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Number Patterns
Grade 2 - Math - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1
1Fill in the missing number: 23, 25, ____, 29
2What is the rule for this pattern? 30, 40, 50, 60
3Use the number line pattern. What label is missing?
4A growing pattern has 5, 10, and 15 blocks. How many blocks come next?
5Count backward by 5. What number comes next? 49, 44, 39, ____
6Fill in the missing number: 12, 17, ____, 27
7What is the rule for this pattern? 22, 32, 42, 52
8Use the number line pattern. What label is missing?
9A growing pattern has 2, 4, and 6 blocks. How many blocks come next?
10Count backward by 5. What number comes next? 30, 25, 20, ____
About this worksheet
Number patterns help second graders move from counting by ones to seeing regular changes. This is the bridge to efficient addition, subtraction, and later multiplication. Many children can chant skip-counts but lose the pattern when the sequence starts at an unfamiliar number or crosses a tens boundary. This worksheet rotates through missing numbers, rule finding, number-line jumps, growing visual patterns, and backwards patterns. The goal is not only to name the next number, but to notice what stays the same about the change. Encourage your child to say the rule aloud before answering. If the rule is add five, every step should add five, even when the numbers cross from the thirties into the forties. Listen for a clear rule, not just a guessed next number.
What your child will learn
Find missing numbers in skip-counting sequences
Identify the rule a pattern follows
Use number-line jumps to track equal steps
Extend growing and shrinking number patterns
Worked example
In 24, 29, 34, __, the numbers increase by five each time. Add five to 34 to get 39.
Common mistake
Restarting skip-counting at zero instead of adding the same step to the number shown.
Helpful hint
Find how much changes from one number to the next.
Worksheet 1