Level 3
Jim used grey and white squares to create the patterns.
Use the patterns that he has created to answer the following questions.
  1. How many squares will there be in Pattern 15?
  2. Which pattern will be made up of 176 squares?
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Level 3
Each of the figures is made up of 1-cm sticks.
The table shows the number of sticks used to make the figures and their perimeters.
  1. Find the number of sticks in Figure 12.
  2. What is the perimeter of Figure 177?
  3. Which figure requires a total number of 4007 sticks?
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Level 3
Each figure is made up of a number of identical sticks of 1-cm length.
  1. Find the perimeter of Figure 50.
  2. Find the number of sticks in Figure 100.
  3. Given that a figure has a perimeter, P, of 254 cm, find the number of squares in this figure.
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Level 3 PSLE
Zane uses toothpicks to form figures that follow a pattern. The first four figures are shown.
  1. The table shows the number of toothpicks used for each figure. Complete the table for Figure 5 and Figure 6. Give your answers in numbers. (Eg 1, 2)
  2. What is the difference in the number of toothpicks Zane would use for Figure 11 and Figure 13?
  3. How many toothpicks would he use for Figure 50?
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Level 3
A pattern is made by putting shaded squares of unit length around a white square of similar unit length. He then continues to make patterns as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
  1. Which figure uses 100 white squares?
  2. Find the number of shaded squares in Figure 30.
  3. Find the total number of squares in Figure 60.
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Level 3
Consider the following sequence:
  1. Find the sum of 2 + 6 + 10 + 14 + ... + 30.
  2. A given line of the sequence is as follows: 2 + 6 + 10 + 14 + ... + a = 648 = 2 x b2. Find the value of b.
  3. Calculate the sum of Line 40 if the pattern for the sum of the lines is as follows:- Line 1: 8 Line 2: 8 + 10 Line 3: 8 + 10 + 12
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Level 3 PSLE
Study the pattern.
  1. Find the total number of white and grey triangles in Figure 100.
  2. Find the percentage of grey triangles in Figure 100. (Give the answer in decimals.)
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Level 3
Study the image. Find the missing number.
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Level 3
A T-shaped block consists of 4 squares of 1 cm2 each and the perimeter is 10 cm. Study the pattern with 1 block arranged to form 2 blocks and 3 blocks respectively.
  1. Find the perimeter of the pattern that consists of 20 blocks.
  2. If a pattern has a perimeter of 106 cm, find the number of squares that makes up the pattern.
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Level 3
Each of the figure is made up of 2-cm sticks. The table shows the total length of sticks used for each figure and the perimeter of each figure.
  1. Complete the table for Figure 4 (i).
  2. Complete the table for Figure 4 (ii).
  3. Which figure number will have a perimeter of 2604 cm?
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