Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Sequences (Section 4)
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What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 10, 5, 0, -5, ...?
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Which one of the following would be the next term in this sequence 4, 9, 16, 25...?
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If the pattern is to subtract 5 from the previous term, and the first term is 80, what is the 3rd term?
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If a sequence has a formula of an = 2n + 3, what are the first three terms?
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What is the formula for the nth term of the sequence: 3, 6, 9, 12, ...?
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What kind of sequence is the sequence created by adding 6 to the previous term?
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Which of the following sequences is an example of a quadratic sequence?
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What sequence is formed when adding 3 to the previous number?
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What is the formula for the nth term of the sequence: 4, 7, 10, 13, ...?
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What is the 7th term in the sequence if the nth term is an = 5n - 3?
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If the term-to-term rule is 'multiply by 4', and the first term is 2, what is the 3rd term?
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If the sequence follows the formula an = n2 - n, which are the first three terms?
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What is the next term in the sequence 2, 5, 9, 14,...?
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What is the term-to-term rule of the sequence: 100, 97, 94, 91,...?
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What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, 8, ...?
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What is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence: 1, 7, 13, 19, ...?
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The formula for the nth term of a sequence is n2 + 3. What is the 5th term?
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Which sequence(s) is/are an arithmetic sequence?
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What is the next term in the sequence: 1, 8, 27, 64,...?
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Given the sequence 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, ... what is the nth term?
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Which term follows the quadratic sequence 5, 11, 19, 29, ...?
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What is the 6th term of a sequence if the nth term is given by \(T_n = n^2 - 2n\)?
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Which rule describes the following sequence, where the nth term is denoted by Tn: 7, 12, 17, 22,...?
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What is the nth term formula of this quadratic sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ...?
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Which of the following is an example of a geometric sequence?
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The first three terms of a sequence are 1, 4, and 9. What is the formula for the nth term?
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What is the third term of the sequence defined by the formula n^2 + 2n?
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Which sequence is an example of an arithmetic sequence?
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In the sequence 3, 10, 17, 24, ... what is the formula for the nth term?
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What is the nth term formula for the sequence 5, 9, 13, 17,...?
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What is the next number in the sequence: 3, 5, 7, 9, ...?
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What is the common difference in the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, ...?
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If the general term is 2n+3, then what is the value of the 7th term?
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The sequence is defined by 2n+5, what is the third term?
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The formula for the nth term of a sequence is \(2n^2 + 1\). What is the second term of this sequence?
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Which of the following sequence(s) is/are arithmetic?
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If the term to term rule of a sequence is to multiply by 3, what is the third term if the first term is 2?
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Which of the following is the term-to-term rule for the sequence: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, ...?
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If the term to term rule is to double, and the first term is 3, what is the 5th term?
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Identify the term-to-term rule of the sequence 25, 28, 31, 34, ...
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What does the term-to-term rule 'add 2' to the previous number describe?
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What is the missing number in the sequence 1, 4, 10, __, 31, 46, ...?
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Which of these is a quadratic sequence?
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The nth term of a sequence is given by 6n - 4. What is the 10th term?
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The sequence has a first term of 1 and the term-to-term rule is 'add 6'. What is the fourth term?
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What is the difference between terms in the sequence 1, 5, 9, 13,...?
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What is the next term in the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20,...?
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If the term-to-term rule is multiply by 2, and the first term is 4, what is the fourth term?
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What is the nth term of the sequence: 2, 7, 12, 17, ...?
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What is the formula for the nth term of the sequence: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, ...?
