Page 35 - Numeracy Skills

PATTERNING 1

• Working in groups of 4, the children work with their 6
bricks.
• The children do not need to worry about the colours of
the bricks.
• Build the first 2 parts of the pattern as shown below.

• The children must then build the next 2 parts to the
pattern. (They will have used all 24 bricks.)

Q: How many bricks in the first shape? (2nd shape, 3rd
shape, 4th shape)
Q: How many bricks would be in 5th shape? (8th
shape, 10th shape)
Q: What is the relationship between the shape and
the number of bricks?

PATTERNING 2

• Working in groups of 4, the children work
with their 6 bricks.
• The children do not need to worry about the
colours of the bricks.
• Each group must build the first part of the
pattern as shown on the left (using 3 bricks).
They must then add one brick to the top and
bottom row.

Q: What is the pattern?
Q: How many extra bricks am I adding to the
pattern each time?

• The children must then build the next 2 parts
to the pattern.
• The children can then complete a table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of bricks 3 5

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