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Exercise and reference answers
- Items
- Item
- An ordered list of terms
- Category
- Sequence
- Item
- a₁, a₂, a₃, ...
- Category
- Sequence
- Item
- What a number-series puzzle shows you
- Category
- Sequence
- Item
- The sum of the terms
- Category
- Series
- Item
- a₁ + a₂ + a₃ + ...
- Category
- Series
- Item
- Has a value, not just an order
- Category
- Series
- Categories
- Item
- Sequence
- Item
- Series
Explanation
A sequence lists terms; a series adds them.
Series questions and sequence questions are answered differently.
Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Sequences and Series.