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Olympiad (Class 1) Patterns — practice questions

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Binni sees tiles laid in a repeating design on the footpath. Such a design is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →A row shows red, blue, red, blue, red. The next tile in the row is:Read the answer and worked solution →A row shows circle, square, circle, square, circle. The next shape is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Bholu chews a hole in a shawl. To mend it Binni must find a piece with the:Read the answer and worked solution →A pattern runs up, up, down, up, up, down. The shape that comes next is:Read the answer and worked solution →A row of arrows points left, right, left, right, left. The next arrow points:Read the answer and worked solution →A number pattern runs 2, 4, 6, 8. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →A number pattern runs 5, 10, 15, 20. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →A number pattern runs 3, 6, 9, 12. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →Titu the frog starts at 1 and jumps over two numbers each time. His first landing is:Read the answer and worked solution →Titu jumps onto every 10th stone starting from 10. His third stone is numbered:Read the answer and worked solution →A number pattern runs 10, 20, 30, 40. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →A pattern runs 1, 3, 5, 7. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →A pattern counts backwards 20, 18, 16, 14. The next number is:Read the answer and worked solution →From one leaf a child stamps five different designs. This shows that one shape can make:Read the answer and worked solution →Madhav plans a gate design and finds one shape will not fit the repeat. That shape:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron grills on a wall and grills on a window show the same shapes arranged:Read the answer and worked solution →A blank box sits in the middle of a picture pattern. To fill it a child must find the shape that:Read the answer and worked solution →A pattern runs square, square, circle, square, square, circle. The unit that repeats has how many shapes?Read the answer and worked solution →A pattern runs A, B, B, A, B, B. The next letter is:Read the answer and worked solution →Counting by twos from 0, the fifth number reached is:Read the answer and worked solution →Counting by tens from 0, the seventh number reached is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the even numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the places with patternsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the pattern gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the tensRead the answer and worked solution →Twos or fivesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the patternsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the answerRead the answer and worked solution →Patterns bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Binni sees tiles laid in a repeating design on the footpath. Such a design is called a:

  1. Pattern
  2. Problem
  3. Package
  4. Passage
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Correct answer: A. Pattern

1. The same design comes again and again. 2. A repeating design has a special name. 3. That name is a pattern. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class II, Chapter 5, Patterns._

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A row shows red, blue, red, blue, red. The next tile in the row is:

  1. White
  2. Blue
  3. Green
  4. Black
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Correct answer: B. Blue

1. The colours take turns, red then blue. 2. After a red tile a blue one follows. 3. So the next tile is blue. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class II, Chapter 5, Patterns._

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A row shows circle, square, circle, square, circle. The next shape is a:

  1. Square
  2. Triangle
  3. Pentagon
  4. Rectangle
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Correct answer: A. Square

1. Two shapes take turns in the row. 2. After a circle comes a square. 3. So the next shape is a square. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class II, Chapter 5, Patterns._

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