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Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4 Diagram 5
The sequence of diagrams above is made up of small lines and dots.
(a) Complete the table.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4 Diagram 5 Diagram 6
Number of
4 10 18 28
small lines
Number of
4 8 13 19
dots
[4]
(b) For Diagram n find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small lines.
............................................... [2]
(c) Diagram r has 10 300 small lines.
Find the value of r.
r = .............................................. [2]
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(d) The number of dots in Diagram n is an 2 + bn + 1.
Find the value of a and the value of b.
a = ..............................................
b = .............................................. [2]
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11 (a) 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
(i) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]
(ii) Find the nth term of
(a) sequence A,
................................................... [2]
(b) sequence B.
................................................... [2]
(b) The nth term of another sequence is 4n 2 + n + 3.
Find
(i) the 2nd term,
................................................... [1]
(ii) the value of n when the nth term is 498.
n = .................................................. [3]
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11 The table shows the first four terms in sequences A, B, C and D.
Complete the table.
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term
A 16 25 36 49
B 5 8 11 14
C 11 17 25 35
D 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5
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9 (a) The nth term of a sequence is 8n - 3.
(i) Write down the first two terms of this sequence.
....................... , ....................... [1]
(ii) Show that the number 203 is not in this sequence.
[2]
(b) Find the nth term of these sequences.
(i) 13, 19, 25, 31, …
................................................. [2]
(ii) 4, 8, 14, 22, …
................................................. [2]
(c) … , 20, 50, …
The second term of this sequence is 20 and the third term is 50.
The rule for finding the next term in this sequence is subtract y then multiply by 5.
Find the value of y and work out the first term of this sequence.
y = ................................................
First term = ................................................ [4]
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Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4
These are the first four diagrams of a sequence.
The diagrams are made from white dots and black dots.
(a) 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]
(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the number of white dots in Diagram n.
................................................. [1]
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(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.
................................................. [1]
(ii) Find an expression for the number of black dots in Diagram n.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
................................................. [2]
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(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]
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(b) How many students like
(i) all three sports,
[1]
(ii) basketball and swimming but not football?
[1]
(c) Find
(i) n(B′ ),
[1]
(ii) n((B F ) S ′ ).
[1]
(d) One student is chosen at random from the 100 students.
Find the probability that the student
(i) only likes swimming,
[1]
(ii) likes basketball but not swimming.
[1]
(e) Two students are chosen at random from those who like basketball.
Find the probability that they each like exactly one other sport.
[3]
6.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3
The first three diagrams in a sequence are shown above.
The diagrams are made up of dots and lines. Each line is one centimetre long.
(a) Make a sketch of the next diagram in the sequence.
[1]
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(b) The table below shows some information about the diagrams.
Diagram 1 2 3 4 ----------- n
Area 1 4 9 16 ----------- x
Number of dots 4 9 16 p ----------- y
Number of one centimetre lines 4 12 24 q ----------- z
(i) Write down the values of p and q.
[2]
(ii) Write down each of x, y and z in terms of n.
[4]
(c) The total number of one centimetre lines in the first n diagrams is given by the
expression
2 3
n fn 2 gn.
3
10
(i) Use n = 1 in this expression to show that f + g = .
3
[1]
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(ii) Use n = 2 in this expression to show that 4 f 2 g .
3
[2]
(iii) Find the values of f and g.
[3]
(iv) Find the total number of one centimetre lines in the first 10 diagrams.
[1]
7. Find the nth term of each of the following sequences:
(a) 16, 12, 8, 4, 0….
(b) 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 ….
(c) 2, 8, 18, 32, 50…
(d) 21, 81, 181, 321, 501…
[4]
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8.
Sketch separate graphs of y=sin(x), y=cos(x) and y=tan(x) for x values between 0 and 360 degrees.
Use your graphs (and your calculators) to provide all solutions between 0 and 360 degrees to the
following equations:
(a) sin x = -1
(b) cos x = -0.5
(c) tan x = 2
(d) 4 tan x = 3
9.
Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
The first three patterns in a sequence are shown above.
(a) Complete the table.
Pattern number 1 2 3 4
Number of dots 5
[1]
(b) Find a formula for the number of dots, d, in the nth pattern.
Answer (b) d = ………………………….……
[1]
(c) Find the number of dots in the 60th pattern.
Answer (c) …….…..………………….……
[1]
(d) Find the number of the pattern that has 89 dots.
Answer (d) …….…..………………….……
[1]
10. sin x° = 0.86603 and 0 ≤ x ≤ 180.
Find the two values of x.
Answer x = ………or x = ………
[2]
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14. For each of the following sequences, write down the next term.
(a) 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …
Answer (a) …….…………………………
[1]
(b) x6, 6x5, 30x4, 120x3, …
Answer (b) …….…………………………
[1]
(c) 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, ...
Answer (c) …….…………………………
[1]
15. The table shows some terms of several sequences.
Term 1 2 3 4 8
Sequence P 7 5 3 1 p
Sequence Q 1 8 27 64 q
1 2 3 4
Sequence R r
2 3 4 5
Sequence S 4 9 16 25 s
Sequence T 1 3 9 27 t
Sequence U 3 6 7 –2 u
(a) Find the values of p, q, r, s, t and u.
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(b) Find the nth term of sequence
(i) P,
[1]
(ii) Q,
[1]
(iii) R,
[1]
(iv) S,
[1]
(v) T,
[1]
(vi) U.
[1]
(c) Which term in sequence P is equal to –777?
[2]
(d) Which term in sequence T is equal to 177 147?
[2]
16.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4
The first four terms in a sequence are 1, 3, 6 and 10.
They are shown by the number of dots in the four diagrams above.
(a) Write down the next four terms in the sequence.
Answer (a) ..…, ……, ……, ……
[2]
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