Patterns and sequences
Let’s Practise
1 Find the next three numbers in the sequence.
(a) 12 16 20 24
(b) 60 57 54 51 48
(c) 2 4 8
Here is a pattern,
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(a) What number will be inside the next red square? (b) What colour will the 30th shape in the pattern be? The rule for a sequence is: Start at 10 and then add 6 each time. (a) Write the first 5 numbers in this sequence. (b) Explain whether the number 55 will be in the sequence.
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4 Choose a starting number between 1 and 10. Find the next number in your sequence by doubling it. Keep doubling to continue the sequence. Keep going until you reach a number more than 10 000.
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