Name: Worksheet
Generating a sequence using a term-to-term rule
Task A: Using term-to-term rules
1) This crossnumber is made from sequences written from left to right or from top to
bottom. Fill in the crossnumber according to the given rules. Fill in the missing rule
for ‘A: down’
Across
A
-4 B: add −6 each time
B E F
7 C: add 12 each time
D: add 24 each time
Down
C A: add 5 each time
E: add 17 each time
D F: add 29 each time
2) For each sequence, use the term to term rule to find the desired term.
a) Start on 2 and add 7 each time. Find the value of T3
b) Start on 1 and multiply by 3 each time. Find the value of T4
c) Start on 6, double then add 10 each time. Find the value of T4
d) Start on 5, add −4 each time. Find the value of T6
e) Start on 10, multiply by 2 each time. Find the value of T7
f) Start on −4, add 5 each time. Find the value of T10
g) Start on 24, add −2 each time. Find the value of T25
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1. Here are the first five terms in a number sequence.
7 10 13 16 19
(a) Find the 10th term in this number sequence.
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(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this number sequence.
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2. A number sequence has nth term 6n + 3
(a) Write down the first four terms of this sequence.
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ..............., 4th term ...............
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(b) Sara says that 1008 is a term in this sequence.
Explain why she is wrong.
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3. A sequence of numbers is shown below.
1 5 9 13 17 ... ...
(a) Find an expression for the nth term of the sequence.
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(b) Explain why 95 will not be a term in this sequence.
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4. The nth term of a number sequence is given by 5n + 2
(a) Work out the first three terms of the number sequence.
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
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Here are the first five terms of another number sequence.
5 11 17 23 29
(b) Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this sequence.
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5. A sequence of numbers is shown.
2 9 16 23 30 ... ...
(a) Find an expression for the nth term of the sequence.
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(b) Find the 100th term in the sequence.
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6. The nth term of a number sequence is n² + 3.
(a) Find the first three terms of this sequence.
1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............
(2)
(b) Work out the difference between the 5th and 10th terms in the sequence.
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