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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.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?
- 2.A sequence has the position-to-term rule: the nth term is 3n. Write down the first four terms of the sequence.
- 3.Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17. Work out the 5th term.
- 4.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.
- 5.The nth term of a sequence is 2n² + 1. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
- 6.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.
- 7.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?
- 8.In a sequence, each term is half the term before it. The sequence begins 100, 50, 25. Write down the next term.
- 9.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.
- 10.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.
- 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 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.Which of these rules generates the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, …?
- 15.The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Work out the 4th term of the sequence.
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