PATTERNS AND

ALGEBRA
What is Pattern?
–Pattern is an arrangement of
lines or shapes, especially a
design in which the same shape
is repeated at regular intervals
over a surface.
TWO TYPES OF PATTERN

•REPEATING PATTERN
•CONTINUOUS PATTERN
Repeating Pattern
– is a pattern that repeats themselves over and
over again according to a certain rule.

Primary parts of Repeating Pattern

•Terms– the items or elements which create a
pattern.
• Core– the elements of repeating pattern, which
remain the same as well as repeat themselves.
Example:

_____

Terms –

Core –
Continuous Pattern
–It is a pattern where something is
added in the turns.
Primary Parts of Continuous Pattern
•Terms– each part of the continuous
pattern.
•Rule– the fixed order in which a
continuous pattern increase.
Example:

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,___,___

Terms: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

Rule: +2
Sequence
– Is an arrangement of any objects or a
set of numbers in a particular order
followed by some rule.

Parts of Sequence
•Terms– are the numbers that form a
sequence
•Rule – Is the specific order that a sequence
follows.
Example:
Jane arranges stamps in her album. She
arranges 4 stamps in the first page, 7
stamps in the second page, 10 stamps in
the third page, and so on. If her album has
10 pages how many stamps are there on
the last page?
Page 1 2 3 ... 10
Number

Number of 4 7 10 ... n
Stamps
Page 1 2 3 ... 10
Number

Number of 4 7 10 ... n
Stamps

Rule +3 +3 +3
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Numb
er

Numb 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31
er of
Stamp
s

Rule +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3
Let us find the 100th term in the sequence 4, 7,
10... we may use a table to determine the
pattern and formulate a rule.
Term Value Difference Formula

1 4 (1×3) +1

2 7 (2×3) +1

3 10 3 (3×3) +1

... ... ...

100 N (100×3) +1
Formula:
An=A1+d(n-1)

An– is the nth term

A1– is the first term
d– is the common difference
n– is the term position