EDEXCEL-arithmetic Sequence
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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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6 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence.
1 3 5 7 9
(1)
(ii) Find the difference between the 17th term of the sequence and the 15th term of
the sequence.
1 4 9 16 25
(b) (i) Write down the next square number.
(1)
(ii) Work out the 20th square number.
(1)
Here are the first six prime numbers.
2 3 5 7 11 13
(c) Write down the next prime number.
(1)
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11 The first four terms of a sequence are
11 21 31 41
(2)
(b) Factorise x2 – 7x + 6
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3 Here is a sequence of patterns made from identical pentagons.
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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.
(1)
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9 Here is a sequence of patterns made from white counters and black counters.
(1)
(b) Find the total number of counters in Pattern number 6
(1)
(1)
(d) Work out the total number of counters in Pattern number 50
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18 The table shows the volumes, in km3, of four oceans.
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(1)
(b) Calculate the total volume of these four oceans.
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The volume of the South China Sea is 9 880 000 km3
(c) Write 9 880 000 in standard form.
(1)
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5 Here is a sequence of patterns made from sticks.
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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)
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8 Here is a sequence of patterns made from circles in rows.
(1)
(c) Write down the number of circles in the bottom row of Pattern number 20
(1)
There are more circles in Pattern number 30 than there are in Pattern number 28
(d) How many more?
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(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)
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18 In an arithmetic series, the 6th term is 39
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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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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23 Express 7 – 12x – 2x2 in the form a + b(x + c)2 where a, b and c are integers.
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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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