1. Find the next term in 3, 7, 11, 15, … (2 marks)
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Sequences & nth Term
Arithmetic sequences and finding the nth term.
Mathematics · Algebra · Year 10 · 25 mins · 20 marks · 10 questions
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Find the next term in 3, 7, 11, 15, … (2 marks)
The common difference of 5, 9, 13, 17 is: (2 marks)
Find the nth term of 2, 5, 8, 11, … (2 marks)
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2. The common difference of 5, 9, 13, 17 is: (2 marks)
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
3. Find the nth term of 2, 5, 8, 11, … (2 marks)
4. Find the 10th term of the sequence with nth term 4n + 1. (2 marks)
5. Is 50 in the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, … ? (2 marks)
- Yes
- No
6. Find the nth term of 10, 7, 4, 1, … (2 marks)
7. The 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and the common difference is 6. The 5th term is: (2 marks)
8. Geometric sequence 2, 6, 18, 54… The next term is: (2 marks)
- 108
- 162
- 72
- 216
9. Find the common ratio of 3, 12, 48, 192. (2 marks)
10. nth term is n². What is the 6th term? (2 marks)
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- 1. 19
- 2. 4
- 3. 3n − 1
- 4. 41
- 5. No
- 6. 13 − 3n
- 7. 28
- 8. 162
- 9. 4
- 10. 36
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