Paper 2 · Mathematics · Class 6

Patterns in Mathematics

75 questions · 4 Chapter Tests

About this chapter

Patterns in Mathematics is the very first chapter of Class 6 Ganita Prakash. It frames mathematics itself as the search for patterns and the explanation of why those patterns exist. The chapter builds six core ideas: what mathematics is and where patterns appear in daily life; basic number sequences (counting, odd, even, square, triangular, cube, Virahānka, powers of 2 and 3); how to visualise these sequences using dots, square grids and 3-D cubes; surprising relations between sequences (the sum of odd numbers starting from 1 gives the squares, hexagonal sums give cubes); shape sequences such as regular polygons, complete graphs, stacked squares and the Koch snowflake; and how shape sequences map back to number sequences. CTET Paper 2 Mathematics tests this chapter through recognising the next term, naming a sequence, and explaining a sum-pattern with a picture. The four tests below — Practice 15, Quiz 15, Hard 15, Mastery 30 — cover these ideas at the right depth and pace.

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