What comes next?

Strategy card

Shapes can change in more than one way at once.

Step 1: Look at just one feature (like turning) across the row.
Step 2: Then look at another (like color or count).
Step 3: Apply each change to the last picture.
Step 4: Find the answer that has every change.

Tip: Track features one by one; don't try to see everything at once.

Worked example

Which figure comes next in the pattern?

A: small red arrow pointing left
B: big red arrow pointing left (the answer)
C: big red arrow pointing up
D: red arrow pointing left
E: big red arrow pointing right

Why: The size goes small, medium, big, and starts again. The arrow turns a quarter turn clockwise each step. So next comes the big red arrow pointing left.

Your turn

Your turn 1 of 3

Which figure comes next in the pattern?

Your turn 2 of 3

Which figure comes next in the pattern?

Your turn 3 of 3

Which figure comes next in the pattern?

Keep practicing

Grown-ups: Ask your child to invent a pattern with two changes for you to solve. Parent guide

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