator is allowed.

1 The following patterns are made using 1-cm squares.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

a How many squares are needed to form Pattern 4?

b Which pattern is formed using 361 squares?

a ______________________________________

b ______________________________________

2 Crystal used 4 shapes to form the pattern shown below.

What was the 64th shape?

st th
1 10

(1) (2)

(3) (4) ___________

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3 The numbers 1 to 12 are written in columns as shown below.

A B C D E
1 2 3 4
8 7 6 5
9 10 11 12
… … … … …

If this pattern continues, in which column will the number 111 be written?

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4 Alex wrote some numbers in the following pattern.

6 7 9 5 6 7 9 5 6 7 …
1ST

a Which number will be in the 34th position?

b What will be the sum of the first 154 numbers?

a _________________________________

b _________________________________

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