NumihanaContinue the sequence: 33, 28, 23, .
Answer: ________________
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Count forwards and backwards.
Continue a number sequence using a constant step.
Numihana · England Year 1
Count forwards and backwards
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Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Continue a number sequence using a constant step.
Continue the sequence: 50, 49, 48, .
Answer: ________________
Continue the sequence: 49, 39, 29, .
Answer: ________________
Continue the sequence: 37, 36, 35, .
Answer: ________________
Continue the sequence: 41, 36, 31, .
Answer: ________________
Continue the sequence: 34, 44, 54, .
Answer: ________________
Numihana · England Year 1
Count forwards and backwards
Answer key
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Continue a number sequence using a constant step.
Continue the sequence: 33, 28, 23, .
Answer: 18
Continue the sequence: 50, 49, 48, .
Answer: 47
Continue the sequence: 49, 39, 29, .
Answer: 19
Continue the sequence: 37, 36, 35, .
Answer: 34
Continue the sequence: 41, 36, 31, .
Answer: 26
Continue the sequence: 34, 44, 54, .
Answer: 64
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Continue a number sequence using a constant step.
Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗
Year 1 → Number → place value · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.
For teachers and parents
Find the same change between neighbouring terms and apply it again. Use a number line if the sequence crosses zero.
A common slip
Keep the direction and step size the same at every move.
Worked example
Continue the sequence: 43, 33, 23, .
Answer: 13
Find the same change between neighbouring terms and apply it again. Use a number line if the sequence crosses zero.