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Figure Series: Two Things Change

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Today's big idea

Read the shape AND the fill

Two things take turns — track both.

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How it works

👀 What's going on?

A traffic light changes in an order you can trust: it never surprises you, because two things — the colour and which lamp glows — take turns in a set way. Some picture series work just like that, with two things changing together.

💡 Here's the trick

Shape and fill take turns?

Look at the row above. Each figure has a shape and a fill (coloured-in or empty). Both take turns. To name the next figure you have to read both, not just one.

  1. 1.Read the shapes along the row: do they take turns?
  2. 2.Read the fills along the row: filled, empty, filled, empty?
  3. 3.Say the next shape and the next fill together as one figure.

✍️ Try it

Name the next figure in each row.
1. , , , , ?
2. , , , , , ?

Row 1 comes to , and Row 2 comes to . The shape takes turns and the fill takes turns, locked together.

⚠️ Watch out

You might read only the shape and forget the fill. If you pick ▲ but colour it wrong, the figure is still wrong. Both parts have to match.

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See it in action

⚡ Time to play!

Two things change — the shape AND the fill. Drag what comes next into the gap.

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Drag the next figure into the gap

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Quick check

✅ VERIFICATION

A series goes: , , , , ? Which comes next?

⚡ Finish the activity above first to answer.

Keep going!

Up next: Number Series

Same jump every time → add it on.

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