Thursday 26 September 2013

Patterns: Day Four

Observe this series of number: 

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49


Do you see a pattern or a sequence? If you don't, it's okay. And this is what I learnt today. It takes time  and practice for my eye to catch the patterns. I have to look at it carefully and think, what is it that makes the numbers get bigger. Once you get the pattern, you will find yourself extending the pattern or looking for other different patterns to work with. 


The number nine is  interesting to work with in terms of  patterns. 

Let's take a look at some patterns...


Pattern #1

21 - 12 = 9   (9 x 1)

31 - 13 = 18  (9 x 2) The number 2 came about by subtracting 1 from 3

41- 14 = 27   (9 x 3)  Following  pattern, number 3 came about by subtracting 1 from 4

Therefore 91-19 = (9 x 8) = 72


Pattern #2

A website which explores more on the patterns with number nine: http://www.blackdouglas.com.au/taskcentre/lansdel1.htm


After analyzing patterns involving the number nine, naturally i wanted to look for other kinds of patterns using other digits. Below attached is a video that i found online involving the number 6 and 4, using  5 point star method.



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