We covered number patterns, sequence, and general term of a sequence.

An ordered list of numbers is called a sequence. Each number in a sequence is called a term, and is identified by its position in the ordered list.

Terms are usually denoted by T1, T2, T3, …, or a1, a2, a3, … Note the use of subscripts to identify the positions.

The nth term of a sequence is called a general term of the sequence. And if we can use a formula to represent the general term, then we can find any term in the sequence of substituting in a real value.

For example, given Tn = n^2 + 2n -1, we can easily find T1, T101, T31, etc. by setting n to a particular value.

We looked at real world examples of number patterns.

Homework: workbook page 1:

1a – 1d, 2e – 2h, 3(a, c, e, g), 4(b, d, f, h), 5(a, c, e), 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19