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Finding the nth term

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Finding the nth term”, from the unit “Sequences” (Year 8 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. The n^\text{th} term is the position of a term in a sequence (n is the term number). It can be used to calculate any term so is also known as a __________ for finding the n^\text{th} term.
  2. What is the term-to-term rule for this pattern sequence?
  3. What is the position-to-term rule for this pattern sequence?
  4. Which of these are arithmetic (linear) sequences?
  5. This pattern represents people seated around an increasing number of tables. If you were asked to find the number of people around 50 tables, which calculation would you do?
  6. Order these arithmetic sequences in terms of the size of their common difference. Start with the greatest common difference.
  7. 5n - 2 is the __________ of the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, ...
  8. To find the n^\text{th} term of an arithmetic sequence, which of the following do we need?
  9. 17, 21, 25, 29, ... is a translation of what from the sequence 4n?
  10. What is the n^\text{th} term of the arithmetic sequence 10, 15, 20, 25, ...?
  11. The sequence 17-7n has a common difference of what?
  12. Find the n^\text{th} term of the sequence 2.31, 2.22, 2.13, 2.04, ...

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