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1.! Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

! ! 8! 14! 20! 26

! (a) Write down the next term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)

! (b) Explain how you found your answer.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

2.! Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

! ! 2! 5! 8! 11

! (a) ! (i) Write down the next term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)

! ! (ii) Explain how you found your answer.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

! The 40th term of the number sequence is 119.

! (b) Work out the 41st term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)
3.! Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

! ! 11! 15! 19! 23

! (a) ! (i) Write down the next term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)

! ! (ii) Explain how you found your answer.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

! The 100th term of the number sequence is 407.

! (b) Work out the 99th term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)

4.! Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

! ! 7! 10! 13! 16

! Work out the difference between the 10th term and 15th term in the sequence.

.............................
(2)
5.! (a) Write down the next term in this sequence.

! ! 5! 9! 13! 17! ..........

.............................
(1)

! (b) Describe the rule for continuing the sequence.

! ! ......................................................................................................................

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

6.! (a) Write down the next term in this sequence.

! ! 2! 6! 18! 54! ..........

.............................
(1)

! (b) Describe the rule for continuing the sequence.

! ! ......................................................................................................................

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

7.! (a) Write down the next term in this sequence.

! ! 256! 128! 64! 32! ..........

.............................
(1)

! (b) Describe the rule for continuing the sequence.

! ! ......................................................................................................................

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)
8.! Write down the next two numbers in this sequence.

! ! 7! 8! 10! 13! ..........!! ..........!

.............................. and ..............................


(1)

9.! Write down the next two numbers in this sequence.

! ! 2! 5! 11! 23! ..........!! ..........!

.............................. and ..............................


(1)

10.! Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.

! ! 9! 15! 21! 27! 33

! (a) ! (i) Write down the next term of the number sequence.

.............................
(1)

! ! (ii) Explain how you found your answer.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

! 302 is not a term in this number sequence.

! (b) Explain why.

! ! ......................................................................................................................

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)
11.! Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

! ! 8! 12! 16! 20

! (a) ! (i) Write down the next term in the sequence.

.............................
(1)

! ! (ii) Explain how you found your answer.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

! (b) Write down the 9th term in the sequence.

.............................
(1)
! Ricky says 1001 is in the sequence.

! (c) Explain why Ricky is wrong.

! ! ......................................................................................................................

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)

12.! Here are the first 4 terms in a number sequence.

! ! 132! 124! 116! 108

! (a) Write down the next two terms in this number sequence.

.............................. and ..............................


(1)
! 11 cannot be a term in this number sequence.

! (b) Explain why.

! ! ......................................................................................................................
(1)
13.! Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.

! ! 3! 8! 13! 18! 23

! (a) Work out the 10th term of this number sequence.

.............................
(2)

! Here are the first four terms of another number sequence.

! ! −2! 4! 10! 16

! (b) ! Find two numbers that are in both number sequences.

.............................
(2)

14.! Here is a number sequence.


! The rule for finding the next term is to add a, where a is an integer.

! ! 8! ........! ! ........! ! 29

! Work out the two missing terms.

.............................. and ..............................


(2)
15.! (a) The first term of a sequence is −5
! The rule for continuing the sequence.

What is the second term of the sequence?

.............................
(1)

! (b) Here is a rule for continuing a different sequence.

!
The second term of this sequence is 20.
! What is the first term?

.............................
(2)
16.! Here is a sequence
! !
! ! 1! 3! 17! 115

! To find the next term the rule is

! ! multiply by a and then subtract b, where a and b are integers.

! Find the values of a and b.

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

b = .............................
(2)

17.! Write down the next term in the sequence.

! ! 2a + b!! 3a + 5b! 4a + 9b

.............................
(2)

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