Pattern and Function Vocabulary

What is a sequence?

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

• the amount or value in each term

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

• a list of numbers or diagrams that are in order (made up of terms and elements)

What is a term?

• the amount or value in each term

• a number pattern that increases (or decreases) by the same amount each time through addition or subtraction

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

• what we multiply or divide by each time in a sequence

What is an element?

• the amount or value in each term

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• a list of numbers or diagrams that are in order (made up of terms and elements)

What is a term to term rule?

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• the value added or subtracted to a sequence each time

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

• a list of numbers or diagrams that are in order (made up of terms and elements)

What is a term number?

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• the number that tells the position of a term in a sequence

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

What is a number pattern?

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• the number that tells the position of a term in a sequence

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

What is a linear sequence?

• the number that tells the position of a term in a sequence

• a number pattern that increases (or decreases) by the same amount each time through addition or subtraction

• a number pattern that increases (or decreases) by the same amount each time through multiplication or division

• the amount or value in each term

What is a geometric sequence?

• a number pattern that increases (or decreases) by the same amount each time through multiplication or division

• a number pattern that increases (or decreases) by the same amount each time through addition or subtraction

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

• each separate and unique part of a sequence

What is common difference?

• the value added or subtracted to a sequence each time

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• what we multiply or divide by each time in a sequence

• a rule that allows you to find the next number in a maths sequence

What is common ratio?

• the value added or subtracted to a sequence each time

• a list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern

• what we multiply or divide by each time in a sequence

• the amount or value in each term