Cow's Fill the Pattern – Missing Numbers in Patterns Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Complete the number patterns, forward and backward. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with missing numbers in patterns, with a friendly cow to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 2 activities worth 11 marks in total:

• Activity A: Finding missing numbers in a pattern.
• Activity B: Finding the rule of a pattern.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Completing skip counting patterns
• Finding missing numbers in a pattern
• Working out the rule
• Counting forward and backward

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the cow when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand, where learners find the missing number in a pattern by working out the rule. Answer key included.