WombatMaths
All Year 4 topics

Number · Patterns

Number patterns and sequences

Continue counting patterns, including decimals and skip counting.

Victorian Curriculum VC2M4A01 · 52 questions · 52 step-by-step

How we teach it

This is what sits under the answer sheets in the app — the same cards, clips and lessons your child sees after a question.

More lessons for this topic are on the way.

One question, as your child sees it

And the answer sheet that follows a second wrong try: what we know, what we need, the steps, a check, the answer.

What is the missing number?
6, 10, 14, 18, ☐

Your child types the answer on a number pad.

First hint: How much is added each time?

The answer sheet

We know
Four numbers in order, and the fifth one missing: 6, 10, 14, 18.
We need
The 5th number.
+4+4+4+461st102nd143rd184th?5th

take the first two on their own: 10 − 6 = 4.

try a second pair, because one pair can agree by luck: 14 − 10 = 4. And 18 − 14 = 4.

The rule

Every jump is the same, so the rule is ADD 4.

one more jump from the last number: 18 + 4 = 22.

Check

22 − 18 = 4, the same jump as everywhere else. ✓

Answer

22

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