Worksheet 5 Memorandum – Number Patterns and Sequences
Grade 10 – Mathematics
1. a) 3, 6, 9… b) 6, 8, 10…
i) add 3 to the previous term i) add 2 to the previous term
ii) 12, 15, 18 ii) 12, 14, 16
iii) Tn = 3n iii) Tn = 2n + 4
iv) T10 = 30 iv) T10 = 24
c) 15, 17, 19… d) 11, 14, 17…
i) add 2 to the previous term i) add 3 to the previous term
ii) 21, 23, 25 ii) 20, 23, 26
iii) Tn = 2n + 13 iii) Tn = 3n + 8
iv) T10 = 33 iv) T10 = 38
e) 3, 1, -1… f) 1, 4, 9…
i) subtract 2 from the previous term i) each term is the square of its position
ii) -3, -5, -7 ii) 16, 25, 36
iii) Tn = -2n + 5 iii) Tn = n2
iv) T10 = -15 iv) T10 = 100
g) 2, 5, 10, 17… h) 2, 8, 18, 32…
i) square each term and add 1. i) Square each term and multiply
by 2.
ii) 26, 37, 50 ii) 50, 72, 98
iii) Tn = n2 + 1 iii) Tn = 2n2
iv) T10 = 101 iv) T10 = 200
i) …. j) …
i) add to the previous term i) add to the previous term
ii) ii)
iii) iii)
iv) iv)
2. a)
Segment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Boards 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Total
6 11 16 21 26 31 36
Boards
b) As the fence increases by 1 segment the number of boards in total increases by 5.
Tn = 5n +1
c) T20 = 5(20) +1 d) 136 = 5n +1
T20 = 101 135 = 5n
∴ n = 27
e) i) 6 (first segment); 10 (second segment); 14 (third segment); 18 (fourth segment)
ii) Tn = 4n + 2
iii) T20 = 4(20) +2
T20 = 82 ∴ He will save 101 – 82
= 19 boards.
3. a) Add to the previous term. b)
c) ( ) ( ) ( )
d) e) Let position and term
∴ ( )
∴ ∴
∴
∴
∴
∴ Term = 17 and position is 16.
4. a) b) ;
i) 3, 5, 9 i) 9, 16, 29
ii) T11 = 2 049 ii) not necessary but if tried – T11 = 349
iii) not arithmetic iii) not arithmetic
iv) N/A iv) N/A
c) d) e)
i) 7, 10, 13 i) 2, 3, 6 i)
ii) T11 = 37 ii) T11 = 102 ii)
iii) Arithmetic iii) Not arithmetic iii) Arithmetic
iv) 3 iv) N/A iv)
f) g) h) ( )
i) 5, 8, 11 i) 2, 8, 26 i) 2, 6, 12
ii) T11 = 35 ii) T11 = 177 146 ii) T11 = 132
iii) Arithmetic iii) not arithmetic iii) not arithmetic
iv) iv) N/A iv) N/A
i) where
i) 3, 8, 5 ii) not necessary but if tried: T11 = -307
iii) Not arithmetic iv) N/A
j)
i) 1, 5, 9 ii) T11 = 41
iii) Arithmetic iv) 4
5. The uneven term is very easy as the uneven term pattern is a repeating 6: 6, even, 6, even, 6…
∴ T31 = 6
For the even terms the pattern is odd, -4, odd, 1, odd, 6…
Therefore the formula for the pattern is Tn = 5n – 9
And ∴ T30 = 5(30) – 9
T30 = 141.
