Completing Pattern Worksheet Download - Free Printable

Let’s go through each pattern one by one and figure out what comes next.

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Problem 1:

Pattern:
Lollipop → Sour Gummy Worms → Candy Cane → Chocolate Bar → Lollipop → Sour Gummy Worms → Candy Cane → Chocolate Bar → ?

This is a repeating cycle of 4 items:
1. Lollipop
2. Sour Gummy Worms
3. Candy Cane
4. Chocolate Bar

Then it starts over again.

After the second “Chocolate Bar”, the next item should be the first in the cycle — Lollipop.

But wait — look at the sequence given:

It shows:
Lollipop, Sour Gummy, Candy Cane, Chocolate, Lollipop, Sour Gummy, Candy Cane, Chocolate, ?

So after the 8th item (Chocolate), the 9th should be the start of the next cycle → Lollipop

Answer choice A is Lollipop.

✔ So answer for #1 is A

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Problem 2:

Pattern:
Strawberry → Apple → Cherries → Strawberry → Apple → Cherries → Strawberry → ? → Cherries

Let’s list them with positions:

1. Strawberry
2. Apple
3. Cherries
4. Strawberry
5. Apple
6. Cherries
7. Strawberry
8. ?
9. Cherries

We can see the pattern repeats every 3: [Strawberry, Apple, Cherries]

Position 7 = Strawberry → so position 8 should be Apple, then position 9 = Cherries (which matches).

So missing item is Apple

Answer choice B is Apple.

✔ So answer for #2 is B

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Problem 3:

Pattern:
Guitar → Guitar → Drum → Spoon → Guitar → Guitar → Drum → Spoon → ?

Cycle: [Guitar, Guitar, Drum, Spoon] — repeats every 4.

Positions:

1. Guitar
2. Guitar
3. Drum
4. Spoon
5. Guitar
6. Guitar
7. Drum
8. Spoon
9. ?

After position 8 (Spoon), we start the cycle again → position 9 = Guitar

Answer choice D is Guitar.

✔ So answer for #3 is D

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Problem 4:

Pattern:
Star → Star → Square → Star → Star → Square → Star → Star → ?

Cycle: [Star, Star, Square] — repeats every 3.

Positions:

1. Star
2. Star
3. Square
4. Star
5. Star
6. Square
7. Star
8. Star
9. ?

After two Stars, the next should be Square

Answer choice A is Green Square.

✔ So answer for #4 is A

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Problem 5:

Pattern:
Baseball → Baseball → Soccer → Soccer → Football → Football → Basketball → ? → Baseball

Let’s write the sequence:

1. Baseball
2. Baseball
3. Soccer
4. Soccer
5. Football
6. Football
7. Basketball
8. ?
9. Baseball

Looks like pairs:
(Baseball, Baseball), (Soccer, Soccer), (Football, Football), (Basketball, ?)

If the pattern is that each sport appears twice in a row, then after one Basketball, we need another Basketball to complete the pair.

Then position 9 is Baseball — which would start the next pair? But that breaks the pattern unless it's cycling back.

Wait — let’s check if it’s a cycle of 4 sports, each appearing twice:

Sports order: Baseball, Soccer, Football, Basketball — each twice.

So:

1-2: Baseball
3-4: Soccer
5-6: Football
7-8: Basketball ← so position 8 should be Basketball

Then position 9 is Baseball — which would be start of next cycle? That makes sense.

So missing item at position 8 is Basketball

Answer choice D is Basketball.

✔ So answer for #5 is D

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Final Answers:

1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D

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Final Answer:
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D