Complete the Descending Sequence

In this worksheet, students will work out a rule to help them fill in the missing numbers of a descending sequence.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic: Number: Number and Place Value

Curriculum subtopic: Count in Steps to 1 000 000

Difficulty level:

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will learn how to fill in the missing numbers in given sequences.

e.g. Fill in the missing numbers in this sequence:

Answer:

Look for clues from neighbouring terms to work out the rule.

Here 51 - 39 and 39 - 27 both equal 12.

This means that the rule for the sequence is that each term goes down by 12.

B will be 51 + 12 = 63.

A will be 63 + 12 = 75.

So the final sequence is:

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