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Number patterns and sequences.
Can you finish number pattern discovery in about 25 min?
You will number patterns and sequences.
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Number patterns and sequences.
Inductive reasoning — inferring a general rule from specific examples — is the foundational cognitive skill of mathematics and science. Students who discover number patterns by extending sequences develop this reasoning process in its most direct form, more authentically than any exercise that asks them to 'find the formula.'
1. Show sequence 2 4 6 8. 2. Find pattern. 3. Extend by 4 numbers. 4. Try 1 3 6 10.