Patterns and Sequences: Interactive Learning Quizzes for Reception Students

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a pattern?

Accepted Answer

1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Answer

Red, blue, red, blue, red

Answer

1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Answer

Dog, cat, dog, cat, dog

Question 2

Let's make a pattern with these shapes: star, heart, square. Which pattern shows the correct order of the shapes?

Accepted Answer

star, heart, square, star, square

Answer

star, heart, heart, star, star

Answer

square, star, heart, square, heart

Answer

heart, square, star, heart, square

Question 3

Tom has 6 toy cars in a row. The pattern of colors is red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple. If Tom adds 2 more toy cars to the end of the line, what color will the last car be?

Accepted Answer

Purple

Answer

Red

Answer

Green

Question 4

Look around the classroom and find something with a pattern on it. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Rug

Answer

Teacher's desk

Answer

Window

Answer

Whiteboard

Question 5

What number comes next in the pattern: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ...?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

26

Answer

35

Answer

40

Question 6

We have a pattern: blue, red, green, blue, red. What type of pattern is this?

Accepted Answer

Repeating pattern

Answer

Growing pattern

Answer

Shrinking pattern

Answer

Mixed-up pattern

Question 7

What does it mean when something is symmetrical?

Accepted Answer

It has different sides that are the same.

Answer

It is very big.

Answer

It is made of circles.

Answer

It is always changing.

Question 8

We have a pattern of shapes: square, triangle, circle, square, triangle. What shape comes next?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Star

Question 9

Let's make a pattern! Choose different colors and arrange them in a repeating order.

Accepted Answer

Red, blue, yellow, red, blue, yellow

Answer

Red, red, blue, blue, yellow, yellow

Answer

Yellow, blue, red, green, orange, purple

Answer

I can't make a pattern.

Question 10

Which picture does not belong in the sequence: banana, apple, orange, carrot?

Accepted Answer

Carrot

Answer

Banana

Answer

Apple

Answer

Orange

Question 11

Look at the following sequence: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. What is the rule for this sequence?

Accepted Answer

Add 5

Answer

Multiply by 2

Answer

Add 10

Answer

Multiply by 5

Question 12

Imagine you have a box with 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. If you randomly pick a marble from the box, what color marble are you most likely to pick?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Yellow

Question 13

Which of the following sequences is a geometric pattern?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 8, 16, 32

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Answer

2, 3, 5, 7, 11

Answer

1, 1, 2, 3, 5

Question 14

What is the missing number in the pattern: 1, 3, 5, ?, 9?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

9

Answer

3

Question 15

Which of these is a repeating pattern?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

Answer

1, 3, 5, 7, 9

Answer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Answer

2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7

Question 16

How many times does the letter 'a' appear in the pattern: abcabc?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

1

Question 17

Which of these patterns shows an increasing difference between each term?

Accepted Answer

2, 5, 10, 17

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

Answer

1, 3, 5, 7

Answer

1, 2, 3, 4

Question 18

What is the rule for the pattern: odd numbers increasing by 2?

Accepted Answer

n + 2

Answer

n - 2

Answer

n + 3

Answer

n - 3

Question 19

Which of these is the best description of the pattern: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet?

Accepted Answer

Colours of the rainbow

Answer

Colours of the traffic light

Answer

Colours of the sunset

Answer

Colours of the leaves in autumn

Question 20

Which of these patterns has a repeating order of red, blue, green, and yellow?

Accepted Answer

Red, blue, green, yellow

Answer

Red, green, blue, yellow

Answer

Yellow, red, blue, green

Answer

Green, blue, yellow, red

Question 21

Which of these patterns is made only of triangles?

Accepted Answer

△△△△

Answer

□□□□

Answer

●●●●

Answer

☆☆☆☆☆

Question 22

What is the missing number in the sequence: 2, 4, 6, ___, 10?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

11

Question 23

Which pattern has a missing shape?

Accepted Answer

Star, Circle, Star, Circle, ?

Answer

Circle, Circle, Triangle, Circle, Circle

Answer

Square, Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square

Answer

Triangle, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle

Question 24

There are 5 apples on a tree. You pick 2 apples. How many apples are left on the tree?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 25

Which design shows a rotational pattern?

Accepted Answer

A design with repeating circles arranged in a circle

Answer

A design with repeating squares arranged in a line

Answer

A design with repeating triangles arranged in a random order

Answer

A design with repeating stars arranged in a diagonal line

Question 26

Which shape comes next in the pattern: circle, square, circle, ...?

Accepted Answer

circle

Answer

square

Answer

triangle

Question 27

What pattern is made by these colours: red, yellow, blue, red, yellow, ...?

Accepted Answer

ABAB pattern

Answer

ABC pattern

Answer

ABCD pattern

Question 28

Look at the pattern: small, medium, small, ... What size shape comes next?

Accepted Answer

small

Answer

medium

Answer

large

Question 29

Which of these is NOT a pattern?

Accepted Answer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer

ABCABCABC...

Answer

1234512345...

Answer

Red, blue, green, red, blue, green...

Question 30

What shape is missing in this pattern: triangle, square, circle, ?, triangle

Accepted Answer

rectangle

Answer

star

Answer

square

Answer

circle

Question 31

How would you describe this pattern: red, orange, yellow, green, blue?

