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1 3, 9, 27, 81, ...

Write down the term to term rule for this sequence.

......................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

2 13, 17, 21, 25, ...

Find the nth term of this sequence.

......................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

3 w is proportional to the square root of y.

y is inversely proportional to x.
When x = 4, y = 16 and w = 8.

Find w in terms of x.

w = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

4 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 0 1 4 9 16

B 4 5 6 7 8

C −4 −4 −2 2 8
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(a) Complete the table. [3]

(b) Find an expression for the nth term of

(i) sequence A,

................................................... [2]

(ii) sequence B.

................................................... [1]

(c) Find the value of n when the nth term of sequence A is 576.

n = ................................................... [2]

(d) (i) Find an expression for the nth term of sequence C.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]
(ii) Find the value of the 30th term of sequence C.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 13]

5 Marco is making patterns with grey and white circular mats.

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The patterns form a sequence.

Marco makes a table to show some information about the patterns.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of grey mats 6 9 12 15

Total number of mats 6 10 15 21

(a) Complete the table for Pattern 5. [2]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of grey mats in Pattern n.

................................................... [2]

(c) Marco makes a pattern with 24 grey mats.

Find the total number of mats in this pattern.

................................................... [2]
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(d) Marco needs a total of 6 mats to make the first pattern.

He needs a total of 16 mats to make the first two patterns.
He needs a total of mats to make the first n patterns.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [6]

[Total: 12]

6 Solve.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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7 The nth term of a sequence is .

The first term is −3 and the second term is 2.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]

8 Find all the positive integers which satisfy the inequality.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

9 The table shows the first five terms of sequence A and sequence B.

Term 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sequence A 7 13 23 37 55

Sequence B 1 3 9 27 81

(a) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]
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(b) Find the nth term of

(i) sequence A,

................................................... [2]

(ii) sequence B.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]

10 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(a) –1, –3, –5, –7, –9, …

................................................... [2]

(b) 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, …

................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]
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