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Year 2 Maths — Patterns and tiling

Continue number and shape patterns, work out a later term in a pattern, and tell which shapes tile without leaving gaps.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.A pattern goes 100, 90, 80, 70, ... What number comes next?

  2. 2.A pattern of squares uses 1 square, then 4, then 9, then 16. How many squares does the fifth shape use?

  3. 3.Which of these shapes will tile a floor with no gaps at all?

    • a) A regular pentagon
    • b) A circle
    • c) A regular octagon
    • d) A regular hexagon

  4. 4.Match each shape to how many lines of symmetry it has.

    • Square
    • Equilateral triangle
    • Rectangle that is not a square
    • Isosceles triangle
    • Scalene triangle
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 4

  5. 5.Put these shapes in order by how many lines of symmetry they have, fewest first.

    • An equilateral triangle
    • A square
    • A rectangle that is not a square
    • An isosceles triangle
    • A scalene triangle

  6. 6.A pattern goes 3, 6, 9, 12, ... What number comes next?

  7. 7.A tiled border uses 4 tiles in the first row, 7 in the second and 10 in the third. How many tiles are in the fifth row?

  8. 8.Which capital letter has no line of symmetry at all?

    • a) T
    • b) H
    • c) F
    • d) A

Answer key — Year 2 Maths — Patterns and tiling

  1. 1. 60
  2. 2. 25
  3. 3. d) A regular hexagon
  4. 4. Square → 4; Equilateral triangle → 3; Rectangle that is not a square → 2; Isosceles triangle → 1; Scalene triangle → 0
  5. 5. 1. A scalene triangle 2. An isosceles triangle 3. A rectangle that is not a square 4. An equilateral triangle 5. A square
  6. 6. 15
  7. 7. 16
  8. 8. c) F