Learn what an arithmetic sequence is and about number patterns in arithmetic sequences with this BBC Bitesize Maths KS3 article. For students aged of 11 and 14.

Non-linear sequences increase or decrease by different amounts each time. A number pattern is a series of numbers that follow a specific rule. Examples include: odd numbers, even numbers, square ...

Everyone is raving about Adele’s new album ‘30.’ A mathematician muses about the “Adele sequence”: the patterns of numbers in her album name.

This algorithm can tell which number sequences a human will find interesting The result hints that machines could one day be trained to spot mathematical elegance and beauty.

At first glance it might look like a bunch of boring 1s and 2s. But what's wonderful about the sequence is that it describes itself—and it does it over and over again.