Number patterns
Find the rule in the sequence and pick the next number. A free logic game for grades 5 and 6.
How to play
- Four numbers that follow a rule appear.
- Your child finds the rule and picks the next number out of three.
- Each right answer on the first try wins a star. A game has 10 questions.
What your child learns
- Finding a rule: add, subtract, double
- Logical thinking
- Mental math
Examples from the game
- 3, 6, 9, 12 → 15
- 50, 45, 40, 35 → 30
- 2, 4, 8, 16 → 32
- 1, 2, 4, 7 → 11
- 1, 4, 9, 16 → 25
- 5, 7, 9, 11 → 13
Parent and teacher card
- Age
- Ages 10 to 11
- Level
- Grades 5 and 6
- Topic
- Memory and logic
- Length
- 10 questions, about 5 minutes
- Skills
- Finding a rule: add, subtract, double · Logical thinking · Mental math
- At home
- Ask your child to say the rule out loud: "add 3 each time". Then ask them to invent a sequence for you.
- In class
- before answering, ask pupils to say why they chose that answer. Explaining matters more than speed.