term-to-term rule
What term-to-term rule means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Tells you what to do to one term to reach the next one, so it only works if you are also told where the sequence starts.
A rule that tells you how to get from one term to the next, for example 'add 4' or 'multiply by 2'.
Topics that use term-to-term rule
- 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
- Sequence
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