🔍 What are Patterns?

A pattern is a repeated arrangement of numbers, shapes, or objects that follows a specific rule. Patterns make maths interesting, help us predict what comes next, and are found everywhere—in numbers, nature, art, and daily life.

🔢 Number Patterns

Number patterns follow a rule. Some common types:

• Adding: 2, 4, 6, 8... (Add 2 each time)
• Subtracting: 100, 90, 80... (Subtract 10 each time)
• Multiplying: 3, 6, 12, 24... (Multiply by 2 each time)
• Odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
• Even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

🔺 Patterns in Shapes

Shapes can be repeated, rotated, or resized to form patterns.

• 🔴🟢🔴🟢 – Repeating shapes
• 🔻 ➡️ 🔄 ➡️ 🔺 – Rotation pattern
• ⬛ ⬜ 🟥 – Growing size pattern

🌿 Patterns in Nature and Daily Life

Patterns are everywhere around us! Some examples:

• 🌸 Petals of flowers
• 🐚 Shell spirals
• 🏠 Tiles on the floor
• 🎵 Rhythms in music
• 🧵 Rangoli and mehndi designs

🧠 Completing and Continuing Patterns

You may be given a few terms and asked to find the next one. For example:

Example: 5, 10, 15, ___, ___

Rule: Add 5

Next terms: 20, 25

🎯 Why Patterns are Important in Maths

• Build logical thinking
• Understand maths concepts faster
• Learn multiplication, algebra, geometry easily
• Useful in problem-solving and real life

📚 Practice Tasks in Ganit Prakash

• Make your own number and shape patterns
• Color patterns in floor tiles and rangolis
• Find patterns in walls, clothes, classroom

🌟 Summary

Patterns are fun and form the foundation of many maths topics. Once you learn to recognize patterns, you’ll find maths is not only easier—but more enjoyable!

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