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EDEXCEL-arithmetic Sequence

This document contains 23 math questions with multiple parts each. Students are instructed to show their work and write answers in the spaces provided. The questions cover a range of math topics including sequences, arithmetic, standard form, and more.

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EDEXCEL-arithmetic Sequence

This document contains 23 math questions with multiple parts each. Students are instructed to show their work and write answers in the spaces provided. The questions cover a range of math topics including sequences, arithmetic, standard form, and more.

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Answer ALL TWENTY THREE questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.


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You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 A plane has a length of 73 metres.


A scale model is made of the plane.
The scale of the model is 1 : 200
Work out the length of the scale model.
Give your answer in centimetres.
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cm

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

2 Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.


7 11 15 19 23
Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

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3 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence S.
10 16 22 28 34
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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.


The nth term of a sequence T is given by n2í
There are numbers that are terms in both the sequence S and the sequence T.
(b) Find one of these numbers.
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4 On Saturday, Jacob walked 10 800 steps.


On Sunday, he walked 7% more steps than on Saturday.
Work out how many steps Jacob walked on Sunday.
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6 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.

1 3 5 7 9

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(a) (i) Write down the next term of the sequence.

(1)
(ii) Find the difference between the 17th term of the sequence and the 15th term of
the sequence.

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(2)
Here are the first five square numbers.

1 4 9 16 25
(b) (i) Write down the next square number.

(1)
(ii) Work out the 20th square number.

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(1)
Here are the first six prime numbers.

2 3 5 7 11 13
(c) Write down the next prime number.

(1)

(Total for Question 6 is 6 marks)

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11 The first four terms of a sequence are
11 21 31 41

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(a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.

(2)
(b) Factorise x2 – 7x + 6

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(2)
(c) Expand and simplify (2e – 3f )(3e – 4 f )

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(Total for Question 11 is 6 marks)

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3 Here is a sequence of patterns made from identical pentagons.
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Pattern Pattern Pattern


number 1 number 2 number 3

(a) (i) Work out the number of pentagons in Pattern number 4

(ii) Explain how you worked out your answer.


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(2)
A different sequence of patterns is made from identical hexagons.
The rule below can be used to find the number of hexagons in each pattern of this
sequence.

Multiply the Pattern number by 5 and subtract 1

(b) Work out the number of hexagons in Pattern number 7

(1)
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A pattern in this sequence has exactly 59 hexagons.


(c) Work out its Pattern number.

(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)

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9 Here is a sequence of patterns made from white counters and black counters.

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Pattern Pattern Pattern
number 1 number 2 number 3

(a) In the space below, complete Pattern number 4

(1)
(b) Find the total number of counters in Pattern number 6

(1)

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(c) Work out the number of black counters in Pattern number 14

(1)
(d) Work out the total number of counters in Pattern number 50

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(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 5 marks)

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18 The table shows the volumes, in km3, of four oceans.
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Ocean Volume (km3)


Arctic Ocean 1.88 q 107
Atlantic Ocean 3.10 q 108
Indian Ocean 2.64 q 108
Southern Ocean 7.18 q 107

(a) Write 7.18 q 107 as an ordinary number.

(1)
(b) Calculate the total volume of these four oceans.
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km3
(2)
The volume of the South China Sea is 9 880 000 km3
(c) Write 9 880 000 in standard form.

(1)

(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)


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5 Here is a sequence of patterns made from sticks.
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Pattern number 1 Pattern number 2 Pattern number 3

(a) In the space below, draw Pattern number 4


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(1)
(b) Complete the table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of sticks 6 11 16

(2)
(c) Find the number of sticks in Pattern number 12
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(2)
A pattern in the sequence is made from exactly 201 sticks.
(d) Find the Pattern number.

(2)

(Total for Question 5 is 7 marks)

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Pattern number 1 Pattern number 2 Pattern number 3 Pattern number 4

(a) In the space below, complete Pattern number 5

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Pattern number 5
(1)
(b) Find the number of circles in Pattern number 6

(1)

(c) Write down the number of circles in the bottom row of Pattern number 20

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(1)
There are more circles in Pattern number 30 than there are in Pattern number 28
(d) How many more?

(2)
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In the same arithmetic series, the 19th term is 7.8
Work out the sum of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic series.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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22 The first term of an arithmetic series S is –6
The sum of the first 30 terms of S is 2865
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Find the 9th term of S.


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(Total for Question 22 is 4 marks)

23 Express 7 – 12x – 2x2 in the form a + b(x + c)2 where a, b and c are integers.
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(Total for Question 23 is 3 marks)

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23 The 10th term of an arithmetic series, S, is 66
The sum of the first 20 terms of S is 1290

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Find the 5th term of S.
Show your working clearly.

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