Linear number sequences
Generate and describe linear number sequences, including those with negative and decimal steps; identify the term-to-term rule
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If your child sees a number sequence like 3, 7, 11, 15… can they describe the rule, continue it, and predict what the 10th number will be?
Generate and describe linear number sequences, including those with negative and decimal steps; identify the term-to-term rule
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- Continue the sequence 2.5, 4.0, 5.5, ... and state the rule as 'add 1.5'
- Generate terms of a sequence that crosses zero (e.g. 3, 1, −1, −3, ...)
- Describe the term-to-term rule for a given linear sequence and predict the 10th term
“If your child sees a number sequence like 3, 7, 11, 15… can they describe the rule, continue it, and predict what the 10th number will be?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Algebra
- Age range
- Ages 10–11