Number Pattern
Fill in the missing number
Play online — no app to installFree printable worksheets
Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Download the worksheets (PDF)
Download and print straight away — no sign-up, no email. Each file holds four worksheets and the answer sheets.
These files are prepared in advance, so they always hold the same puzzles. For a fresh set every time, use “Print puzzles” on the site itself.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — 1 to 10 · counting up by 1s or 2s
- 2. Gentle — 1 to 20 · counting up a little at a time
- 3. Easy — Skip counting by 2s, 3s, 5s or 10s
- 4. Normal — Counting up or down
- 5. Hard — Counting up or down with bigger numbers
Scoring
| Level | The row gets longer and the numbers get bigger — Level 1: by 1s or 2s · Level 2: by 1s to 3s · Level 3: by 2, 3, 5 or 10 · Level 4: counting up or down · Level 5: bigger numbers, up or down |
|---|---|
| How to play | Find the pattern as the numbers steadily go up or down, then type the missing number on the number pad |
| How to answer | No confirm button — the moment you tap an answer, it is scored |
| Correct answers | Up to 600 · in proportion to correct answers |
| Time bonus | Up to 300 · only if you finish, in proportion to time left |
| Streak bonus | Up to 100 · 3 in a row 25 / 4 in a row 50 / 5 in a row 75 / 6 or more 100 |
| Wrong-answer penalty | None — a wrong answer just shows the right one and moves on |
| Level bonus | Normal +100, Hard +250 (when you finish) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 · Normal: 1,100 · Hard: 1,250 |
| Keyboard | On a PC, type with the number keys and erase with Backspace. Answers are checked automatically |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.