Order the steps: crack a number series
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- Steps
- Write the terms out in order
- Take the difference between each pair of neighbours
- If those differences are constant, the rule is addition
- If not, divide each term by the one before it
- If those ratios are constant, the rule is multiplication
- Apply the rule once more to get the next term
Difference first, ratio second, then extend. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Sequences and Series.