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Let's solve this "Patterns Cut & Paste" worksheet step by step.

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🎯 Objective:

Cut and paste the correct image from the bottom row to complete each pattern in the rows above. Each row has a repeating pattern, and you need to figure out what comes next.

We’ll analyze each row one at a time.

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🔹 Row 1:

Images:
🟩 Bear → Bee → Bear → Bee → [?]

Pattern: Bear, Bee, Bear, Bee → Alternating

So the next should be: Bear

✔ Answer: Bear

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🔹 Row 2:

Images:
🟩 Butterfly → Butterfly → Hat → Butterfly → [?]

Sequence:
Butterfly, Butterfly, Hat, Butterfly, ?

Let’s look at the pattern:
- Positions:
1: Butterfly
2: Butterfly
3: Hat
4: Butterfly
5: ?

This looks like a repeating group of 3:
[Butterfly, Butterfly, Hat] → Then repeats?

But wait:
Position 4 is Butterfly, which would be the first in the next group.

So:
- Group 1: But, But, Hat
- Group 2: But, ?, ?

Wait — that doesn’t fit.

Alternative idea: Maybe it's Butterfly, Butterfly, Hat, then Butterfly, so now we’re expecting the next in the cycle?

But after "Hat", the next is "Butterfly" again — so maybe it's not a 3-part repeat.

Wait — let’s list:

1. Butterfly
2. Butterfly
3. Hat
4. Butterfly
5. ?

Now:
After two butterflies, a hat, then another butterfly — perhaps the pattern is two butterflies, then a hat, but repeated?

That would mean:
- But, But, Hat → But, But, Hat → So after Butterfly, we expect Butterfly again?

But position 4 is already Butterfly, so position 5 should be Butterfly?

But that would make:
- But, But, Hat, But, But → Then Hat next?

Wait, but the sequence is:
- But (1), But (2), Hat (3), But (4), ?

If the pattern is But, But, Hat, then the next should be But again?

No — because after Hat, we have But — so it breaks the pattern.

Alternatively, could it be But, But, Hat, But, and then repeats?

That seems inconsistent.

Wait — perhaps it's a two-part pattern?

Try grouping:
- But, But → Hat, But → Hmm, not matching.

Another idea: Could it be Butterfly, Butterfly, Hat, and then Butterfly, so the next is Butterfly again?

But then we’d have:
- But, But, Hat, But, But → Then Hat?

But that would be a three-item cycle: But, But, Hat → repeat.

So:
- 1: But
- 2: But
- 3: Hat
- 4: But
- 5: But
- 6: Hat

Yes! That fits.

So the pattern is: Butterfly, Butterfly, Hat, repeating every three items.

So:
- Position 1: But
- 2: But
- 3: Hat
- 4: But (start of next cycle)
- 5: But
- 6: Hat

So the missing item (position 5) is Butterfly

✔ Answer: Butterfly

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🔹 Row 3:

Images:
🟩 Igloo → Basket → Igloo → Basket → [?]

Pattern: Igloo, Basket, Igloo, Basket → Alternating

So next should be: Igloo

✔ Answer: Igloo

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🔹 Row 4:

Images:
🟩 Jug → Jug → Pig → Jug → [?]

Sequence:
1. Jug
2. Jug
3. Pig
4. Jug
5. ?

Look for pattern:
- Jug, Jug, Pig, Jug, ?

Could it be a repeating group: Jug, Jug, Pig?

Then:
- 1: Jug
- 2: Jug
- 3: Pig
- 4: Jug → This is the start of next group
- 5: Jug
- 6: Pig

So if the pattern is Jug, Jug, Pig, then:
- After Pig comes Jug
- Then Jug, Pig, etc.

But here, after Pig is Jug, so yes — that matches.

So:
- 4: Jug → first in new group
- 5: Jug → second in group
- 6: Pig → third

So missing item is Jug

✔ Answer: Jug

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🔹 Row 5:

Images:
🟩 Ring → Robot → Ring → Robot → [?]

Pattern: Ring, Robot, Ring, Robot → Alternating

So next should be: Ring

✔ Answer: Ring

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✔ Final Answers:

| Row | Pattern | Missing Item |
|-----|--------|--------------|
| 1 | Bear, Bee, Bear, Bee → ? | Bear |
| 2 | But, But, Hat, But → ? | Butterfly |
| 3 | Igloo, Basket, Igloo, Basket → ? | Igloo |
| 4 | Jug, Jug, Pig, Jug → ? | Jug |
| 5 | Ring, Robot, Ring, Robot → ? | Ring |

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📌 Instructions for Student:

Cut out the images from the bottom row:
- Jug, Butterfly, Bear, Igloo, Ring

Then paste them into the blank boxes:

1. Bear → Row 1
2. Butterfly → Row 2
3. Igloo → Row 3
4. Jug → Row 4
5. Ring → Row 5

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✔ Summary:

You match each blank with the image that continues the pattern:
- Bear (alternating)
- Butterfly (repeat every 3: But, But, Hat)
- Igloo (alternating)
- Jug (group: Jug, Jug, Pig)
- Ring (alternating)

All patterns are based on repetition or alternation.

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