Maths glossary · Ireland
Pattern rule
A description of how a pattern starts and how it changes each time.
A growing pattern rule tells you the starting number and what to add, subtract or multiply each step.
Example: 3, 7, 11, 15: start at 3 and add 4 each time.
Lessons, worksheets, practice and tools on this: Patterns and algebra.
Related words
- Variable: A letter or symbol that stands for a number you don't know yet, or one that can change.
- Inequality: A statement that two amounts are not equal, using symbols such as <, > or ≠.
- Integer: Any whole number, its opposite, or zero: ..., −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, ...
- Negative number: A number less than zero, written with a minus sign.