Learning objectives:

To find the next

terms in a sequence
th
and to find the n
term of a sequence

4n + 2
1st term

4 1 + 2

= 6

2nd term

4 2 + 2

= 10

3rd term

4 3 + 2

= 14

4th term

4 4 + 2

= 18

5th term

4 5 + 2

= 22

10

14

18

22

5n - 4
1st term

5 1 - 4

= 1

2nd term

5 2 - 4

= 6

3rd term

5 3 - 4

= 11

4th term

5 4 - 4

= 16

5th term

5 5 - 4

= 21

11

16

21

Write the first five terms of

these sequences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

2n
5n
6n
4n
8n
9n
7n
3n

+ 5
1
+ 2
3
+ 3
5

7 9

11

13

15

8 9

14

19

24

- 4

-1

8 14
9 5

20
9

11 19

26
13

32
17

27

35

43

12 13

22

31

40

7 14

21

28

35

11

12

16

20

3 7 11 15
4

24

28

19 23 27
4

14

21

28

35

42

49

1 8 15 22 29 36 43
7

5, 7, 9, 11

2n + 3

6, 9, 12, 15

3n + 3

STOP WRITING
4n - 3

1, 5, 9, 13

5, 8, 11, 14

3n + 2

12, 8, 4, 0

-4n + 16