Year 6 · Maths

Know Linear Number Sequences

Year 6 learners practise linear number sequences.

The activities include Describe Linear Number Sequences, Describe Number Sequences, Find Terms and Create Expressions, and related practice. The checked support below includes worksheet, teaching, video, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Describe Linear Number Sequences
Describe Number Sequences
Find Terms and Create Expressions
Find the Rule of Linear Number Sequences
Generate Linear Number Sequences
Generate Number Sequences

Checked learning resources

Finding The nth Term Worksheet - KS2 - Maths

Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

Twinkl describes this as Year 6 linear number sequence nth-term worksheets requiring children to calculate and extend linear number sequences, matching the activity nth-term yardstick.
Linear Number Sequences Year 6 PowerPoint

Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

Twinkl describes this Year 6 PowerPoint as using or finding expressions to generate and describe linear sequences, with formula-based questions.
Finding the nth term of a Linear Sequence Walkthrough Worksheet

Beyond / Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

Beyond/Twinkl describes a walkthrough worksheet for finding the nth term in a sequence, with scaffolded examples and practice. It is secondary/Beyond rather than primary Year 6, so review-level.
Describe Number Sequences video

Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 Maths video matched to describe number sequences.
Sequences (Primary Practice Questions)

Corbettmaths Primary · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Free primary sequences worksheet with missing terms, increasing/decreasing rules, term-to-term rules and reasoning about whether a number appears in a sequence.
Ordering and Sequencing Numbers Games (Sequences)

Topmarks · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

matched: sequence; trusted source
Planit Y6 Number And Place Value Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 Maths resource matched to linear number sequences.
Planit Y6 Number And Place Value Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 6 Maths resource matched to linear number sequences.