Learn what an arithmetic sequence is and about number patterns in arithmetic sequences with this BBC Bitesize Maths KS3 article. For students aged of 11 and 14.

What is a number sequence? A pattern or a sequence is a set of numbers that are connected in some way. All sequences have a rule.

Guglielmetti went on to plot the sequence of boring numbers graphically. He found a cloud of points in the form of a broad curve that slopes toward large values. This is not surprising insofar as ...