Grade 5 Term 2 Mathematics Investigation: Numeric Patterns

Mathematics Investigation: Exploring Number Patterns (Grade 5 – Term 2)

This CAPS-aligned Mathematics Investigation has been carefully designed to support the Term 2 content focus on Numeric Patterns, as outlined in the 2025 Annual Teaching Plan (ATP) for Grade 5. It serves as an introductory, discovery-based activity that allows learners to explore, describe, and reflect on number patterns using their own reasoning and language — as recommended by the curriculum.

The investigation focuses specifically on the following key content areas:

• Investigating and extending number patterns (including patterns not limited to constant difference or ratio),

• Describing observed relationships or rules in learners’ own words,

• Creating and working with learner-generated patterns.

Through guided pattern analysis and reflective questioning, learners are encouraged to:

• Identify how a pattern changes (whether it increases by the same amount or grows in a different way),

• Extend number sequences by following a discovered rule,

• Express the pattern rule in words, number sentences, or tables,

• Reflect critically on how patterns work and how they discovered the rules.