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<h2 class="title">Number Patterns</h2>
<p>You have likely seen patterns in the form of pictures and numbers. In this tutorial, we learn more about the mathematics of patterns. Patterns are repetitive sequences and can be found in nature, shapes, events, sets of numbers and almost everywhere you care to look. For example, seeds in a sunflower, snowflakes, geometric designs on quilts or tiles, or the number sequence \(0; 4; 8; 12; 16; \ldots\).</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 349px"><img alt="" height="271" src="https://data.ulearngo.com/assets/310fad5f-8624-4127-87a1-a77ab54aa6bd" width="349"/><p class="wp-caption-text">The pattern of seeds within a sunflower follows the Fibonacci sequence, or \(1; 2; 3; 5; 8; 13; 21; 34; 55; 89; 144; \ldots\)</p></div>
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<p>Interested in learning more about the relationship between Fibonacci sequences and sunflowers?</p>
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<p>Try spot any patterns in the following sequences on your own:</p>
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<p>\(2; 4; 6; 8; 10;\ldots\)</p>
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<p>\(1; 2; 4; 7; 11; \ldots\)</p>
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<p>\(1; 4; 9; 16; 25; \ldots\)</p>
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<p>\(5; 10; 20; 40; 80; \ldots\)</p>
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<h3>Video on identifying patterns in sequences:</h3>
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Number Patterns

Mathematics studies measurement, relationships, and properties of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus are popular topics in mathematics.

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Discover how to identify number patterns, describe sequences, calculate common differences, solve quadratic sequences, use sigma notation, and understand finite and infinite arithmetic and geometric series in this tutorial.


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