Number Patterns Teaching Resources
Explore number patterns in your math classes this school year with fun worksheets, number sequence games and more teacher resources created to help your students understand how numbers in a sequence relate to one another.
Aligned with both TEKS and Common Core math standards, the printable and digital activities in this collection were created by the math teachers on the Teach Starter team to help you save time on your lesson plans.
Whether this is your first year teaching about number patterns or you're just looking for a little extra help, we've got you covered. Read on for a primer from our teacher team! We explain what number patterns are so you can share with your class, plus we explore three common patterns.
What Are Number Patterns? A Kid-Friendly Definition
A number pattern is a series of numbers that each follow the same rule. These patterns or sequences can help us find missing numbers or identify what number will come next in a series.
For example, let's say you are given the following list of numbers:
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
This is an example of a number pattern in which the next number in the series is 4 more than the previous number. Once you can identify the pattern in a series of numbers like this one, you can then use that pattern to determine what number comes next or even what numbers could have come before the list began.
This is one of the many reasons number patterns are an important part of building students' algebraic reasoning skills. They help students understand how numbers can be related to one another and apply what they know about those relationships to solve problems.
3 Common Types of Number Patterns
We can't talk about number patterns without breaking down the different types your students are going to encounter in their math journey!
Linear Patterns
Linear patterns are number patterns in which the numbers increase or decrease by the same amount each time.
The example used above — in which each number in the series increased by a quantity of 4 — is a simple example of a linear pattern.
Geometric Number Patterns
Another type of pattern students may have to contend with is the geometric number pattern. This type involves numbers that are multiplied or divided by a constant factor.
The multiplication table is an example of a geometric number pattern.
Recursive Patterns
Students will have to make full use of their understanding of the four whole number operations to work with recursive patterns. That's because this pattern involves finding each successive number in the sequence by performing a specific operation on the previous number(s).
- Plus Plan
Input Output Tables 4th Grade Escape Room
Play this input output tables 4th grade escape room with your students to put the “FUN” in functions!
- Free Plan
Odd or Even Cut and Paste Worksheets
Review odd and even numbers with this set of two cut and paste worksheets.
- Plus Plan
Skip Counting Caterpillar Worksheet Pack
Use a Skip Counting Caterpillar Worksheet for your kindergarten and first grade students to practice and improve their skip counting skills!
- Plus Plan
Additive and Multiplicative Relationships Worksheets PDF
Analyze number patterns with this additive and multiplicative relationships worksheets PDF that encourages students to reason logically and defend their answers.
- Free Plan
Counting Mixed Coins Differentiated Worksheets
Download differentiated printable worksheets and use skip counting and addition skills to determine the value of each coin collection.
- Plus Plan
Skip Counting Worksheet Pack
Support early number learning with this skip‑counting worksheet pack, designed to help students recognize, continue, and create skip‑counting patterns using a range of visual representations.
- Plus Plan
Odd and Even Numbers Work Mat
Explore odd and even numbers with your students using this set of strategy mats.
- Free Plan
Odd and Even Properties Worksheet
Predict and confirm if the product of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing sums is odd or even.
- Free Plan
2nd Grade 'I Spy' Odd and Even Number Worksheet
Practice determining odd and even numbers of objects with this fun scavenger hunt worksheet.
- Free Plan
Odd and Even Number Sort
Sort even and odd numbers with this engaging task‑card activity that helps teachers confidently reinforce number concepts while keeping students motivated and on task.
- Plus Plan
Count the Dimes Worksheet
Use skip counting and addition skills to determine the number of dimes needed for a given amount.
- Plus Plan
One More, One Less Board Game
Practice identifying one more and one less up to 6 with this board game.
- Plus Plan
One More, One Less Worksheet
Practice foundational addition and subtraction facts using the concepts of one more and one less.
- Plus Plan
Identifying Number Patterns and their Rules - PowerPoint
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when introducing number patterns and rules.
- Plus Plan
Additive Patterns Practice Worksheets
Create additive patterns with this worksheet pack designed to help students confidently recognize, describe, and build increasing and decreasing sequences using numbers, shapes, and objects.
- Plus Plan
Additive Pattern Worksheet Pack
Support math instruction with additive pattern worksheets designed for teachers who want a low‑prep way to help students recognize, describe, and create additive patterns.
- Plus Plan
Finding Unknown Numbers Escape Room
Support engaging math lessons with this finding unknown numbers escape room.
- Plus Plan
Associative, Commutative, and Distributive Property Worksheet Pack
Build student understanding of properties of numbers with this worksheet pack.
- Plus Plan
Finding Unknown Values Interactive Task Cards
Strengthen student understanding of finding unknown values with this interactive task card resource.
- Plus Plan
Partitioning Numbers Worksheet Pack
Use this partitioning numbers worksheet pack to help students quantify sets up to 120 through equal grouping and skip‑counting strategies.
- Plus Plan
Repeating Patterns Task Cards
Practice recognizing, copying, and describing different repeating patterns using pony beads and our set of 30 Repeating Patterns Task Cards.
- Plus Plan
Place Value Slider Set
Break out this place value slider set for a hands-on way to demonstrate multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by powers of ten.
- Plus Plan
Divisible by 2 - Task Cards
Help your students practice determining if a number is divisible by 2 with this set of task cards.
- Free Plan
Divisible by 2 Maze Worksheets
Help students practice determining if a number is divisible by 2 with this fun set of maze worksheets.
- Free Plan
Race to 100 Odd and Even Game
Create a fun math station with this roll to 100 game where students show their knowledge of odd and even numbers up to 100.
- Plus Plan
3rd Grade Odd and Even Properties (The Case of the Missing Trophy Mystery)
Explore odd and even properties in multiplication sums with this fun and engaging mystery project.
- Plus Plan
2nd Grade Groups of Objects (Odd or Even Worksheets)
Practice determining if a group of objects (up to 20) is an odd or even number of members.
- Free Plan
2nd Grade Odds and Evens Animal Racing Game
Play this fun animal racing came to quickly practice odd and even number recall.
- Plus Plan
Skip Counting Worksheets (Fill in the Blanks)
Use this set of skip counting worksheets to check student understanding of skip counting in increasing intervals of 5, 10, and 100 up to 1,000.
- Plus Plan
Christmas Math Mats - Pattern Block Picture Cards
Print a set of Christmas pattern block picture cards to help children develop shape recognition and fine motor skills.
- Free Plan
Prime and Composite Number Sort
Identify prime and composite numbers by sorting 30 number cards into their proper category.
- Free Plan
Ada Lovelace - Cut and Paste Shapes and Patterns Activity
Explore shapes and patterns with the female programmer, Ada Lovelace, with this cut-and-paste activity for young students.
- Number Patterns Worksheets
- Number Patterns Games
- Number Patterns Posters
- Number Patterns Templates
- Number Patterns for Pre-K
- Number Patterns for Kindergarten
- Number Patterns for 1st Grade
- Number Patterns for 2nd Grade
- Number Patterns for 3rd Grade
- Number Patterns for 4th Grade
- Number Patterns for 5th Grade
- Number Patterns for 6th Grade