Number Patterns: A Comprehensive Guide for Preschoolers

Question 1

What comes next in the number pattern: 2, 4, 6, ...?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

10

Answer

12

Answer

14

Question 2

What number should go in the empty box? 2, 4, __, 8, 10

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

9

Question 3

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8. What number comes next?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

9

Answer

11

Answer

12

Question 4

What number comes next in the pattern? 2, 4, 6, ___, 10

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

5

Answer

11

Answer

12

Question 5

Two friends are playing with blue blocks. The blue blocks have a pattern of increasing by 2. The first blue block is number 2. What number is on the next blue block?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

3

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 6

What number comes next in the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, ___, 12?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

9

Answer

11

Answer

13

Question 7

What number comes after 10 in the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

11

Answer

13

Answer

14

Question 8

What number comes next in the pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, ?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

12

Answer

14

Question 9

Look at this number train: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. What kind of pattern is this?

Accepted Answer

Increasing Pattern

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Decreasing Pattern

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Mixed-Up Pattern

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Jumping Pattern

Question 10

Let's count by twos! What number comes after 8?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

9

Question 11

We're counting numbers that go up by 2. We have 2, 4, 6. What's the next number?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

5

Answer

10

Answer

3

Question 12

We have a number train with the numbers 2, 4, and 6. What number comes next?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

5

Answer

12

Question 13

We're counting by twos! What number comes next in this pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, ?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

9

Answer

12

Question 14

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, ___, 8, 10. What number comes next?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

9

Question 15

We're playing a number game! We're counting down by twos: 10, 8, 6. What number comes next?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

12

Question 16

We're counting by fives. What number comes next: 5, 10, 15, 20, ___, 30?

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

28

Answer

32

Answer

35

Question 17

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, 6, ___. What number should come next?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

5

Question 18

What number comes next in the pattern? 2, 4, 6, 8, ___, 12?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

9

Answer

11

Question 19

When we skip count by twos, what number comes after eight?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

6

Answer

9

Answer

12

Question 20

We have numbers 2 and 4 in this simple pattern. What number should come next?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

8

Answer

10

Question 21

Look at the pattern below. What number should come next? 5, 10, 15, 20, ___, 30

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

22

Answer

27

Answer

35

Question 22

What number comes next in this pattern: 10, 8, 6, 4, ___, 2?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

0

Answer

6

Question 23

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, 8, 16. What number should come next?

Accepted Answer

32

Answer

24

Answer

48

Question 24

We have a number pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ... What do we add to each number to get the next one?

Accepted Answer

Add 2

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Add 1

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Multiply by 2

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Subtract 2

Question 25

Which of these patterns shows skip counting by fives?

Accepted Answer

5, 10, 15, 20, 25

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2, 4, 6, 8, 10

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Question 26

Find the number that is different: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

6

Question 27

Let's skip count by 10s! If we start at 20 and count to 60, what numbers will we say? Is it 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, or 35, 45, 55, 65, 75?

Accepted Answer

20, 30, 40, 50, 60

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25, 35, 45, 55, 65

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30, 40, 50, 60, 70

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35, 45, 55, 65, 75

Question 28

What is the rule that makes this number pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, ...?

Accepted Answer

Add 2

Answer

Add 1

Answer

Subtract 1

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Subtract 2

Question 29

We're skip counting by fives. Which number comes after thirty?

Accepted Answer

Thirty-five

Answer

Thirty-one

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Forty

Answer

Twenty-five

Question 30

Which number is missing in the sequence: 2, 4, ___, 8, 10?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 31

Which pattern has only circles repeating?

Accepted Answer

Circle, circle, circle

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Circle, square, circle

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Triangle, triangle, triangle

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Square, square, square

Question 32

There are 4 birds sitting on a branch. 2 more birds come and join them. Then, 1 bird flies away. How many birds are left on the branch?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 33

Which number is missing from this pattern: 5, 10, ___, 20, 25?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

11

Answer

13

Answer

17

Question 34

Which number is greater: 6 or 8?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

6

Answer

Equal

Answer

Cannot be determined

Question 35

What is the missing number in the sequence: 10, 20, ___, 40, 50 ?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

25

Answer

35

Answer

45

Question 36

What is the name of the number that comes before 7?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 37

What number comes next in this pattern: 2, 4, 6, 8, __?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

7

Answer

12

Answer

9

Question 38

Which of these number patterns shows skip counting by fives?

Accepted Answer

5, 10, 15, 20

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2, 4, 6, 8

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3, 6, 9, 12

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1, 2, 3, 4

Question 39

What comes next in this number pattern: 10, 20, 30, __?

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

32

Answer

50

Answer

35

Question 40

Which number pattern shows skip counting by twos?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

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1, 3, 5, 7

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10, 20, 30, 40

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5, 10, 15, 20

Question 41

What number comes next in this number pattern: 5, 10, 15, __?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

18

Answer

25

Answer

16

Question 42

Which number pattern shows skip counting by tens?

Accepted Answer

10, 20, 30, 40

Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

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1, 3, 5, 7

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5, 10, 15, 20

Question 43

Which number pattern shows counting by ones?

Accepted Answer

1, 2, 3, 4

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5, 10, 15, 20

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2, 4, 6, 8

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10, 20, 30, 40

Question 44

What number comes next in this number pattern: 10, 15, 20, 25, __?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

28

Answer

35

Question 45

Which number pattern shows counting by twos?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 6, 8

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1, 2, 3, 4

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10, 20, 30, 40

Answer

5, 10, 15, 20