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Identifying Sequences Revised

The document discusses different types of numeric sequences that can be represented using geometric patterns. It provides examples of sequences that increase or decrease by a constant amount (linear/arithmetic sequences), sequences where each term is obtained by multiplying or dividing the previous term by a constant factor (geometric sequences), and the Fibonacci sequence where each term is the sum of the two previous terms. The document uses visual patterns to illustrate sequences such as square numbers, cube numbers, triangular numbers, and powers of ten.

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Identifying Sequences Revised

The document discusses different types of numeric sequences that can be represented using geometric patterns. It provides examples of sequences that increase or decrease by a constant amount (linear/arithmetic sequences), sequences where each term is obtained by multiplying or dividing the previous term by a constant factor (geometric sequences), and the Fibonacci sequence where each term is the sum of the two previous terms. The document uses visual patterns to illustrate sequences such as square numbers, cube numbers, triangular numbers, and powers of ten.

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SEQUENCES

FILL IN THE GAPS IN THESE


SEQUENCES

• 75, …..….., 63, 57, ………..,


• …….…., 4, 9, ……….., 19,
• 14, ……….., ………, 26,
• 18, …………, ……………, ……………, 62
• 24, …………., ……………, 9,
• 0.2, ………., …………, 4.1
Sequences from patterns

We can show many well-known sequences using geometrical patterns of counters.

Even Numbers

2 4 6 8 10

Odd Numbers

1 3 5 7 9

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Sequences from geometrical patterns

Square Numbers

1 4 9 16 25

Triangular Numbers

1 3 6 10 15

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Sequences with patterns

2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ...?

The numbers in this sequence can be written as:

1 × 2, 2 × 3, 3 × 4, 4 × 5, 5 × 6, ...

We can show this sequence using a sequence of rectangles:

1×2=2 2×3=6 3 × 4 = 12 4 × 5 = 20 5 × 6 = 30

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Powers of two
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,
…

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Powers of two

21 = 2 22 = 4 23 = 8 24 = 16 25 = 32 26 = 64

Each term in this sequence is double the term before it.

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Linear sequences (arithmetic)

We can describe sequences by finding a rule that tells us how the sequence
continues.
This is called a Term-to-Term rule

For example, look at the difference between each term in this sequence:

3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, ...

+4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
This sequence starts with 3 and increases by 4 each time.
Every term in this sequence is one less than a multiple of 4.

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Sequences that decrease in equal steps

Sequences that increase or decrease in equal steps are called linear or


arithmetic sequences.

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Sequences that increase by multiplying

Some sequences increase or decrease by multiplying or dividing each term by


a constant factor.

For example, look at this sequence:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, ...

×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2

This sequence starts with 1 and increases by multiplying the previous term
by 2.

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Sequences that decrease by dividing

Can you work out the next three terms in this sequence?

1024, 256, 64, 16, 4, 1, 0.25, 0.0625, ...

÷4 ÷4 ÷4 ÷4 ÷4 ÷4 ÷4

How did you work these out?

This sequence starts with 1024 and decreases by dividing by 4 each time.

1
We could also continue this sequence by multiplying by 4
each time.

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Sequences that are generated by multiplying the previous term by the
same number each time and called geometric sequences.

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Fibonacci-type sequences

Can you work out the next three terms in this sequence?

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, ...

1+1 1+2 2+3 3+5 5+8 8 + 13 13 + 21 21 + 34

This sequence starts with 1, 1 and each term is found by adding together the
two previous terms.

This sequence is called the Fibonacci sequence after the Italian


mathematician who first wrote about it.

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SQUARE
NUMBERS
1,4, 9, 16, …
CUBE NUMBERS
1,8, 27, 64, 125, …
TRIANGULAR
NUMBERS
1,3, 6, 10, 15, 21, …
POWERS OF TEN
10, 100, 1000,
10 000, …

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