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Repeating patterns worksheet

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Find the smallest unit that repeats

Name: __________________________ Date: ______________

Show your thinking with objects, drawings or words. An adult may read the instructions aloud.

Use the first two questions in class and the last two for homework or independent practice.

1. Try the skill

Continue: red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue, __, __, __.

2. Try the skill

Is 2, 4, 6, 8 a repeating pattern with a repeating unit shown? Explain.

3. Apply and explain

Create a repeating pattern using two different shapes. Show the unit three times and circle one unit.

4. Apply and explain

A pattern is star, star, moon, star, moon, moon. It should repeat star, star, moon. Which item needs changing?

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Answer guide · AC9M1A02

  1. red, blue, blue.
  2. It grows by two. No repeating block of these numbers has restarted.
  3. For example, circle-square, circle-square, circle-square, with one circle-square unit circled.
  4. The fifth item should be a star. The two units then match.

If help is needed: Naming only the last action does not identify the unit. Include every part before the pattern starts again.