Shape and Number Patterns

First have them say in words what order repeats in each row, then fill in the blanks.

Exercise 1

Draw proper figures in the blanks.

  • Attention
  • Visuospatial perception
ABC
DE
FG
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  • Row 1 repeats ‘triangle – circle’. A circle, B circle, C triangle
  • Row 2 repeats ‘circle – triangle – square’. D triangle, E square
  • Row 3 repeats ‘cross – square – circle – triangle’. F triangle, G square
Exercise 2

Fill in the blank boxes with proper numbers.

  • Attention
  • Visuospatial perception
1234A678910
10203040B60708090100
5101520C3035404550
2468D1214161820
36912E1821242730
112131F5161718191101
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A 5, B 50, C 25, D 10, E 15, F 41. The rows go up by 1, by 10, by 5, by 2 and by 3, and the last row goes up by 10.

Exercise 3

Fill in the blank boxes with proper numbers.

  • Attention
  • Language
  • Problem solving
12312A123123
10203010B30102030C2030
2482DE248F48
5675G75675H7
26272826I28262728J2728
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The top row repeats 1, 2, 3, and each row below follows the number in the same column: ‘10, 20, 30’, ‘2, 4, 8’, ‘5, 6, 7’ and ‘26, 27, 28’. A 3, B 20, C 10, D 4, E 8, F 2, G 6, H 6, I 27, J 26. (In the original booklet, the last two cells of the top row were printed as ‘1’. We corrected them to ‘2, 3’ to match the numbers below.)