Grade 3 Math Worksheet: 20 Objective & 10 Subjective Questions on Number and Shape Patterns

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Instructions

Read each question carefully. For Part A, circle the correct answer or write your answer in the blank space. For Part B, write your full answer on the lines provided.

Part A: Multiple Choice & Fill-in-the-Blanks

  1. Complete the pattern: 4, 8, 12, ___, 20

    2. Answer: ____________________

  2. Complete the pattern: 50, 45, 40, ___, 30

    3. Answer: ____________________

  3. What comes next in the pattern? 3, 5, 7, 9, ___

    4. Answer: ____________________

  4. Complete the pattern: 11, 22, 33, ___, 55

    5. Answer: ____________________

  5. Start at 25. Count on by 10 two times. What number are you on?

    a) 35     b) 45     c) 55

  6. Start at 80. Count back by 5 three times. What number are you on?

    a) 75     b) 70     c) 65

  7. What is the rule for this pattern? 5, 10, 15, 20

    a) Add 10     b) Add 5     c) Subtract 5

  8. Complete the number pattern: 100, 90, 80, ___, 60

    9. Answer: ____________________

  9. What number comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ___

    (Hint: The number doubles each time!)

    Answer: ____________________

  10. Start at 42. Count back by 2. What number are you on?

    11. Answer: ____________________

  11. Look at the shape pattern: Circle, Square, Triangle, Circle, Square, ___

    a) Circle     b) Square     c) Triangle

  12. Complete the letter pattern: A, B, B, C, A, B, B, ___

    13. Answer: ____________________

  13. What shape comes next? Star, Star, Heart, Star, Star, ___

    a) Star     b) Heart     c) Circle

  14. What word comes next in this pattern? Up, Down, Up, Down, ___

    15. Answer: ____________________

  15. Look at the color pattern: Red, Blue, Yellow, Red, Blue, ___

    a) Red     b) Blue     c) Yellow

  16. Complete the size pattern: Small, Medium, Large, Small, Medium, ___

    17. Answer: ____________________

  17. What is the missing shape? Triangle, Triangle, ___, Triangle, Triangle, Square

    a) Triangle     b) Square     c) Circle

  18. Complete this mixed pattern: 1A, 2B, 3C, ___

    19. Answer: ____________________

  19. Start at the number 60. Count back by 10 four times. What number are you on?

    20. Answer: ____________________

  20. Look at the pattern: Happy Face, Sad Face, Happy Face, ___

    a) Happy Face     b) Sad Face     c) Winking Face

Part B: Short Answers

  1. What is the rule for this number pattern? 99, 88, 77, 66.

    2. Answer: __________________________________________________

  2. Create your own number pattern that starts with the number 6 and adds 4 each time. Write the first 5 numbers.

    3. Answer: __________________________________________________

  3. Amina starts at 100 and counts back by 10. What are the next 4 numbers she will say?

    4. Answer: __________________________________________________

  4. Look at this pattern: 2, 5, 8, 11. Is the number 20 part of this pattern? Explain why or why not.

    5. Answer: __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________

  5. The rule for a pattern is "start at 3 and multiply by 2 each time". What is the fourth number in this pattern?

    6. Answer: __________________________________________________

  6. Describe this pattern using words: Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Circle, Circle.

    7. Answer: __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________

  7. Create a pattern using the words 'Sun' and 'Moon'. The pattern should repeat every 3 items. Write the first 6 items in your pattern.

    8. Answer: __________________________________________________

  8. Look at the pattern: Big, Big, Small, Big, Big, Small. What will the 7th item be? Explain how you know.

    9. Answer: __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________

  9. A pattern of letters goes A, Z, B, Y, C, X... What is the rule?

    10. Answer: __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________

  10. Create a pattern that uses both numbers and directions (Up, Down, Left, Right). Write the first 4 items and state the rule.

    11. Rule: __________________________________________________

    Pattern: __________________________________________________



Answer Key

Part A

  1. 16
  2. 35
  3. 11
  4. 44
  5. b) 45
  6. c) 65
  7. b) Add 5
  8. 70
  9. 16
  10. 40
  11. c) Triangle
  12. C
  13. b) Heart
  14. Up
  15. c) Yellow
  16. Large
  17. b) Square
  18. 4D
  19. 20
  20. b) Sad Face

Part B

  1. The rule is to subtract 11 each time.
  2. 6, 10, 14, 18, 22
  3. 90, 80, 70, 60
  4. Yes. The rule is add 3. The numbers in the pattern are 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20.
  5. 24 (The pattern is 3, 6, 12, 24)
  6. The pattern is one Square followed by two Circles, which then repeats.
  7. (Answers will vary) Example: Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun, Sun, Moon. OR Sun, Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon, Moon.
  8. Big. The pattern is Big, Big, Small. The 7th item will be the first item in the next repetition, which is 'Big'.
  9. The pattern uses two alphabets. The first letter moves forward from A (A, B, C...). The second letter moves backward from Z (Z, Y, X...).
  10. (Answers will vary) Example:
    Rule: The number increases by one, and the direction rotates from Up, to Right, to Down, to Left.
    Pattern: 1-Up, 2-Right, 3-Down, 4-Left
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