Accepted Answer

colours of the rainbow

Answer

colours of the traffic light

Answer

colours of a fruit salad

Answer

colours of a paint box

Question 32

We have a pattern of shapes. What shape comes next? Circle, square, circle, square, ...?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Star

Question 33

Let's continue this pattern: 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, ... What comes next?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

6

Answer

7

Question 34

Which pattern has 3 different objects repeating?

Accepted Answer

Circle, square, triangle, circle, square

Answer

Red, blue, red, blue, red

Answer

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

Answer

Big, small, big, small, big

Question 35

Which numbers decrease by 3 each time?

Accepted Answer

10, 7, 4, 1

Answer

12, 15, 18, 21

Answer

5, 10, 15, 20

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

Question 36

Which pattern shows numbers getting smaller?

Accepted Answer

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Answer

1, 3, 5, 7, 9

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Answer

5, 10, 15, 20, 25

Question 37

Which of these is a counting pattern: 100, 90, 80, 70, ...?

Accepted Answer

Counting pattern

Answer

Shape pattern

Answer

Color pattern

Answer

Word pattern

Question 38

We have a pattern of shapes here: Square, Circle, Triangle. Which shape should come next?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Star

Answer

Oval

Answer

Diamond

Question 39

Here's a sequence of numbers: 2, 4, ___, 8, 10. What number is missing in the blank space?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

9

Question 40

Let's look at this pattern: Red Square, Blue Circle, Red Square, Blue Circle. What shape should come next?

Accepted Answer

Red Square

Answer

Blue Circle

Answer

Yellow Triangle

Answer

Green Rectangle

Question 41

Listen to this pattern: Meow, Meow, Woof, Meow, Meow, Woof. What sound do you hear next?

Accepted Answer

Meow

Answer

Woof

Answer

Moo

Answer

Quack

Question 42

Listen to the sound pattern: tap, tap, clap. What sound comes next?

Accepted Answer

clap

Answer

tap

Answer

stomp

Question 43

Which of these is a pattern?

Accepted Answer

A row of chairs facing the same way

Answer

A group of different socks

Answer

A pile of books on the floor

Question 44

Which picture shows a pattern of increasing size?

Accepted Answer

Image of three circles of increasing size

Answer

Image of three squares of different sizes

Answer

Image of three triangles of decreasing size

Question 45

Which of these is a repeating pattern?

Accepted Answer

A sequence of even numbers

Answer

A sequence of increasing and decreasing numbers

Answer

A sequence of random numbers

Question 46

Which of these shapes makes a repeating pattern?

Accepted Answer

A square and a circle, then a square and a circle again

Answer

A circle and a square

Answer

A circle and a triangle

Question 47

Which of these shows a number pattern: 1, 4, 7, 10?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it's a number pattern

Answer

No, it's not a number pattern

Answer

I don't know

Question 48

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8. What is the rule for this pattern?

Accepted Answer

Add 2 each time

Answer

Add 1 each time

Answer

Multiply by 2 each time

Question 49

Look at the pattern: square, circle, square, circle. What shape comes next in this pattern?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rectangle

Question 50

Which of these patterns is a colour pattern?

Accepted Answer

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, ...

Answer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...

Answer

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, ...

Answer

Up, down, up, down, up, ...

Question 51

What shape should come next in this pattern: circle, triangle, circle, triangle, ___, triangle?

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Star

Question 52

Which pattern is missing a shape: A, B, _, D?

Accepted Answer

A, B, C, D

Answer

Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange

Answer

Circle, Square, Triangle

Question 53

What number is missing in this sequence: 1, 2, __, 4?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Question 54

Which pattern shows things getting bigger: Small, Medium, Large; Red, Blue, Green; Cat, Dog, Cow?

Accepted Answer

Small, Medium, Large

Answer

Red, Blue, Green

Answer

Cat, Dog, Cow

Question 55

What comes next in this pattern: circle, square, circle?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Star

Question 56

Look at the pattern of shapes. Which shape comes next?: circle, square, circle, square, ...

Accepted Answer

circle

Answer

rectangle

Answer

triangle

Answer

star

Question 57

Look at the pattern of colors: red, blue, yellow, red, blue, yellow, ... What color comes after yellow?

Accepted Answer

red

Answer

orange

Answer

green

Answer

purple

Question 58

What is the missing number in the sequence: 5, 10, 15, ___, 25?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

18

Answer

24

Answer

22

Question 59

Which shape comes before the circle in the pattern: square, circle, triangle, circle, square, ...?

Accepted Answer

triangle

Answer

rectangle

Answer

star

Answer

diamond

Question 60

What shape comes next in the repeating pattern? Circle, square, triangle, ...

Accepted Answer

Circle

Answer

Star

Answer

Rectangle

Question 61

Look at the pattern: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. Which pattern shows a sequence of decreasing numbers?

Accepted Answer

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Answer

5, 7, 9, 11, 13

Answer

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Question 62

Which shape does not belong in the pattern: Circle, square, triangle, star, circle?

Accepted Answer

Star

Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Question 63

What color comes next in the repeating pattern: Red, blue, green, ___, green, blue?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Purple

Answer

Yellow

Question 64

What number comes next in the numerical sequence: 1, 2, 3, ___, 5, 6, 7?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

8

Answer

0