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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.The nth term of a sequence is n² + 3. Work out the first term of the sequence that is greater than 50.
- 2.The nth term of a sequence is 4n − 3. Work out the 7th term of the sequence.
- 3.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.
- 4.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 2, where n is the position number. Work out the 6th term.
- 5.In a sequence, each term is half the term before it. The sequence begins 100, 50, 25. Write down the next term.
- 6.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.
- 7.Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14. Work out the 8th term.
- 8.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 9.Which of these rules generates the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …?
- 10.Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17. Work out the 5th term.
- 11.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.
- 12.A geometric sequence starts at 3, and each term after that is found by multiplying the term before it by 2. Write down the first four terms.
- 13.The nth term of a sequence is 2n − 1. Work out the 6th term of the sequence.
- 14.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.
- 15.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.
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