Sequence
What Sequence means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Sequence
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Reference: AQA, Pearson Edexcel
An ordered list of terms generated or described by a rule.
An ordered list of terms generated according to a stated or intended rule.
An ordered list of terms indexed by permitted positions.
An ordered list of terms generated according to a rule.
Topics that use Sequence
- Sequences (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Sequences (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- coefficient of n²
- Common ratio
- Fibonacci-type sequence
- First difference
- position-to-term rule
- quadratic sequence
- Second difference
- term-to-term rule
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