Describing patterns and sequences

There are 125 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Describing patterns and sequences
Holes
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Holes

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?
Baravelle
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Baravelle

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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What can you see? What do you notice? What questions can you ask?
Elevenses
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Elevenses

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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How many pairs of numbers can you find that add up to a multiple of 11? Do you notice anything interesting about your results?
Birds in the Garden
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Birds in the Garden

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?
Repeating Patterns
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Repeating Patterns

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?
Mobile Numbers
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Mobile Numbers

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a sequence adding 2 each time?
Expanding Zeros
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Expanding Zeros

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Weekly Problem 22 - 2008
The following sequence continues indefinitely... Which of these integers is a multiple of 81?
Caterpillars
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Caterpillars

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
Investigating Pascal's Triangle
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Investigating Pascal's Triangle

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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In this investigation, we look at Pascal's Triangle in a slightly different way - rotated and with the top line of ones taken off.
Street Sequences
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Street Sequences

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.