Sequences (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE International Maths: Extended): Exam Questions

In a sequence

Find

Find .

The nth term of a sequence is . Find the largest number in this sequence.

Here are the first five terms of a different sequence.

12          19          26          33          40

Find an expression for the th term of this sequence.

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Here is a sequence of numbers.

7,   5,   3,   1,   – 1, …

Find an expression for the th term of this sequence.

These are the first four terms of a sequence.

i) Write down the next term.  

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ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.  

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Write down the next two terms of the sequence.

Find the th term of this sequence.  

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Find the value of when the th term is -65.  

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These are the first five terms in a sequence.  

Find an expression for the th term.

These are the first five terms of a sequence.

Find an expression for the th term of this sequence.

Marco is making patterns with grey and white circular mats.

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

Complete the table for Pattern 5.

Find an expression, in terms of , for the number of grey mats in Pattern .

Marco makes a pattern with 24 grey mats. Find the total number of mats in this pattern.

Find an expression for the th term of the sequence below.

i) One term of this sequence is .

Find, in terms of and , the next term in this sequence.

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ii) Find the 6th term of this sequence.

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These are the first five terms of a sequence.

Find the next term.

Find the next term and the th term of this sequence.

Next term = .................................................  
th term = ................................................. 

The th term of a sequence is given by  where  and  are integers.

The 2nd term of the sequence is —2
The 4th term of the sequence is 12

Find the 6th term of the sequence.

Here are the first five terms of a different quadratic sequence.

0   2   6   12   20

Find an expression, in terms of , for the th term of this sequence.

Find the th term of each sequence.

4,   8,   12,   16,   20,   .........

11,   20,   35,   56,   83,   ..........

Here are the first six terms of a Fibonacci sequence.

            1   1   2   3         5    8

The rule to continue a Fibonacci sequence is,

         the next term in the sequence is the sum of the two previous terms.

Find the 9th term of this sequence.

The first three terms of a different Fibonacci sequence are

Show that the th term of this sequence is 

Given that the 3rd term is 7 and the 6th term is 29,

find the value of and the value of .

Complete the table for the three sequences.

One term in Sequence C is . Write down the next term in Sequence in terms of and .

The sequence of diagrams above is made up of small lines and dots.

Complete the table.

For Diagram find an expression, in terms of , for the number of small lines. 

Diagram has 10 300 small lines.   Find the value of .  

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The number of dots in Diagram is .  

Find the value of and the value of .  

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= .............................................. 

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

Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence.

i) Find the th term of sequence A.  

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ii) Find the th term of sequence B.  

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