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    Question 1: Find the next two terms for each quadratic sequence

    (a) 4, 6, 10, 16, 24 … … (b) 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 … … (c) 2, 5, 10, 17, 26 … …

    (d) 3, 9, 19, 33, 51 … … (e) 50, 48, 44, 38, 30 … … (f) 3, 14, 29, 48, 71 … …

    Question 2: List the Iirst 5 terms of the sequences with nth term:

    (a) n² (b) n² + 1 (c) n² + 4 (d) n² − 2 (e) 2n²

    (f) 5n² (g) (h) (i) 3n² + 10 (j)

    Question 3: The quadratic nth term of the sequence below is n²


    1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 …

    Find the nth term of each of these sequences

    (a) 4, 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, 52 … (b) 51, 54, 59, 66, 75, 86, 99 … (c) −5, −2, 3, 10, 19, 30…

    (d) 3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108 … (e) 20, 80, 180, 320, 500, 720 … (f) 0.2, 0.8, 1.8, 3.2, 5 …

    (g) 3, 9, 19, 33, 51, 73, 99 … (h) 2.5, 4, 6.5, 10, 14.5, 20 …

    Question 4: For each nth term, work out the Iirst Iive terms of the sequence.

    (a) n² + n (b) n² + 2n (c) n² − n (d) n² − 3n

    (e) n² + n + 2 (f) n² − 2n + 5 (g) n² + 4n − 10 (h) 2n² + n

    (i) 3n² − n + 6 (j) 10n² + 5n − 7

    Question 5: For each nth term, work out the Iirst Iive terms of the sequence.

    (a) −n² (b) −2n² (c) −4n² + 2 (d) −n² + 3n

    (e) 50 − n² (f) 6n − n² (g) −n² − 7n − 2


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    Question 6: For each nth term, work out the Iirst Iive terms of the sequence.

    (a) n(n + 1) (b) n(n + 3) (c) (n + 1)(n + 5) (d) n(n − 2)

    (e) (n − 3)(n + 1) (f) (n − 8)(n − 3)

    Question 7: Work out the nth term for each quadratic sequence

    (a) 7, 12, 19, 28, 39 … (b) 7, 16, 31, 52, 79 … (c) 6, 13, 24, 39, 58 …

    (d) 3, 13, 27, 45, 67 … (e) 9, 20, 35, 54, 77 … (f) 9, 24, 45, 72, 105 …

    (g) −6, −1, 6, 15, 26 … (h) −5, −4, −1, 4, 11 … (i) 7, 10, 17, 28, 43 …

    (j) 2.5, 5, 8.5, 13, 18.5 … (k) −0.5, 1, 4.5, 10, 17.5 …

    Question 8: Calculate the 10th term of each sequence in question 7

    Question 9: Work out the nth term for each quadratic sequence

    (a) 3, 1, −3, −9, −17… (b) −4, −12, −24, −40, −60 … (c) 6, 5, 2, −3, −10 …

    (d) 100, 96, 90, 82, 72 … (e) −17, −30, −49, −74, −105 … (f) 6, 5.5, 4.5, 3, 1 …

    Question 10: Calculate the 10th term of each sequence in question 9

    Question 11: A sequence has an nth term of n² + n − 20


    Work out which term in the sequence has a value of 52.

    Question 12: A sequence has an nth term of n² + 2n − 5


    Work out which term in the sequence has a value of 58.

    Question 13: A sequence has an nth term of n² − 6n + 7


    Work out which term in the sequence has a value of 23.

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    Question 1: The Iirst 5 terms of a quadratic sequence are: 4, 10, 18, 28, 40
    Work out the difference between the 10th and 20th terms.

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    Question 2: Below are patterns of tiles.


    The number of tiles in each form quadratic sequences.
    Find the number of tiles in pattern n for each.

    (a) (b)

    (c) (d)

    Question 3: Here is a pattern made from tiles.


    How many tiles are needed to make Pattern 20?

    Question 4: The Iirst 4 terms of a sequence are: 400, 390, 375, 355 …
    Which term is the Iirst to be negative?

    Question 5: The nth term of a quadratic sequence is n² + 4n


    Two consecutive terms have a difference of 25.
    Work out the two terms.

    Question 6: Prove every term in the sequence n² − 8n + 21 is positive



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