IGCSE CIE Maths 1 hour 15 questions

Calculator Questions

Sequences
Introduction to Sequences / Types of Sequences / nth Term

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Easy Questions
1 Here is a sequence of numbers.

7, 5, 3, 1, – 1, …

Find the next term in this sequence.

(1 mark)

2 Write the next term in each of these sequences.

i) 1 1 2 3 5 8
[1]

ii) 2 4 8 16 32 64
[1]

(2 marks)

3 This expression can be used to generate a sequence of numbers.

n 2 − n + 11

i) Work out the first three terms of this sequence.

[2]

ii) Show that this expression does not only generate prime numbers.
[2]

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 (4 marks)

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Medium Questions
1 Find the n th term of the sequence below.

1 1 1 1 1
, , , , , ...
2 4 6 8 10

(1 mark)

2 The n th term of a sequence is 4n 2 + n + 3 .

i) Find the 2nd term.

[1]
ii) Find the value of n when the n th term is 498.

n = .................................................. [3]

(4 marks)

3 Here is a sequence.

a, 13, 9, 3, − 5, − 15, b, ...

Find the value of a and the value of b .

a = ...........................................
b = ...........................................

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 (2 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 (a) Find the n th term of each sequence.
4 2 0 -2 -4 ...

(2 marks)

(b) 1 7 17 31 49 ...

(2 marks)

2 Complete the table for the 5th term and the nth term of each sequence.
1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term n th term
9 5 1 -3
4 9 16 25
1 8 27 64
8 16 32 64

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 (11 marks)

3 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 , ...

This sequence is a Fibonacci sequence.

After the first two terms, the rule to find the next term is “add the two previous terms”.
For example, 5 + 8 = 13.

Use this rule to complete each of the following Fibonacci sequences.

2 4 ........ ........ ........

1 ........ ........ ........ 11

........ −1 ........ ........ 1

(3 marks)

4 Find the n th term of the sequence below.

1, 5, 25, 125, 625, . . .

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 (2 marks)

5 Find the n th term of each sequence.

i) −1, − 3, − 5, − 7, − 9, ...

[2]
ii) 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, ...

[2]

(4 marks)

6 Find the n th term of the sequence below.

3, 6, 12, 24, ...

(2 marks)

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Very Hard Questions

1 (a) These are the first four diagrams of a sequence.

The diagrams are made from white dots and black dots.
Complete the table for Diagram 5 and Diagram 6.

Diagram 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of white dots 1 4 9 16

Number of black dots 0 1 3 6

Total number of dots 1 5 12 22

(2 marks)

(b) Write an expression, in terms of n , for the number of white dots in Diagram n .

(1 mark)

1
(c) The expression for the total number of dots in Diagram n is (3n 2 − n ) .
2
i) Find the total number of dots in Diagram 8.

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 [1]
ii) Find an expression for the number of black dots in Diagram n .
Give your answer in its simplest form.

[2]

(3 marks)

(d) T is the total number of dots used to make all of the first n diagrams.

T = an 3 + bn 2

Find the value of a and the value of b .

You must show all your working.

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

b= ................................................

(5 marks)

2 The table shows the first four terms in sequences A, B, and C.

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 2nd
Sequence 1st term 3rd term 4th term 5th term n th term
term

A 4 9 14 19

B 3 10 29 66

C 1 4 16 64

Complete the table.

(9 marks)

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3 (a) 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
Complete the table.

(3 marks)

(b) Find an expression for the n th term of

i) sequence A,

[2]
ii) sequence B.

[1]

(3 marks)

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

n = ...............................................

(2 marks)

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(d) i) Find an expression for the n th term of sequence C.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

[2]

(5 marks)

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