Scholastic
Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Magnifying Max
This site has the view through Max's magnifying glass. The ants seem to be walking past him in a pattern, can you help him predict how many ants are coming next? Teachers will like the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: People Patterns
This interactive website offers young students an opportunity to discover the pattern and predict who will come next. Feedback and guidance are given for each response. It also offers three increasingly difficult levels that are available.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Word Patterns Activities
This website helps students work with word patterns by having them create limericks and sentences. Students receive feedback and guidance as they work their way through the activities.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Uncover Patterns in Number Sequences
This Marilyn Burns lesson plan provides an activity and discourse to help lead intermediate students through the pattern identification process.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Fractals
Can you figure out what pattern comes next? Explore patterns and perimeter in this math challenge on fractals. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: 1 Step 2 Step, Fibonacci
See if you can find the patterns on the staircase. Mr. Fibonacci would be so proud to know you found the solution. You can check your solution right at this nifty one-page website.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Mathemagician's Seven Spells
See if you can find the pattern in the sequence of numbers that will break the Mathemagician's spell. The solution is available at this one page website. After you find your solution you can check it.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Frogs
Use this interactive game to improve your knowledge and understanding of patterns and algebra. Can you describe a rule to follow where you make the least moves? Just follow the instructions below it.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Magic Plant
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Train Carriages
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern creation skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: How Old?
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Month Mania
Sharpen your logic and pattern-creation skills while working on this challenge. A solution is available to check your results.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Doplication
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: It Must Be 2000
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Ice Cream
Sharpen your logic and pattern creation skills performing this fun game. Includes solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Sweets in a Box
Improve logic and pattern creation skills performing this game. Includes solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Why 8?
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Calendar Patterns
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this calendar challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: What's Missing?
Can you find the missing pattern in the "sona?" Explore missing patterns and growing patterns in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. Discover how archaeologist and anthropologist use these mathematical patterns to learn...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Table for 19 (Pdf)
The waiters at Polygon's Restaurant need your help. See if you can use your problem solving and patterning skills to help them solve this math challenge. Discover how developing these skills could be useful in real life situations, in...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Buzzy Bee Problem
See if you can find the pattern in Buzzy Bee's honeycomb. The solution is available right at this one page website.
Other
Math Stories: Finding a Pattern
At this one page site, you can work through step by step a sample problem that illustrates the problem-solving strategy for "identify a pattern." The answer is right there to help you check your thinking.