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As a child, you might have made different patterns using matchsticks. Just give it a try to extend
the patterns given below.

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Also, write the numbers of matchsticks used in sequence and check whether they form a number
pattern in each case.
What is a Pattern?

Patterns form the basis for understanding many aspects of life, not just maths. Recognising patterns
is a fundamental skill, relevant to all fields of learning. Patterns are basically the repetition of a
certain image or number following some rule. Just look at the given examples.
Example 1: Which set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps will complete the given letter
series?

— aabb — abba — b
(a) bab (b) aba (c) bba (d) baa

Solution: The correct answer is option (d) because it follows the pattern – baab.
Example 2: What do you think about the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, ...?
Solution: 1, 3, 5, 7, ... are numbers arranged in such a way that the difference between two
consecutive numbers is 2. This is an example of an increasing pattern. Also, they are odd numbers.
So, we can say that it is a pattern of odd numbers starting from 1.

Understanding Patterns

Pattern helps our mind to think and predict the next. We encounter patterns every day without
even realising them. Be it in beautiful rangolis, mandalas, strips of zebras, rhythmic beats of music,
or the designs on a butterfly’s wings; in the artwork of tessellations, snowflakes, stacked triangles
etc. patterns are available everywhere.

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