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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.
Generating sequences worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.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.
- 2.A sequence has the position-to-term rule n² + 2, where n is the position number. Work out the 6th term.
- 3.The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 4.The nth term of a sequence is 4n − 3. Work out the 7th term of the sequence.
- 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.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?
- 7.Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14. Work out the 8th term.
- 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.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 10.The nth term of a sequence is 2n − 1. Work out the 6th term of the sequence.
- 11.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.
- 12.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.
- 13.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.
- 14.Write down the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 6n − 5.
- 15.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.
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