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!
What letter will come
It‘s the letter a.
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
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!

55 65 75
25 35 45 ___

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.

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

The answers are: 52 67 and

77