Patterns and Sorting Quiz

Kindergarten · Math · Quiz

Show what you know about repeating patterns and sorting objects into groups.

Questions

1. What comes next? Triangle, triangle, circle, triangle, triangle, ___

   1. Triangle
   2. Circle
   3. Square
   4. Rectangle
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   Answer: Circle

   The pattern is triangle, triangle, circle repeating. After triangle, triangle comes circle.

2. Which is an example of an AB pattern?

   1. Red, red, red
   2. Big, small, big, small
   3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
   4. Cat, dog, fish, cat
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   Answer: Big, small, big, small

   Big, small, big, small repeats two things (A=big, B=small), so it is an AB pattern.

3. You can sort blocks by size.

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   Answer: True

   You can sort blocks by size — grouping big blocks and small blocks separately.

4. A student sorts fruit: apples in one group and bananas in another group. What attribute did they sort by?

   1. Color
   2. Size
   3. Type of fruit
   4. How many
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   Answer: Type of fruit

   The student sorted by type of fruit — apples go together and bananas go together.

5. What is missing? Sun, moon, star, sun, moon, ___

   1. Sun
   2. Moon
   3. Star
   4. Cloud
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   Answer: Star

   The pattern sun, moon, star repeats. After moon comes star.

6. A pattern that repeats two things is called an ___ pattern.

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   Answer: ab

   An AB pattern repeats two different things, like A and B, over and over.

7. Clap, stomp, clap, stomp is a pattern.

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   Answer: True

   Clap, stomp, clap, stomp is an AB pattern made with sounds and actions.

8. Which group shows objects sorted by shape?

   1. All big objects
   2. All red objects
   3. All circles
   4. All soft objects
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   Answer: All circles

   All circles are grouped by shape — they are all the same shape.

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