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1 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]

2 Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

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

[Total: 2]
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3 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

15 7 −1 −9

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

4 The nth term of a sequence is .

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

5 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

25 18 11 4 −3

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]
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6 The nth term of a sequence is n2 + 3n.

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

7 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

4 7 12 19 28

Find the nth term.

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

[Total: 2]

8 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.

(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]

10 A sequence has nth term .

Find the difference between the 4th term and the 5th term of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

11 19, 15, 11, 7, ....

(a) Write down the next two terms of the sequence.

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

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(b) Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

(c) Find the value of n when the nth term is −65.

n = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]

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]

[Total: 4]

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

Term 1 2 3 4 5 6
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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.

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

[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, …

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

[Total: 4]

15 Find the next term and the nth term of this sequence.

, , , , , ...

Next term = ...................................................

nth term = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

16 Find an expression for the nth term of each sequence.

(a) 11, 7, 3, –1, …

................................................... [2]
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(b) 3, 6, 12, 24, …

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

[Total: 4]

17 Marco is making patterns with grey and white circular mats.

The patterns form a sequence.

Marco makes a table to show some information about the patterns.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of grey mats 6 9 12 15

Total number of mats 6 10 15 21

(a) Complete the table for Pattern 5. [2]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of grey mats in Pattern n.

................................................... [2]
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(c) Marco makes a pattern with 24 grey mats.

Find the total number of mats in this pattern.

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

(d) Marco needs a total of 6 mats to make the first pattern.

He needs a total of 16 mats to make the first two patterns.
He needs a total of mats to make the first n patterns.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

b = ................................................... [6]

[Total: 12]

18 The table shows the first five terms of sequences A, B and C.

Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term 6th term

A 0 1 4 9 16

B 4 5 6 7 8

C −4 −4 −2 2 8
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(a) Complete the table. [3]

(b) Find an expression for the nth term of

(i) sequence A,

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

(ii) sequence B.

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

(c) Find the value of n when the nth term of sequence A is 576.

n = ................................................... [2]

(d) (i) Find an expression for the nth term of sequence C.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]
(ii) Find the value of the 30th term of sequence C.

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

[Total: 13]

19 Find the nth term of each of these sequences.

(a)

................................................... [2]
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(b)

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

[Total: 4]

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(a) Find the next term in this sequence.

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

(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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

[Total: 3]

21 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(a) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, .......

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

(b) 11, 20, 35, 56, 83, .......

Answer(b) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 3]
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Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]