Grade 1 Math · Patterns

Grade 1 Patterns Practice Test

Build pattern reasoning with five 10-question practice tests covering repeating patterns, number sequences, missing terms, and pattern rules.

Patterns Practice Tests

These Grade 1 math practice tests help students recognize, extend, and describe repeating and growing patterns. Questions use shapes, colors, actions, number sequences, missing terms, and simple real-world situations. Each mini test contains 10 multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations.

Skills covered

  • Recognizing repeating patterns such as A-B and A-A-B
  • Extending visual, object, and action patterns
  • Finding missing numbers in number sequences
  • Identifying addition and subtraction pattern rules
  • Using patterns in simple word problems

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Say the pattern aloud, identify what repeats or changes, and then predict the next item. Open the solution after answering, then explain the rule in your own words.

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Grade 1 Patterns Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 1 practice test on repeating patterns, number patterns, missing terms, and pattern rules.

Choose one answer for each question. Open the solution after answering to see the correct answer and explanation.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? clap, clap, stomp, clap, clap, stomp, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is clap.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The pattern repeats two claps and one stomp.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is clap.

The pattern repeats two claps and one stomp.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? circle, triangle, square, circle, triangle, square, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is circle.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The three-shape pattern repeats circle, triangle, square.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is circle.

The three-shape pattern repeats circle, triangle, square.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which pattern has an A-B-A-B rule?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is red, blue, red, blue.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: An A-B-A-B pattern alternates two items.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is red, blue, red, blue.

An A-B-A-B pattern alternates two items.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which pattern has an A-A-B rule?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is star, star, heart.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: An A-A-B pattern has two of one item followed by another item.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is star, star, heart.

An A-A-B pattern has two of one item followed by another item.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? 2, 4, 6, 8, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 10.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The even-number pattern adds 2.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is 10.

The even-number pattern adds 2.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? 1, 4, 7, 10, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 13.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The pattern adds 3 each time.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is 13.

The pattern adds 3 each time.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which pattern is decreasing?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 20, 15, 10, 5.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The numbers get smaller by 5 each time.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is 20, 15, 10, 5.

The numbers get smaller by 5 each time.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? 100, 90, 80, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 70.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The pattern subtracts 10 each time.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is 70.

The pattern subtracts 10 each time.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which pattern repeats three items?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is red, blue, green, red, blue, green.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The repeating unit has three items: red, blue, green.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is red, blue, green, red, blue, green.

The repeating unit has three items: red, blue, green.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What comes next? 6, 9, 12, 15, __

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 18.

  1. Look for what repeats or changes: Compare each item or number with the next one.
  2. Find the rule: The pattern adds 3 each time.
  3. Continue or check the pattern: The correct choice is 18.

The pattern adds 3 each time.

Frequently asked questions about Grade 1 patterns

What is a pattern?

A pattern is a sequence that follows a rule. The rule may repeat objects or change numbers by the same amount each time.

How many questions are in each practice test?

Each mini test contains 10 multiple-choice questions. The complete page includes five mini tests and 50 questions in total.

How can students find the next item in a pattern?

Compare neighboring items, identify what repeats or how the numbers change, and use that rule to predict the next item.