Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Sequences (Section 2)
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What is the term-to-term rule for the sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ...?
Sagot(B)
add consecutive odd numbers starting from 3
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What is the next term in the sequence: 36, 31, 26, 21, ...?
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The nth term of a sequence is given by \(U_n = n^2 + 2n\). What is the value of \(U_3\)?
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What is the next term in the sequence: 11, 7, 3, -1, ...?
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Identify the sequences that are quadratic sequences.
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Which of the following sequences is a quadratic sequence?
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If the general formula for a sequence is \(T_n = 4n - 1\), then what is the 4th term?
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What are the first three terms of a sequence defined by the formula \(a_n = n^2 + 1\)?
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What is the difference between the 5th and 3rd terms in the sequence defined by \(a_n = 2n^2 - 1\)?
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What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 8, 27, 64, ...?
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If a sequence follows the rule \(a_n = a_{n-1} + 4\), and \(a_1 = 2\), then what is \(a_3\)?
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Which of the following is the next term of the quadratic sequence 8, 13, 20, 29, 40, ...?
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What is the 5th term of the sequence 2, 6, 10, 14,...?
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What is the constant difference in the sequence: 14, 11, 8, 5, ...?
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Find the first four terms of the sequence defined by the formula \(U_n = 3n - 1\).
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What is the formula for the nth term of the sequence 7, 10, 13, 16,...?
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If the nth term of a sequence is \(n^2 - 4\), what is the third term?
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Which rule defines the sequence 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, ...?
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Find the 10th term of the sequence with the nth term given by \(U_n = 5n - 2\).
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The nth term of a sequence is given by \(T_n = 2n^2 + 5\). What is T2?
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Which of the following sequences is a linear sequence?
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Which of the following sequences is geometric?
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What type of sequence has a constant second difference?
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Determine the next three terms of the sequence: 2, 9, 16, 23, ...
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In the sequence 5, 12, 19, 26, ..., what is the common difference?
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Find the general formula for the nth term of the sequence 2, 7, 12, 17, ...
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What is the common difference in the following arithmetic sequence: -3, 2, 7, 12, ...?
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Find the nth term formula for the sequence 4, 7, 12, 19, 28,...
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What is the 5th term of the sequence defined by \(a_n = 2n + 1\) ?
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What is the second difference in the sequence 2, 5, 10, 17, 26...?
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Which of these sequences is *not* a linear sequence?
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Which of these is a quadratic sequence?
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What kind of sequence is represented by the formula an + b?
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If the pattern is to subtract 7 from the previous term, and the first term is 50, what is the 4th term?
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Which of these sequences is geometric?
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If the first five terms of a sequence are \(\frac{2}{3}, \frac{4}{6}, \frac{6}{9}, \frac{8}{12}, \frac{10}{15}\), what is the nth term?
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Given the sequence 11, 7, 3, -1, ..., what is the nth term?
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The nth term of a sequence is given by 2n + 7. What is the 5th term?
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What type of sequence is described by the general formula an^2 + bn + c?
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If the nth term of a sequence is 4n - 3, what is the 6th term?
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Which of the following is the term-to-term rule for the sequence 100, 90, 80, 70,...?
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Which of the following is a linear sequence?
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Consider the sequence given by the formula \(T_n = 2n^2 - 1\). What are the first three terms?
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The formula for the nth term of a sequence is \(T_n = n^2 - 1\). What is the second term?
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If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 5 and the common difference is 3, what is the third term?
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The formula for the nth term of a sequence is n2 - 1. What is the third term of the sequence?
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What is the next term in the sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19,...?
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What is the next number in the sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...?
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What is the next term in the sequence: 10, 14, 18, 22, ...?
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What is the next term in the sequence: -2, 1, 6, 13,...?
