1 The table shows the first four terms in sequences A, B, and C.
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term
A 4 9 14 19
B 3 10 29 66
C 1 4 16 64
Complete the table.
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2 (a) Complete the table for the four sequences A, B, C and D.
Sequence Next term nth term
A 2 5 8 11
B 20 14 8 2
C 1 4 9 16
D 0 2 6 12
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n ^3n + 1h
(b) The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is .
2
(i) When the sum of the first n terms is 155, show that 3n2 + n – 310 = 0.
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(ii) Solve 3n2 + n – 310 = 0.
n = ..................... or n = ..................... [3]
3 The first four terms of sequences A, B, C and D are shown in the table.
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term
A 1 2 3 4
3 4 5 6
B 3 4 5 6
C –1 0 1 2
D –3 0 5 12
(a) Complete the table.
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36
(b) Which term in sequence A is equal to ?
37
Answer(b) ................................................. [2]
4 The first three diagrams in a sequence are shown below.
The diagrams are made by drawing lines of length 1 cm.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3
(a) The areas of each of the first three diagrams are shown in this table.
Diagram 1 2 3
Area (cm2) 1 4 9
(i) Find the area of Diagram 4.
Answer(a)(i) ......................................... cm2 [1]
(ii) Find, in terms of n, the area of Diagram n.
Answer(a)(ii) ......................................... cm2 [1]
(b) The numbers of 1 cm lines needed to draw each of the first three diagrams are shown in this table.
Diagram 1 2 3
Number of 1 cm lines 4 13 26
(i) Find the number of 1 cm lines needed to draw Diagram 4.
Answer(b)(i) ................................................ [1]
(ii) In which diagram are 118 lines of length 1 cm needed?
Answer(b)(ii) ................................................ [1]
(c) The total number of 1 cm lines needed to draw both Diagram 1 and Diagram 2 is 17.
The total number of 1 cm lines needed to draw all of the first n diagrams is
2
3
n3 + an2 + bn.
Find the value of a and the value of b.
Show all your working.
Answer(c) a = ................................................
b = ................................................ [6]
20
5
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term
A 13 9 5 1
B 0 7 26 63
7 8 9 10
C
8 16 32 64
(a) Complete the table for the three sequences.
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p
(b) One term in Sequence C is .
q
Write down the next term in Sequence C in terms of p and q.
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6 The table shows the first five terms of sequences A, B and C.
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term 6th term
A 3 4 5 6 7
B 0 1 4 9 16
C –3 –3 –1 3 9
(a) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]
(b) Write down the nth term of sequence A.
Answer(b) ............................................... [1]
(c) (i) Find the nth term of sequence B.
Answer(c)(i) ............................................... [2]
(ii) Find the value of n when the nth term of sequence B is 8281.
Answer(c)(ii) n = ............................................... [2]
(d) (i) Find the nth term of sequence C in its simplest form.
Answer(d )(i) ............................................... [2]
(ii) Find the 8th term of sequence C.
Answer(d )(ii) ............................................... [1]
