Make the Rule: Coach Nora's Sports Day
It’s Sports Day, and Coach Nora has hidden a rule inside every pattern! Your job is to find each rule, like “add 5” or “times 2”, and then use it to see where the pattern goes next.
Remember: To find the rule, look at the jump from each number to the next. Same jump every time: it’s add (or take away) that number. Jumps that get bigger and bigger: try times.
Magic trick: Say your rule out loud, then test it on every number: 3, 8, 13, 18 → “add 5”: 3 + 5 = 8 ✓, 8 + 5 = 13 ✓, 13 + 5 = 18 ✓.
Seek and Find
Look carefully at the picture of Coach Nora’s Sports Day and find:
- 🔶 Find the line of cones. Orange, blue, orange, blue… The rule is take turns: orange, then blue.
- ⚽ Find the ball racks. They hold 2, 4 and 6 balls. The rule is add 2, so the next rack would hold 8 balls.
- ⭕ Find the hula hoops. Count them: 5 hoops.
- 🐱 Millie and her kitten Biscuit are hiding in every picture. Can you spot them?