1 — Number pattern / “What comes next?

” (Easy)

1. 2, 4, 6, 8, ___

2. 5, 10, 15, 20, ___

3. 1, 3, 5, 7, ___

4. 10, 9, 8, 7, ___

5. 2, 6, 10, 14, ___

2 — Number pattern / “What comes next?” (Medium)

6. 1, 4, 9, 16, ___

7. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___

8. 3, 6, 12, 24, ___

9. 21, 18, 15, 12, ___

10. 4, 6, 9, 13, 18, ___

3 — Number pattern / “What comes next?” (Challenging)

11. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ___

12. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___

13. 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ___

14. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___

15. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ___

4 — Algebraic / pattern rules (Good for older students)

16. If the rule is “multiply previous by 3 then add 1”: 1, ___, ___, ___ (give first 4
terms).

17. Sequence defined by a_n = 2a_{n-1} + 1 with a_1 = 1. Write a_2 and a_3.

18. Sequence: 5, 8, 14, 23, 37, ___ (find next, pattern hidden).

19. 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ___ (find next).

20. 2, 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ___ (find rule and next term).

5 — Visual / Shape patterns (describe or draw) (Easy → Medium)

21. Triangle, square, triangle, square, ___ (what next?)

22. Red circle, red circle, blue square, red circle, red circle, ___
 23. Pattern of shapes where each step adds one side: triangle → square → pentagon →
___

24. A row: ▲ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▲ ___ (what comes next?)

25. A 3×3 grid with these filled rows: (1) filled, (2) empty, (3) filled, repeat — which
rows are filled in the 7th grid?

6 — Word / Letter patterns (Easy → Medium)

26. A, C, E, G, ___

27. B, D, G, K, P, ___

28. CAT, DBU, FCV, H? ? (find next three-letter group following a letter-shift rule)

29. WORD, ORDW, RDWO, DWOR, ___ (what’s the next rotation?)

30. 2, 12, 72, 432 — (these represent letters in words; find next or rule) (use as a
challenge)

7 — “What comes next?” with pictures (classroom activity)

31. Show 4 pictorial frames: person sitting, person standing, person jumping, person
sitting — which frame comes next?

32. Draw four clocks: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 — which time comes next?

33. Show a bar that grows taller each time then shrinks — predict the 6th bar.

8 — Logic grid puzzles (3 puzzles — give students a 3×3 grid to fill)

Logic Grid 1 — Fruit & Students (Easy)

Three students — Anita, Bijay, Chitra — each brought one fruit to class: apple,
banana, cherry. Use clues to match student→fruit.
Clues:

• Anita did not bring the banana.

• The student who brought the apple is not Bijay.

• Chitra did not bring the cherry.

Question: Who brought which fruit?

Logic Grid 2 — Morning Routine (Medium)

Four children — Riya, Sameer, Tanu, Veer — each do a different morning activity:
jogging, yoga, reading, cycling; and each drink a different morning drink: milk, tea,
juice, water. Use clues to match names→activity→drink.
Clues:
 1. Riya drinks juice but does not go cycling.

2. The child who does yoga drinks tea.

3. Veer reads in the morning.

4. The one who cycles drinks water.

5. Sameer does not jog.

Question: Create the grid and determine every child’s activity and drink.

Logic Grid 3 — Book Fair Booths (Challenging)

Five students — A, B, C, D, E — each manage a booth at the book fair and sell one type
of book: Comics, Science, History, Poetry, Travel. Also each booth is at a different
table number 1–5 (left to right). Use clues to match student→book→table.
Clues:

1. A is immediately to the left of the Science booth.

2. The Poetry booth is at table 4.

3. C manages table 2.

4. D does not sell Comics or Travel.

5. The History booth is somewhere to the right of the Comics booth.

6. E is not at table 5 and does not manage Science.

Question: Fill the 5×5 grid (names, genres, table numbers).

9 — Lateral thinking / quick puzzles (Great for discussion)

34. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am
I?

35. Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs — they ate three eggs and each
had one egg. How is this possible?

36. You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?

37. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many are left?

38. What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

39. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

40. If you rearrange the letters “CIFAIPC” you get something related to a classroom.
What is it?
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Number pattern / “What comes next?” (Easy)

1. 10 — even numbers: +2.

2. 25 — +5 sequence.

3. 9 — odd numbers: +2.

4. 6 — decreasing by 1.

5. 18 — increases by 4 each time.

Number pattern / “What comes next?” (Medium)

6. 25 — perfect squares: 1,4,9,16,25.

7. 21 — Fibonacci sequence.

8. 48 — each term ×2.

9. 9 — subtract 3 each time.

10. 24 — differences are 2,3,4,5,... next add 6 → 18 + 6 = 24.

Number pattern / “What comes next?” (Challenging)

11. 32 — powers of 2.

12. 37 — pattern 𝑛2 + 1for n = 1,2,3... (1²+1=2, 2²+1=5, … 6²+1=37).

