What are progressions?

A progression is like climbing stairs, one step at a time, but always moving forward.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. You start with 1 block, then add another to make 2, then another for 3, and so on. That’s a progression, it's just a fancy word for a sequence where each part follows the last in a pattern.

Like Steps on a Ladder

Think of a ladder. Each rung is higher than the one before. If you climb from the bottom to the top, you're following a progression, each step gets you closer to your goal, just like how numbers grow when you count.

Or Like Growing Taller

You’re getting taller every year, that’s also a kind of progression! One year you’re 3 feet tall, next year you’re 3 feet and an inch, then maybe 4 feet. It's not magic; it's just the way things grow in a steady pattern.

So whether you're climbing stairs, building blocks, or growing up, you're making a progression all along! A progression is like climbing stairs, one step at a time, but always moving forward.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. You start with 1 block, then add another to make 2, then another for 3, and so on. That’s a progression, it's just a fancy word for a sequence where each part follows the last in a pattern.

Like Steps on a Ladder

Think of a ladder. Each rung is higher than the one before. If you climb from the bottom to the top, you're following a progression, each step gets you closer to your goal, just like how numbers grow when you count.

Or Like Growing Taller

You’re getting taller every year, that’s also a kind of progression! One year you’re 3 feet tall, next year you’re 3 feet and an inch, then maybe 4 feet. It's not magic; it's just the way things grow in a steady pattern.

So whether you're climbing stairs, building blocks, or growing up, you're making a progression all along!

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Examples

  1. A child counts stairs: 1, 2, 3, 4... this is an arithmetic progression.
  2. A baker doubles the number of cookies each day: 2, 4, 8... a geometric progression.
  3. A student sees numbers on a clock: 12, 1, 2... a circular pattern.

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