1 Here are the first four terms of a sequence.

23 17 11 5

(a) Find the next term.

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(b) Find the nth term.

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2 (a) The nth term of a sequence is 6 – 5n.

Write down the first three terms of this sequence.

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(b) The nth term of another sequence is 5n 2 + 3.

Is 848 a term in this sequence?

Explain how you decide.

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3 Here is a sequence.

a, 13, 9, 3, –5, –15, b, …

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

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

(a) 11, 7, 3, – 1, …

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(b) 3, 6, 12, 24, …

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5 These are the first five terms in a sequence.

8 11 14 17 20

(a) Find the next term.

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(b) Find an expression for the nth term.

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6 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

-4 2 8 14 20

Find an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

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7 (a) These are the first four terms of a sequence.

5 8 11 14

(i) Write down the next term.

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(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.

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

1 3 7 13 21
2 4 6 8 10
Find the next term.

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8 Find the nth term of each sequence.
1 1 1 1 1
(a) , , , , , ...
2 4 6 8 10

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(b) 1, 5, 25, 125, 625, ...

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9 (a) The nth term of a sequence is 60 - 8n .

Find the largest number in this sequence.

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

12 19 26 33 40

Find an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

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

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

25 18 11 4 -3

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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11 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(a) 8, 15, 34, 71, 132, ....

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2 3 4 5 6
(b) , , , , , ....
1 4 16 64 256

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

1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term

Sequence A 8 3 -2 -7 -12

Sequence B 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5

Sequence C 1 1 2 4 8
2

Complete the table to show the nth term of each sequence.

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13 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

3 -1 -5 -9

(a) Find the next term in this sequence.

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(b) Find the nth term.

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14 22, 17, 12, 7, 2, …

(a) Find the next term of the sequence.

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(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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15 The nth term of a sequence is n 2 + 12 .

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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16 The nth term of a sequence is an 2 + bn - 4 .

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

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

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17 The nth term of a sequence is n 2 - 1.

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

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18 (a) 3, 9, 27, 81, …

Write down the next term in this sequence.

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(b) 13, 17, 21, 25, …

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

27 26 23 18 11

Find the next two terms in the sequence.

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

(b) The table shows information about two different sequences.

First five terms of sequence nth term

Sequence A 3 10 17 24 31

Sequence B 2 11 26 47 74

Complete the table.

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20 (a) The nth term of a sequence is10 - n2 .

Write down the first three terms of this sequence.

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

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

7 10 13 16

Find an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

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

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21 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

2.75 6 11.25 20
1 3
The nth term of this sequence is n + an 2 + bn .
4
Calculate the value of a and the value of b.

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

b = ................................................ [5]
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22 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(a) 11, 8, 5, 2, -1, …

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(b) 1, 5, 25, 125, 625, …

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23 The table shows some information about two sequences.

nth term 5th term

Sequence A 60 – 4n

Sequence B n2 – 300

(a) Complete the table.

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(b) Find the smallest positive number in sequence B.

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24 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

11 18 25 32 39

Find an expression for the nth term of the sequence.

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

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

1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term

Sequence A 8 3 -2 -7 -12

Sequence B 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5

Sequence C 1 1 2 4 8
2

Complete the table to show the nth term of each sequence.

[5]

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