Patterns on the Number Line

Locating Numbers

Placing numbers on a number line helps us understand their magnitude relative to one another.

Example Sequence

Consider the numbers: $2180, 2754, 1500, 3600, 9950, 9590, 1050, 3050, 5030, 5300, 8400$.

When drawing a number line from $1000$ to $10,000$, we look for benchmarks (like multiples of 1000).

Finding Patterns

Look at the jumps between numbers.

• Sequence A: $2010, 2020, \dots$ (Jump of 10)
• Sequence B: $9996, 9997, \dots$ (Jump of 1)
• Sequence C: $15077, 15078, \dots$ (Jump of 1)
• Sequence D: $86705, 87705, \dots$ (Jump of 1000)