Matchstick problems are easy ways to create number sequences.
Look at this sequence of three matchstick patterns.
Count the number of matchsticks in each pattern to get the following results:
Pattern 1: 4 matchsticks
Pattern 2: 7 matchsticks
Pattern 3 10 matchsticks
Notice that the number of matchsticks increases by 3 each time.
This is because we are adding this shape each time:
We can therefore predict the following:
Pattern 4: 13 matchsticks
Pattern 5: 16 matchsticks
Pattern 6: 19 matchsticks
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