SEQUENCES

Target: To find
the next number
in the sequence.
 What is a sequence?

A sequence is It can be a pattern

of :
a pattern.
• objects
• music
• letters
• or numbers
Here is a sequence of objects

What animal would come

next in this sequence?

Correct! It would be a
mouse.
 Here is a sequence of letters.
a a b c a a b c a a b c a

Correct!
It‘s the letter a.
What letter will
come next in
the sequence? Look carefully at
the letters.
Here is a sequence of numbers.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

What number is going

to come next in this
Correct it is sequence?
the number

18
Tip! To find the next number in a
number sequence:
•Look at all of the numbers in the
sequence
•Find the pattern
•Decide what number should come next

•Put your number into the sequence and

check that it looks correct
 Play

and finish these number

sequences.
 Look at the number
sequences and see if you
can work out the missing
number.
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17

It is the number 11.

Find the number!

 Find the number!

0 5 10 15
____ 20 25 30 35 40

Correct! It is the
number 15.
Correct! It is the number 11.

17 15 13 11
____ 9 7 5 3

Find the number!

 Find the number!

25 35 45 ___
55 65 75

Correct!
It is the number 55.
34 44 54 64 74
___ 84 94
Correct!
The missing number is 74.

Now race on to
the last number
sequence.

Find the number!

Solving this sequence is going
to be a bit trickier.

42 47 52
___ 57 62 67
___ 72 77
___ 82

The answers are: 52 67 and

77
You have to find all
three missing numbers!
INFINITE
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …)

FINITE ellipsis
(2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
 How do we find the
terms of the sequence
if the given is the
general term or the nth
term?
Find the first 5 terms of the sequence
given the nth term.
1. aₙ=n+1
2. aₙ = 3n
3. aₙ = 2n + 1
How do we find the
general form of the
nth term is the given
is the sequence?
What is the nth term for each sequence
below?

1.3, 5, 7, 9, 11
2.2, 4, 8, 16, 32
3.6, 11, 16, 21, 26