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: 2 red arrows pointing down
- B: 2 red arrows pointing down-left (the answer)
- C: red arrow pointing down-left
- D: 2 red arrows pointing up-right
- E: 4 red arrows pointing down-left
Why: The arrow turns an eighth of a turn clockwise each step. One more shape each step (then it starts again at one). So next comes the 2 red arrows pointing down-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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