Number Patterns and

2.1 Sequences
E1 State the pattern of the number sequence below.
(a) 1,6,11,16,21,…. (b) 2,6,18,54,162,….

E2 Complete the number sequence below if its pattern

is "add 7 to the preceding number".
3,____, 17, _____, _____, 38.

2.1 Constructive Practice

1 State the pattern of each of the number sequence
below.
(a) 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, …..
(b) 162, 154, 146, 138, 130, ….
(c) 1 250, 250, 50, 10, ….
(d) 6, 15, 24, 33,
42, ….
(e) 3, 11, 19, 27,
35, ….
(f) 72, 63, 54, 45,
36, ….
(g) 1 024, 512, 256, 128, ….
(h) 3, 21, 147, 1
029, ….

2 Complete each of the number sequence below.

(a) 2, 6, 10, 14, _____, _____.
(b) 60, 54, _____, _____, 36, 30.
(c) 4, 16, _____, 256, 1 024,
_____.
(d) 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, _____, _____.

3 Construct a number sequence consisting 5 numbers

based on the pattern given.
(a) "add 5 to the preceding number" starting
from 6.
(b) "multiply the preceding number by 4" starting
from 2.
(c) "subtract 7 from the preceding number" starting
from 100.
(d) "divide the preceding number by 2" starting
from 448.