Number sequences
Five numbers of a sequence are shown, and the student works out the rule and fills in the next three.
Some sequences go up by the same amount each time; others are built from a rule that mixes adding and multiplying, so the gaps grow. About half count down instead of up.
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What changes each time
- Steady and growing steps
- Counting up or counting down
- A new rule every time
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