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Question P1 Growing patterns and tables

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continue a number sequence

20, 25, 30, __. What comes next?

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Growing patterns and tables

Find the rule, so Figure 250 is no harder than Figure 4.

In this one. A sequence continues by repeating its rule.

The first threeeach one adds 3Figure 14Figure 2+3Figure 3+3Any figure3n + 1Figure nFigure 250 = 751

How to spot it

A row of figures or a table of numbers is shown for the first few terms only, and the question asks for a term far further along, such as 'Figure 6' or 'Figure 250'.

Common mistake

Children extend the sequence one term at a time by drawing or counting. Finding the fixed step or relationship lets them jump straight to the term asked for.

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