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Generating sequences worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "generating sequences" — DfE statement A23. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Generating sequences worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A wall is tiled in rows, and every row uses the same number of tiles. One row uses 10 tiles, two rows use 20 tiles and three rows use 30 tiles. Work out how many tiles are needed for 7 rows.
- 2.A theatre's front row has 18 seats. Each row behind has 4 more seats than the row in front. Which row has exactly 62 seats?
- 3.A sequence begins at 50, and each term after that is found by subtracting 8 from the term before it. Priya says the 8th term of the sequence is negative. Is Priya correct?
- 4.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 2, where n is the position number. Work out the 6th term.
- 5.Write down the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 6n − 5.
- 6.A sequence begins at 7. Each term after the first is found by adding 6 to the term before it. Work out the 6th term of the sequence.
- 7.Which of these rules generates the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …?
- 8.A sequence begins at 60, and each term after that is found by subtracting 7 from the term before it. Work out the 5th term of the sequence.
- 9.Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14. Work out the 8th term.
- 10.The nth term of a sequence is n² + 3. Work out the first term of the sequence that is greater than 50.
- 11.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² − 3, where n is the position number. Work out the difference between the 6th term and the 5th term.
- 12.A company's profit was £2000 in its first year. Each following year, the profit increases by £800. Work out the first year in which the profit is more than £7000.
- 13.A sequence has the position-to-term rule 5n − 2, where n is the position number. Which of these is a term in the sequence?
- 14.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 15.The nth term of a sequence is 2n² + 1. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
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