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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 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.
- 2.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the term is the position number multiplied by itself. Its first five terms are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25. Work out the 8th term.
- 3.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 1, where n is the position number. Work out how much bigger the 5th term is than the 4th term.
- 4.Which of these rules generates the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …?
- 5.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.
- 6.The nth term of a sequence is n² + 3. Work out the first term of the sequence that is greater than 50.
- 7.Write down the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 6n − 5.
- 8.The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 9.A geometric sequence has first term 5, and each term after that is 3 times the term before it. Work out the first term of the sequence that is greater than 1000.
- 10.A sequence has nth term 3n + 4. Two terms are missing from the list of its first five terms: 7, 10, _, 16, _. Work out the missing 3rd and 5th terms added together.
- 11.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 12.The nth term of a sequence is 2n² + 1. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 13.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.
- 14.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 2, where n is the position number. Work out the 6th term.
- 15.In a sequence, each term is half the term before it. The sequence begins 100, 50, 25. Write down the next term.
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