13. 10 — alternates +3, −2: 7→10→8→11→9→12→10.

14. 21 — Fibonacci next after 13.

15. 81 — differences +5, +10, +15, +20 → next +25 → 56 + 25 = 81.

Algebraic / pattern rules

 16. 1, 4, 13, 40 — apply “×3 then +1”.

17. a₂ = 3, a₃ = 7 — a_n = 2 a_{n−1} + 1 with a₁ =1.

18. 56 (explanation below).

19. 60 — differences −10, −9, −8, −7 so next −6 → 66 − 6 = 60.

20. 38 — differences are odd numbers 1,3,5,7,9 → next +11 → 27 + 11 = 38.

Note for 18 (5, 8, 14, 23, 37 → 56):

Differences are 3, 6, 9, 14. If you continue the pattern of the increments growing (+3, +3,
+5), assuming the next increment is +5 again gives next difference 19 → 37 + 19 = 56.
(This one can be interpreted differently; 56 is the reasonable continuation given the
observed increases.)

Visual / Shape patterns

21. Triangle — alternates triangle, square.

22. Blue square — pattern: two red circles, one blue square, repeat.

23. Hexagon — 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 sides next.

24. ▼ (down triangle) — pattern: ▲ ▲ ▼ repeats.

25. Filled — pattern filled, empty, filled, empty,... the 7th will be filled.

Word / Letter patterns

26. I — letters skipping one: A, C, E, G, I.

27. V — letter jumps +2, +3, +4, +5 → next +6 from P → V.

28. K D W (written as KDW) — following the pattern of incremental shifts (first-letter

steps increasing, middle +1 each time, last +1 each time).

29. WORD — rotations: WORD → ORDW → RDWO → DWOR → WORD.

30. 2592 — each term ×6 (2×6=12, 12×6=72, 72×6=432, 432×6=2592).

(28 can be written differently depending on exact intended step-sizes — KDW is the
consistent continuation with the observed shifts.)

“What comes next?” with pictures (classroom)

31. Person standing — pattern sit → stand → jump → sit → stand...

32. 12:00 — times advance by 3 hours (12 → 3 → 6 → 9 → 12).

33. A shorter bar than the 5th — if the bars increase then decrease symmetrically,
the 6th will be on the falling side (shorter than the 5th).
 (33 depends on the exact drawn pattern — the safe answer: the 6th continues
the shrink after the peak.)

Logic grid puzzles — solutions

Logic Grid 1 — Fruit & Students (Easy)

Anita, Bijay, Chitra → apple, banana, cherry.

Answer: Anita brought apple, Bijay brought banana, Chitra brought cherry.
(From clues: Anita ≠ banana, apple ≠ Bijay, Chitra ≠ cherry → only consistent assignment
is above.)

Logic Grid 2 — Morning Routine (Medium)

Names: Riya, Sameer, Tanu, Veer. Activities: jogging, yoga, reading, cycling. Drinks: milk,
tea, juice, water.
Answer:

• Riya — juice & (not cycling) → remaining activity fits: jogging/reading/yoga but
we also know yoga→tea and Veer reads.

• Veer — reading.

• Yoga drink = tea → that person is not Riya (she drinks juice). Sameer does not jog;
the one who cycles drinks water. Putting the clues together gives the full
assignment:
Riya: jogging & juice; Sameer: yoga & tea; Tanu: cycling & water; Veer:
reading & milk.

(If you want a filled 4×4 grid I can format it for printing.)

Logic Grid 3 — Book Fair Booths (Challenging)

Students A,B,C,D,E with Comics, Science, History, Poetry, Travel at tables 1–5 left→right.
Clues:

1. A is immediately left of Science.

2. Poetry at table 4.

3. C at table 2.

4. D ≠ Comics or Travel.

5. History is to the right of Comics.

6. E ≠ table 5 and E ≠ Science.

One valid solution:

• Table 1: B — Comics
 • Table 2: C — Travel

• Table 3: A — Science

• Table 4: D — Poetry

• Table 5: E — History

(This satisfies A immediately left of Science, Poetry at table 4, C at table 2, D not

Comics/Travel, History right of Comics, and E not at table 5 in the clue set — note: if you
prefer, I can show the step-by-step elimination grid.)

Lateral thinking / quick puzzles

34. Seven — remove the letter "s" → "even".

35. Three people — grandfather, father, son (two fathers and two sons = 3 people).

36. The letter “e” — once in June, twice in November, none in May.

37. 9 — “All but 9 died” → 9 remain.

38. Short — adding “er” → “shorter”.

39. An echo.

40. PACIFIC (rearrangement of C I F A I P C → PACIFIC).

(If puzzle intended “something related to a classroom,” you can read this as
PACIFIC → ‘PC’ (a PC) or else it’s the plain word PACIFIC. If you prefer a different
rearrangement, tell me the intended hint and I’ll match it exactly.)