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Common Number Patterns 2

This document discusses several common number patterns including arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, triangular numbers, square numbers, cube numbers, and Fibonacci numbers. An arithmetic sequence is formed by adding the same value to the previous number, called the common difference. A geometric sequence multiplies the previous number by the same value, called the common ratio. Triangular numbers are generated by counting dots in triangular formations. Square and cube numbers are the squares and cubes of whole numbers respectively. Fibonacci numbers form a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

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Common Number Patterns 2

This document discusses several common number patterns including arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, triangular numbers, square numbers, cube numbers, and Fibonacci numbers. An arithmetic sequence is formed by adding the same value to the previous number, called the common difference. A geometric sequence multiplies the previous number by the same value, called the common ratio. Triangular numbers are generated by counting dots in triangular formations. Square and cube numbers are the squares and cubes of whole numbers respectively. Fibonacci numbers form a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

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Common Number

Patterns
Arithmetic Sequences
An Arithmetic Sequence is made by adding the
same value each time.
Example: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, ...
• This sequence has a difference of 3 between each number.
The pattern is continued by adding 3 to the last number each
time, like this:
Example:
3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, 33, 38, ...
This sequence has a difference of 5 between each number.
The pattern is continued by adding 5 to the last number each time, like this:

The value added each time is called the "common difference"


What is the common difference in this example?

19, 27, 35, 43, ..


Example:

25, 23, 21, 19, 17, 15, ...

This common difference is −2


The pattern is continued by subtracting 2 each
time, like this:
Geometric
Sequences
A Geometric Sequence is made
by multiplying by the same value each time
Example:

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ...


This sequence has a factor of 3 between each number.
The pattern is continued by multiplying by 3 each time, like
this:
What we multiply by each time is called the
"common ratio".
In the previous example the common ratio
was 3:
We can start with any number:
Example: Common Ratio of 3, But Starting at 2

2, 6, 18, 54, 162, 486, ...

This sequence also has a common ratio of 3, but it starts with 2.


Triangular
Numbers
This Triangular Number Sequence is generated from a pattern of dots tha
form a triangle.
By adding another row of dots and counting all the dots we can find the
next number of the sequence:

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, .


SQUARE
Numbers
0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, ...

They are the squares of whole numbers:


0 (=0×0)
1 (=1×1)
4 (=2×2)
9 (=3×3)
16 (=4×4)
etc...
CUBE
Numbers
1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, ...

They are the cubes of the counting numbers (they start at


1):
1 (=1×1×1)
8 (=2×2×2)
27 (=3×3×3)
64 (=4×4×4)
etc...
FIBONACCI
Numbers

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