Sequences is the skill of spotting the pattern in a list of numbers or shapes, working out the rule behind it, and using that rule to continue the pattern, fill in a gap, or jump ahead to a term much further along.
In this Sequences pack, your child will practise:
- Finding the next term or a missing term in a number sequence
- Spotting the constant step in a sequence that goes up or down by the same amount
- Working out a term far along a sequence, such as the 25th term, without writing every term
- Recognising well-known patterns like square numbers, cube numbers and doubling
- Handling sequences where the gaps between terms keep changing or grow in a pattern
- Untangling leapfrog sequences where two patterns take turns, and sequences with alternating steps like add then double
- Using a term-to-term rule, including ‘double it then add’ rules and rules that depend on the numbers before
- Continuing sequences of fractions and decimals by treating the tops and bottoms separately
- Counting shapes in a growing pattern and finding which item comes at a given position in a repeating pattern
- Solving real-life word problems built on a growing or doubling pattern, including month-by-month growth
- Working with sequences that count down and cross from positive into negative numbers
- Adding up a run of consecutive numbers and working backwards from a total to find a term
