1 The numbers in this sequence increase by the same amount each time.

........................ 1.4 2.3 3.2 ........................

Fill in the missing numbers. [2]

2 (a) This is the term‑to‑term rule for a sequence.

Multiply by 2 and add 3

The first three terms in this sequence are 1, 5 and 13.

Write down the next term in this sequence.

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

(b) This is the term‑to‑term rule for a different sequence.

Square and subtract 5

The second and third terms in this sequence are -1 and - 4 .

(i) Write down the fourth term in this sequence.

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

(ii) Write down the two possible values for the first term in this sequence.

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

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3 (a) The nth term of a sequence is 3n 2 - 1 .

Find the first three terms of the sequence.

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

1 3 9 27 81

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

................................................. [2]
4 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

1 7 13 19

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

................................................. [2]
5 (a) These are the first four terms of a sequence.

1 3 9 27

Find the next term of the sequence.

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

(b) These are the first five terms of a different sequence.

35 31 27 23 19

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

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................................................. [2]
6 Some numbers are arranged in rows.
Each row contains one more number than the previous row.
The numbers in each row are two more than the numbers in the previous row.

Row 1 3 3

Row 2 5 5 5

Row 3 7 7 7 7

Row 4 9 9 9 9 9

Row 5

(a) Complete Row 5. [1]

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for each number in Row n.

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

(c) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the number of numbers in Row n.

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

(d) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the sum of the numbers in Row n.

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

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7

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

The diagram shows a sequence of patterns.

Each pattern has one more row, and two more dots in each row, than the pattern before it.

(a) On the diagram, draw Pattern 4. [1]

(b) (i) Complete the table for the first four patterns in this sequence.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 n
Number of rows 2 3 4 p
Number of dots in each row 1 3 q
Total number of dots 2 9
[1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for p.

p = ................................................ [1]

(iii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for q.

q = ................................................ [1]

(iv) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of dots in Pattern n.

Adnan Imtiaz ................................................. [1]

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8 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

4 8 16 32 64

(a) Find the next number in the sequence.

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

(b) The nth term of the sequence above is 2 n + 1 .

Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of these sequences.

(i) 1 5 13 29 61 …

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

(ii) 10 19 32 53 90 …

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

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9 (a) Here are the first three patterns in a sequence made from counters.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

(i) Complete the table for the patterns in this sequence.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of counters 8 12 16
[1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in Pattern n.

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

(iii) Jamal has 150 counters.

Find the value of p.

p = ................................................. [2]

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(b) The 4th term in a different sequence is 26.
This sequence is linear and the 8th term is 2.

(i) Find the first term of this sequence.

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

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

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

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10 Shani makes a sequence of patterns using counters.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

(a) Complete the table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of counters 5 8 11
[1]

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

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

(c) Shani has 100 counters.

Find the value of k.

k = ................................................ [3]

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11 Here are the first four patterns in a sequence made using grey tiles and white tiles.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

(a) Complete the table for the first five patterns in this sequence.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of grey tiles 6 10 14
Number of white tiles 2 8 18
Total number of tiles 8 18 32
[2]

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

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

(c) Pattern k has 98 grey tiles.

Find k.

k = ................................................. [2]

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 (d) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of white tiles in Pattern n.

................................................. [2]
(e) Find the total number of tiles in Pattern 20.

................................................. [2]
12 (a) The formula for the nth term of a sequence is 2n 3 .

Find the 3rd term of this sequence.

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

(b) Here are the first four terms of another sequence.

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

(ii) Find a formula for the nth term of this sequence.

................................................. [3]

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