Spot the repeat
You thread rakhi beads. You do not look back at the whole strip. What do you remember?
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You remember only the piece that repeats. So you need not remember every bead.
Step 1 of 3
- A bead strip: circle, circle, diamond, again and again.
- The first three beads are the repeating piece.
- It repeats six times — eighteen beads in all.
A pattern is a small piece that repeats.
Name the piece once. A long strip becomes a short line: "three beads, six times."
A clap-clap-stomp dance is a pattern. A school timetable is a pattern too.