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1. Here are the first five terms in a number sequence.

7 10 13 16 19

(a) Find the 10th term in this number sequence.

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(2)

(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this number sequence.

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(2)

2. A number sequence has nth term 6n + 3

(a) Write down the first four terms of this sequence.

9
15 21 27
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ..............., 4th term ...............
(3)

(b) Sara says that 1008 is a term in this sequence.

Explain why she is wrong.

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All of the words in the sequence 6n + 3 will be odd since 1008 is an even integer.
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(1)
3. A sequence of numbers is shown below.

1 5 9 13 17 ... ...

(a) Find an expression for the nth term of the sequence.

4n-3
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(2)

(b) Explain why 95 will not be a term in this sequence.

4n - 3 = 95
4n = 98
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n = 24.5

as the calculation,
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95 is between the 24th term and 25th term.
(2)

4. The nth term of a number sequence is given by 5n + 2

(a) Work out the first three terms of the number sequence.

7 12 18
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)

Here are the first five terms of another number sequence.

5 11 17 23 29

(b) Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

6n-1
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(2)
5. A sequence of numbers is shown.

2 9 16 23 30 ... ...

(a) Find an expression for the nth term of the sequence.

7n-5

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(2)

(b) Find the 100th term in the sequence.

695
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(2)

6. The nth term of a number sequence is n² + 3.

(a) Find the first three terms of this sequence.

4 7 12
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)

(b) Work out the difference between the 5th and 10th terms in the sequence.

75
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(3)
7. The first 5 terms in a number sequence are

10 7 4 1 −2 ... ...

(a) Work out the nth term of the sequence.

13 - 3n
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(2)

(b) Find the 50th term of the sequence.

-137
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(2)

8. Work out the nth term for this sequence

12 22 32 42 52 ... ...

10n + 2
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(2)
9. The nth term of a sequence is 3n − 2

(a) Write down the first two terms of this sequence.

1 4
1st term ..............., 2nd term ...............
(2)

(b) Which term of the sequence is equal to 70?

24
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(2)

(c) Explain why 101 is not a term in the sequence.

As the calculation, 101 is between the 34^th term and 35^th term in the sequence.
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(2)
10. Here are the nth terms of 4 sequences.

Sequence 1 nth term 3n + 1

Sequence 2 nth term 5n + 10
Sequence 3 nth term 10n
Sequence 4 nth term 5n - 1

For each sequence state whether the numbers in the sequence are

A Always multiples of 5
S Sometimes multiples of 5
N Never multiples of 5

N
Sequence 1 ....................
A
Sequence 2 ....................
N
Sequence 3 ....................
A
Sequence 4 ....................
(4)
11. The nth term of a sequence is 5 − 3n

Write down the first three terms of the sequence.

2 -1 -4
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)

12. The nth term of a sequence is 4n − 7

(a) Write down the first three terms of the sequence.

-3 1 5
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)

(b) What is the difference between the 50th and 51st terms?

4
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(1)

The last term of this sequence is 393.

(c) How many terms are there in this sequence?

99
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(2)
13. Find the nth term of the sequences

(a) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ...

n square
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(1)

(b) 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ...

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(1)

(c) −3, 0, 5, 12, 21, ...

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(1)

(d) 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, ...

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(1)

14. The first 5 terms in a number sequence are

30 25 20 15 10 ... ...

Work out the nth term of the sequence.

35-5n
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(2)
15. The first 5 terms in a number sequence are

2 2.5 3 3.5 4 ... ...

(a) Work out the nth term of the sequence.

0.5n+1.5
0.5n + 1.5
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(2)

(b) Work out the 20th term of the sequence.

11.5
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(2)

16. Martin has written the first 50 terms of the sequence with nth term 150 − 4n.

Work out which term is the first negative term.

38^th term
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(3)
17. The nth term of a sequence is (n + 1)(n + 3)

Work out the first three terms of the sequence.

8 15 28
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)