LESSON II

NUMBERS AND PATTERNS

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

 describe patterns in a sequence,

 examine the nature and relationship of numbers in
a sequence,
 determine the nth term of a number sequence,
 generate a pattern to form a number sequence.
A sequence is a list of finite or infinite numbers in
a special order which form a pattern. Take for
example the Fibonacci sequence, it is considered
as an infinite sequence. Infinite sequence follows
a specific mathematical pattern with no end. A
finite sequence has a definite number of terms in a
specific order/pattern. Number patterns are
generally a pattern that establishes a rule and a
common relationship between all numbers.
Describe the pattern of each sequence.

1) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, …

_____________________________
2) 13, 26, 39, 52, 65, …
_____________________________
3) 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, …
_____________________________
4) 37, 33, 29, 25, 21, …
_____________________________
5) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, …
_____________________________
Example 1:

Generating the next term in a Examples

pattern, the number to be
added is

Repeating 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, …

Increasing 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, …

Decreasing 80, 70, 61, 53, 46, …

Example 2:

Pattern Rule Proof

Add 1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1+1= 2+1=3+1=4+1=5
Subtract 15
70, 55, 40, 25, 10 70-15=55-15=40-
15=25-15=10
 EXERCISE 1

Write the next number in the sequence. Then, write

what the pattern is for that sequence

1. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ____ _____________________________

2. 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, ___
_____________________________
3. 52, 43, 34, 25, 16, 7, ___
_____________________________
4. 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, ___, ____
_____________________________
5. 2, 13, 8, 19, 14, 25, ___, ____ _____________________________
6. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, ____
_____________________________
5 5 5 5 5 5
ASSIGNMENT 2

Write the next four terms of the following

sequences
1) 5, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40, …. Answer: _______________
2) 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 18, 24, …. Answer: _______________
3) 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, …. Answer: _______________
4) 70, 60, 51, 43, 36, 30, …. Answer:
_______________
5) 1, 11, 23, 37, 53, 71, …. Answer: _______________
2 2 2 2 2 2
6) 17, 23, 29, 35, 41, 47, …. Answer:
_______________
7) 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, …. Answer: _______________
5 7 9 11 13 15
8) 76, 83.5, 91, 98.5, 106, 113.5, …. Answer:
_______________