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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: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 2.The nth term of a sequence is 2n² + 1. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 3.Write down the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 6n − 5.
- 4.The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 5.The nth term of a sequence is 2n − 1. Work out the 6th term of the sequence.
- 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.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.
- 8.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?
- 9.In a sequence, each term is half the term before it. The sequence begins 100, 50, 25. Write down the next term.
- 10.Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17. Work out the 5th term.
- 11.A geometric sequence starts at 4, and each term after that is found by multiplying the term before it by 3. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 12.Which of these rules generates the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …?
- 13.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 2, where n is the position number. Work out the 6th term.
- 14.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?
- 15.Matchsticks are laid out as a row of squares, with each new square sharing a side with the square before it. The first square uses 4 matchsticks and every extra square uses 3 more. Work out how many matchsticks a row of 4 squares uses.
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