Position, direction and patterns – Year 2 maths worksheet answers to download as PDF

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1. Answer to Question 1

   1. Pattern 1: the unit is circle, circle, square. The missing shape is a circle, then comes a square.
   2. Pattern 2: the unit is triangle, square. The missing shape is a square.
   3. Pattern 3: the unit is circle, square, triangle. The missing shape is a square, then comes a triangle.

2. Answer to Question 2

   1. Add 3: 15, 18.
   2. Take away 5: 30, 25.
   3. Add 2: 10, 12.
   4. Add 10: 50, 60.
   5. Take away 3: 59, 56.

3. Answer to Question 3

   1. The letter S.
   2. T is in column B and row 2: B2.
   3. U is in column D and row 1: D1.
   4. Above T is row 3, and to the right is column C: the letter V (at C3).
   5. U is on the bottom row.

4. Answer to Question 4

   1. A1 → right 3: D1.
   2. A1 → up 2: A3.
   3. A1 → right 2 → up 1: C2.
   4. A1 → right 3 → up 2: D3.

5. Answer to Question 5

   1. North, then a quarter turn clockwise: east.
   2. North, then a half turn: south.
   3. North, then three-quarters clockwise: west.
   4. A whole turn brings you back to north.
   5. 2 quarter turns make a half turn.

6. Answer to Question 6

   1. The number of sticks goes up by 2 each time. The rule is add 2.
   2. 4 triangles: 7 + 2 = 9. 5 triangles: 9 + 2 = 11.
   3. 6 triangles: 13. 7 triangles: 15. 8 triangles: 17 sticks.

7. Answer to Question 7

   1. red, red, blue, yellow, red, red, blue, yellow.
   2. The 9th bead starts the next unit, so it is red.
   3. The unit has 4 beads. 20 ÷ 4 = 5 full units.
   4. The 20th bead is the end of the 5th unit, so it is yellow.

8. Answer to Question 8

   1. Ship A1, palm tree B2, rock C1, treasure D3.
   2. 3 squares right from A1 is D1. There is nothing on D1 on this map.
   3. 2 squares up from D1 is D3, which is the treasure.
   4. Move 3 squares right and 2 squares up.

9. Answer to Question 9

   1. 2 + 3 + 1 = 6 steps.
   2. A half turn is 2 quarter turns, so a quarter turn and a half turn make 3 quarter turns, which is three-quarters of a turn.
   3. There are 2 turns (a quarter turn and a half turn), and 1 of them is a half turn.
   4. A whole turn brings them back to the same direction.

10. Answer to Question 10

    1. The unit is blue, white, white, which has 3 tiles.
    2. 18 ÷ 3 = 6 units.
    3. Each unit has 1 blue tile, so there are 6 blue tiles.
    4. Tile 9 ends the 3rd unit. Tile 10 starts the 4th unit, so it is blue.

11. Answer to Question 11

    1. The rule is add 10p each week.
    2. Week 4: 40p. Week 5: 50p. Week 6: 60p.
    3. 60 − 10 = 50p more in week 6.
    4. Week 4 is 40p, which is not more than 45p. Week 5 is 50p, so it is week 5.

12. Answer to Question 12

    1. The seats go up by 2 each row. The rule is add 2.
    2. Row 4: 10. Row 5: 12. Row 6: 14 seats.
    3. 14 − 4 = 10 more seats.
    4. 2 places right of A: B, C. The seat is C.

13. Answer to Question 13

    1. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24.
    2. 8 numbers, because 8 × 3 = 24.
    3. 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0.
    4. 15 is in the 3s (3, 6, 9, 12, 15) and in the 5s (5, 10, 15), so the number is 15.

14. Answer to Question 14

    1. The walls are in B2 and C2.
    2. A1, then right 3: D1. Yes, it is safe, because D1 is not a wall.
    3. D1, then up 2: D3, which is the flag.
    4. Right 3, then up 2.
    5. Up 2 from A1 is A3. Then right 3 passes B3, C3, D3. There are no walls on row 3, so yes, it is possible.

15. Answer to Question 15

    1. Each bed has 3 more: add 3.
    2. Bed 4: 14. Bed 5: 17. Bed 6: 20.
    3. 5 + 8 + 11 + 14 + 17 + 20 = 13 + 11 + 14 + 17 + 20 = 24 + 14 + 17 + 20 = 38 + 17 + 20 = 75 flowers.
    4. She needs 75 and has 70. 70 is less than 75, so she does not have enough.
    5. 75 − 70 = 5 more flowers are needed.

16. Answer to Question 16

    1. The tower grows by 2 cubes each time: add 2.
    2. Tower 4: 8. Tower 5: 10.
    3. The towers next to tower 3 are tower 2 and tower 4.
    4. 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 30 cubes.
    5. Tower 10 has 10 × 2 = 20 cubes (the tower number times 2). 20 is not 21, so Ali is not right.

17. Answer to Question 17

    1. 10 + 6 + 4 = 20 steps.
    2. 20 + 4 = 24 steps.
    3. The right turn and the left turn are quarter turns, so there are 2 quarter turns.
    4. Yes. They walked 4 steps and then turned round and walked the same 4 steps back, so they are back at the place where they turned left.
    5. No. They are at the end of the 6-step part of the walk, which is 10 steps forward and 6 steps to the right of the gate, so they do not end up at the main gate.

18. Answer to Question 18

    1. 40 ÷ 5 = 8 pictures.
    2. The unit has 4 pictures. 8 ÷ 4 = 2 units.
    3. Each unit has 2 stars: 2 × 2 = 4 stars.
    4. Unit 2: star (5th), heart (6th), star (7th). The 7th picture is a star.
    5. 2 units of 4 pictures = 8 pictures, and 8 × 5 = 40 cm.

19. Answer to Question 19

    1. 3 + 4 = 7 stops.
    2. 2 + 1 = 3 stops.
    3. 7 − 3 = 4 stops forward of the school.
    4. The bus is ahead of the school, because it went forward 7 and back only 3.
    5. The library is 3 − 2 = 1 stop ahead of the school. The bus then goes 4 stops forward to the park, so there are 4 stops between the library and the park.

20. Answer to Question 20

    1. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23. The 8th number is 23 (add 3 each time).
    2. The unit has 3 shapes. 20 ÷ 3 = 6 remainder 2. After 6 full units the 2nd shape is a square. The 20th shape is a square.
    3. A1 → right 2 → C1 → up 3 → C4 → left 1 → B4 → down 2 → B2.
    4. Counting in 4s: 4, 8, 12, 16. 12 is right, but 15 is not in the 4 times table. 15 is wrong.