Module 2

Module 2: Numbers and Patterns
Numbers and Patterns

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Learning Objectives
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
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A sequence may be finite or infinite. The Fibonacci sequence
is an infinite sequence. A finite sequence has a definite number of terms.
A list of numbers which form a pattern is called a sequence. Number
patterns may be described by examining how the terms are being
generated.
A pattern may have a list of numbers in which a constant

number is added to get the succeeding terms. For other sequences, the
terms are increasing because the number to be added is increasing in
predictable way. There are number patterns whose terms are decreasing
in an expected way.
Examples:
To generate the next term, the number to Example
be added is
Repeating 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, …
Growing/increasing 14, 15, 17, 20, 24, 29, …
Shrinking 118, 98, 73, 43, 8, -32, …
Generating a Sequence
EXAMPLE 1
2, 5, 9, 14, 20, …
The difference between the first and second terms (2 and 5) is 3. The difference between
the second and third terms ( 5 and 9) is 4. The difference between the third and fourth
terms (9 and 14) os 5. The difference between the fourth and the fifth terms is 6.
Following this rule, it can be deduced that to obtain the next three terms, we should add
7, 8, 9, respectively, to the current term. Hence, the next three terms are;
20+7=27
27+8=35
35+9=44
Generating a Sequence
EXAMPLE 2
1, 10, 100, 1000, …
Looking ate the set of numbers, it can be observed that each term is a power of 10:
1 = 100
10 = 101
100 = 102
1,000 = 103
Try this Challenge
Following this rule, the next three terms are:
104 = 10, 000
105 = 100, 000
106terms
Direction: Write the next three = 1, 000, 000
of the following sequences.

1. 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, … _________________________
2. 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, … _________________________
3. 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, … _________________________
4. 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, … _________________________
5. 1, 2, 7, 11, … _________________________
6. 100, 78, 54, 28, 0, … _________________________
7. 30, 35, 45, 60, 80, … _________________________
8. 151, 149, 145, 137, 121, … _________________________
9. 36, 43.5, 51, 58.5, 66, … _________________________
10. 100.1, 100, 99.8, 99.5, 99.1, … _________________________
The pattern of a number sequence may be identified by scrutinizing

how the terms are related to one another. To generate the next term of some
sequences, a constant number is added, the number to be added increases, or
the number to be added decreases.
THINGS TO P O N D E R!
Patterns are regular, repeated,
A sequence is an ordered list The Fibonacci Sequence is
or recurring forms of design.
Patterns are commonly of numbers, called terms, formed by adding the
observed in natural objects, such that may have repeated preceding two numbers,
as the six-fold symmetry of values. The arrangement of beginning with 0 and 1.
snowflakes, the hexagonal these terms is set by a Ratios of two Fibonacci
structure and formation of definite rule. The terms of a numbers approximate the
honeycombs, the spiral of snail’s sequence could be Golden Ratio, which is
shell, and the number of petals
generated by applying the considered as the most
of flowers. Humans are hard
wired to recognize patterns and rule to previous terms of the aesthetically pleasing
by studying them, we sequence. proportion.
discovered the underlying
mathematical principles behind
nature’s designs.
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Numbers and Patterns

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Examine the nature and relationship

A pattern may have a list of numbers in which a constant

Module 2: Numbers and Patterns

The pattern of a number sequence may be identified by scrutinizing

MOD Mathematics in the Modern

Numbers and Patterns

What I need to improve How I will apply the

Module 2: Numbers and Patterns

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