MathYear 3

Year 3 Numeracy – Skip Counting and Patterns 1

Interactive practice test with 20 questions on skip counting, counting back and number patterns, in the style of the Year 3 NAPLAN Numeracy test. 20 minutes.

1.

Count by 2s. What number comes next?

10, 12, 14, 16, ___
2.

Maya counts down by 2, starting from 21. What number does she say next?

21, 19, 17, 15, ___
3.

Count by 5s. Choose the missing numbers.

5, 10, 15, 1, 25, 2

Blank 1: 16 · 20 · 30

Blank 2: 26 · 30 · 35

4.

Count by 10s. Choose the missing numbers.

34, 44, 1, 64, 2

Blank 1: 45 · 54 · 55

Blank 2: 65 · 74 · 84

5.

Roy starts at a number and adds 3 each time. Which of these could be Roy's pattern?

6.

What is the rule for this pattern?

50, 45, 40, 35, 30
7.

Circle 1 word in the sentence below.

Lily is counting by 4s. Which number does not belong in her pattern?

4812141620

8.

Circle 4 words in the sentence below.

Which 4 numbers would you say if you count by 3s starting at 0?

35689101214

9.

Which number is halfway between 10 and 30?

10.

Sam puts 5 stickers on each page. He fills 6 pages. How many stickers did he use?

11.

A frog starts at 0 and jumps 3 steps each hop. Where is the frog after 4 hops?

12.

Count back by 10s. Choose the missing numbers.

92, 82, 1, 62, 2, 42

Blank 1: 72 · 73 · 81

Blank 2: 50 · 52 · 61

13.

What number is missing from this pattern?

7, 12, 17, ___, 27, 32
14.

Here is a pattern of shapes that repeats. What is the 10th shape?

circle, square, square, circle, square, square, …
15.

Which pattern has only even numbers?

16.

Each table has 4 legs. Choose the missing numbers.

1 table has 4 legs.

2 tables have 8 legs.

3 tables have 1 legs.

5 tables have 2 legs.

Blank 1: 10 · 12 · 16

Blank 2: 16 · 20 · 24

17.

Ari counts by 100s starting at 250. Which of these numbers will he say?

18.

Kia's pattern goes up by the same amount each time. What number came just before 41?

41, 45, 49, 53
19.

Zoe starts at 1 and counts by 2s: 1, 3, 5, 7, … Will Zoe say the number 20?

20.

This pattern grows by 1 more each time. Choose the next number.

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 1

Blank 1: 14 · 15 · 16