Worksheet 3 Memo: Number Patterns

Grade 11 Mathematics

1. Identify the type of pattern and give the next three terms:

a) … b) 12; 24; 48; 96… (R)

linear; subtract each term is multiplied by 2;

192; 384; 768

c) 1; 8; 27; 64 … (R)

each term position is cubed to give the next term; 125; 216; 343.

d) 1 6 14 25 39 56 76 (R)

Quadratic 5 8 11 14 17 20

3 3 3 3 3

e) 1; 4; 9; 16 …. f) 11; 16; 21; 26… (R)

each term position is squared linear, add 5;

25; 36; 49 31; 36; 41

g) 48; 16; … (R)

Divide each previous term by 3 → …

 h) 3 5 6 6 5 3 0 (R)

Quadratic 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3

-1 -1 -1 -1 -1

i) 0; 3; 8; 15…

each term position is squared and then 1 is subtracted: 24; 35; 48

j) 1; 10; 101; 1010… (R)

each term has a zero added after 1, or a 1 added after a 0; 10101; 101010; 1010101

2. a) 125; 119; 113; 107… b) … (R)

-6 -6 -6

( ) ( )

c) 8 17 30 47 d) 5 8 11 14 (R)

9 13 17 3 3 3

4 4

( )

( ) e) …

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f) 4 7 12 19 (R)

3 5 7

2 2

g) 1 5 14 28 (R)

4 9 14

5 5

( )

( )

h) 32 19 6 -7 (R)

-13 -13 -13

( )

i) 2 6 13 23 j) 1 4 5 4 (R)

4 7 10 3 1 -1

3 3 -2 -2
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3. a) ( ) b) ( )

c) ( ) ( ) d) ( )

e) ( ) f) ( )

g) ( ) ( ) h) ( )

i) ( ) ( ) j) ( ) ( )

4. b) ( )

a) c)

( )
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81 is part of the sequence.

5. -9 -3 3 9 b) ( )

6 6 6

a) c)

( )

d) ( ) Sum ( )

6. a) -3 2 11 24 41 62 87

5 9 13 17 21 25

4 4 4 4 4

b) ( )
 c) ( ) ( ) d) ( ) ( )

e)

( )( )

N/A

7. a) 6 11 18 27 38 51 66

5 7 9 11 13 15

2 2 2 2 2

b) ( )

c) ( ) ( )

e)

d)

√ ( )( )
( )( ) ( )

N/A 98 is not part of the sequence

8. a) 2 a 21 32 b

a–2 21 – a 11 b -32

21 – a – (a – 2) 11 – (21 – a) b – 32 – 11

(Ignore this one for now.)

AND

b) 2 11 21 32 44 57 71 86

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1 1 1 1 1 1

c) ( )

d) ( ) ( ) f)
 √
e)

√ ( )( )
( )

( )( ) N/A

242 is a part of the sequence

N/A It is the 16th term.

9. a) 2 2 a b 50

0 a–2 b–a 50 – b

a–2–0 b – a – (a – 2) 50 – b – (b – a)

AND

AND

b) 2 2 10 26 50 82 122 170

0 8 16 24 32 40 48

8 8 8 8 8 8
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d) ( ) ( ) f)

√( ) ( )( )
e) ( )

( )( ) 1001 is not part of the sequence.

N/A

10. a) 120 136 146 150 148 140 126

16 10 4 -2 -8 -14

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6

b) ( )
 c) d)

( )

√
( ( ) ( ) )

√( ) ( )( )
( )
[( ) ]

seconds ( )

e) make

( ) ( )

The building is 98m high

11. a) 7776m 7676m 7524m 7320m 7064m 6750m 6396m

-100 -152 -204 -256 -308 -360

-52 -52 -52 -52 -52

b) ( )

e)

c)

√ √

√ ( )( ) √ ( )( )
( ) ( )

seconds N/A
 d) ( ) ( )

from the surface

f) if because it reaches the surface at 16,93 seconds

Then ( ) ( )

In other words, 64m above the surface (i.e. in the air) which is impossible no the
pattern cannot continue once the submarine has reached the surface.

12. a) 216 185 a b 188

-31 a – 185 b–a 188 – b

a – 185 – (-31) b – a – (a – 185) 188 – b – (b – a)

AND

…1

…2

Subs 1 into 2:

b) 216 185 170 171 188

-31 -15 1 17

16 16 16
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c) 3 months → 3 × 4 = 12 weeks

( ) ( )

d)

√ ( )( )
( )

or

after 14 weeks Sally will receive R1000 or more.

13. 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13

1 0 1 1 2 3 5

-1 1 0 1 1 2

no the Fibonacci sequence is not a second common differences pattern as there is no

common second difference.