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1 22, 17, 12, 7, 2, ...

(a) Find the next term of the sequence.

................................................... [1]

(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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[Total: 3]

2 The nth term of a sequence is .

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

.............................. , .............................. , .............................. [2]

(b) Is 5196 a term in this sequence?

Give a reason for your decision.

................ because ...........................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]
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3 The nth term of a sequence is .

The first term is −3 and the second term is 2.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]

4 Find the nth term of this sequence.

8, 17, 32, 53, 80, ...

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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5 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

4 7 12 19 28

Find the nth term.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

6 7, 13, 19, 25, ...

Find the next term in this sequence.

......................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

7 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

29 32 35 38

(a) Write down the next term.

................................................... [1]

(b) Write down the rule for continuing this sequence.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 2]

8 Write down the next term in each sequence.

(a) 12, 7, 2, −3, −8, .................... [1]

(b) 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, .................... [1]

[Total: 2]
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9 Here is a sequence.

a, 13, 9, 3, –5, –15, b, …

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

10 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

Find the next term.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

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The sequence of diagrams above is made up of small lines and dots.

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(a) Complete the table.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4 Diagram 5 Diagram 6

Number of
4 10 18 28
small lines

Number of
4 8 13 19
dots

[4]

(b) For Diagram n find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small lines.

................................................... [2]

(c) Diagram r has 10 300 small lines.

Find the value of r.

r = ................................................... [2]
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(d) The number of dots in Diagram n is .

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 10]

12 The nth term of a sequence is .

Find

(a) the 2nd term,

................................................... [1]

(b) the value of n when the nth term is 498.

n = ................................................... [3]
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[Total: 4]

13 The table shows the first five terms of sequence A and sequence B.

Term 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sequence A 7 13 23 37 55

Sequence B 1 3 9 27 81

(a) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]

(b) Find the nth term of

(i) sequence A,

................................................... [2]

(ii) sequence B.

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[Total: 6]

14 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(a) –1, –3, –5, –7, –9, …

................................................... [2]
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(b) 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, …

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[Total: 4]

15 Find the nth term of each of these sequences.

(a)

................................................... [2]

(b)

................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]