patterns repeat Checker board, brick walls, and days of the week Numbers have PATTERNS that continue too! Patterns repeat, like a heartbeat. Patterns go on, and on, and on Seven days before his mother’s birthday, Clark planned to give her gifts. On the first day, he sent one gift. On the second day, he sent three gifts. On the third day, he sent five gifts, and so on. How many gifts did Clark send his mother on the seventh day? A sequence is a list of numbers or objects in a defined or logical order. Patterns are repetitive sequences and can be found in nature, shapes, events, sets of numbers, and almost everywhere.