NTH Term Year 8

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NTH TERM – PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.
Find the nth term of the following sequences:

(a) 5, 7, 9, 11, …

(b) 7, 12, 17, 22, …

(c) 10, 13, 16, 19, …

(d) 4, 10, 16, 22, …

(e) 5, 13, 21, 29, …

(f) 9, 20, 31, 42, …

(g) 11, 18, 25, 32, …

(h) 9, 7, 5, 3, …

(i) 23, 19, 15, 11, …

(j) 12, 7, 2, -3, …

(k) -7, -4, -1, 2, …

(l) -11, -1, 9, 19, …

(m) 63, 55, 47, 39, …

(n) 10, 24, 38, 52, …

(o) 7, 27, 47, 67, …


2.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 50th term in the sequence.

3.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 12, 15, 18, 21, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 20th term in the sequence.

4.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 7, 15, 23, 31, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 50th term in the sequence.

5.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 5, 14, 23, 32, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 100th term in the sequence.

6.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 50th term in the sequence.
7.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 6, 10, 14, 18, …

(b) Is 90 in the sequence?

(c) Is 164 in the sequence?

8.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 5, 16, 27, 38, …

(b) Is 114 in the sequence?

(c) Is 258 in the sequence?

9.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 11, 17, 23, 29, …

(b) Is 203 in the sequence?


10.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 9, 16, 23, 30, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 100th term in the sequence.

(c) Is 149 in the sequence?

11.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 1, 7, 13, 19, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 40th term in the sequence.

(c) Is 347 in the sequence?

12.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 10, 19, 28, 37, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 200th term in the sequence.

(c) Is 176 in the sequence?


13.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 31, 28, 25, 22, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 50th term in the sequence.

(c) Is -40 in the sequence?

14.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence -19, -13, -7, -1, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 100th term in the sequence.

(c) Is 125 in the sequence?

15.
(a) Find the nth term of the sequence 15, 33, 51, 69, …

(b) Use your nth term formula to find the 25th term in the sequence.

(c) Is 555 in the sequence?

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