Lesson 1-2: Patterns. Some people say that mathematics is the science of patterns. Even your daily activity is organized around natural patterns. Some types of patterns are logic patterns, word patterns, and number patterns.

EXAMPLES

7, 13, 19, 25, _, _, _51, 43, 35, 27, _, _ , _243, 81, 27, 9, _, _ , _

27, 34, 37, 45, 48, 57, 60, _, _, _

a + 1, a + 3, a + 5, _, _x – 1y, x – 2y, x – 3y, _, _-19, -12, -5, _, _4, 2, 0, _, _

walked   rode   sailed   traveled   flew

Some Brain Teaser word patterns…

thirst   defrost   relax   hijack   student

Which one is the odd one out??

ODD ONE OUT?

FLOW, SNIP, TRAP, DRAW, BACKODD ONE OUT?

What is the one thing in common by all

three items?

a potatoa hurricane

a target

WHAT COMES NEXT???D, HD, Q, D, N, ?

WHAT COMES NEXT??

B-C-D-F-G-H-?

B-D-D-G-H-S-?

S, M, T, W, T, ?

O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ?

What is the pattern?

a, abb, cabbc, cabbcdd, _____, _____, _____

What is the pattern?

12, 24, 36, 48, ____, ____, ____

5, 2, 7, 4, 9, ____, ____, ____

2, 11, 4, 22, 6, ____, ____, _____

What is the pattern?

How mant pieces are in the 8th figure?

What is the pattern?

What is the pattern?

212 212 42124

3

3

3

3

Find the next 3 terms of the sequence.