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Patterns in Number Sequences

Summing Consecutive Numbers
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Summing Consecutive Numbers

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11 to 14
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15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?

Shifting Times Tables
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Shifting Times Tables

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11 to 14
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Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?

Charlie's delightful machine
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Charlie's delightful machine

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11 to 16
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Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you develop a strategy to work out the rules controlling each light?

Go Forth and Generalise
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Go Forth and Generalise

Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.