a specific pattern or sequence. The numbers in the number pattern are consecutive numbers. Number Pattern Example: 0,3,6,9,12,____ What is the next number? Answer: 15 Number Pattern Example: -2,-1,0,1,2,____ What is the next number? Answer: 3 Number Pattern Example: 1, -4, 9, -16, 25 What is the next number? Answer: -36 Number Pattern Finding the nth term of a number pattern: Nth term – it is the term or expression that can be used in finding any term of the sequence. Find the General Formula of the Number Pattern: 1.) 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 𝑎𝑛 = 2 𝑛 + 3 𝑛+1 2.) 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 𝑎𝑛 = 2