SEQUENCES

1.

Each diagram is made from tiles in the shape of equilateral triangles and rhombuses,
The length of a side of each tile is 1 unit.
a) Complete the table below for this sequence of diagrams.

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b) The number of 1 unit lengths of diagram n is n2 +4n + p.
i. Find the value of p

p = _____________________________ [2]

ii. Calculate the number of 1 unit lengths in diagram 10.

____________________________ [1]
2.
a) Complete the table for four sequences A, B, C and D.

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b) The sum of the first n terms of a sequence
is  .
i. When the sum of first n terms is 155, show that 3
 
 310  0.

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ii. Solve 3
 
 310  0.

n = ____________________ or n = ___________________ [3]

iii. Complete the statement.

The sum of the first _____________ term sequence is 155. [1]
3.
a) The nth term of the sequence is 8n - 3.
i. Write down the first two terms of the sequence.

__________________ , ___________________ [1]

ii. Show that the number 203 is not in the sequence.

[2]
b) Find the nth term of these sequences.
i. 13, 19, 25, 31, ….

______________ [2]
ii. 4, 8, 14, 22, ……..

______________ [2]
c) ……, 20, 50, ……..
The second term of this sequence is 20 and the third term is 50.
The rule of finding the next term in this sequence is subtract y then multiply by 5.

Find the value of y and work out the first term of this sequence,

y = ________________________

First term = _____________________ [4]

4.

The table shows the first four terms in the sequences A, B, C, and D.

Complete the table.

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 Recurring Numbers
1. Shown below are four fractions.

Write those fractions which are recurring decimals.

___________________________ [2]
2. Write the below fraction in the recurring decimal.

___________________________ [1]
3. Answer the largest number.

___________________________ [1]
4. Answer the smallest number.

___________________________ [1]
5. Write the following numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.

___________________________ [2]
6. Write the number as a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form.
 ___________________________ [3]

7. Prove algebraically that 0.512 can be written as .


_____________________________ [3]
8. Convert 0.451515151 …. to a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form.

_____________________________ [3]
9. Write the numbers below in order. Start with the smallest.
 
0.472
 

______________, ______________, _____________ [2]

10. Work out 0. 3 − 0.05 Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

_____________________________ [3]
11. Work out 0.14 + 0. 23 Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

_____________________________ [3]
12. Work out 1.54 × 0. 2 Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

_____________________________ [3]
13. Work out 3 
× 0.46 ÷ 0. 3 Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

_____________________________ [5]
 SETS
1. Shade the required region on each Venn diagram.

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2.
a) Shade the region  ∩ !" .

[1]
b) This Venn diagram shows the number of elements in each region.

Write down the value of

 ∩ !" .

 ∩ !"  = _______________________ [1]

3. In a survey of 60 cars, 25 use diesel, 20 use liquid hydrogen and 22 use electricity.

No cars use all three fuels and 14 cars use both diesel and electricity.

There are 8 cars which use diesel only, 15 cars which use liquid hydrogen only and 6 cars which
use electricity only.

In the Venn diagram below

ξ = {cars in the survey},
D = {cars which use diesel},
L = {cars which use liquid hydrogen},
E = {cars which use electricity}.
a) Use the information above to fill in the five missing numbers in the Venn diagram. [4]
b) Find the number of cars which use diesel but not electricity.

_______________________ [1]
c) Find
# " ∩ $ ∪ &

_______________________ [1]
4. In a group of 30 students, 18 have visited Australia, 15 have visited Botswana and 5 have not
visited either country.
Work out the number of students who have visited Australia but not Botswana.

_______________________ [2]
5. In a group of 24 students, 21 like football and 15 like swimming.
One student does not like football and does not like swimming.
Find the number of students who like both football and swimming.

_______________________ [2]
6. Q = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} and R = {5, 10, 15, 20}.
15 ∈ (,
(  1 *
+ ( ∩ ,  ∅.
Label each set and complete the Venn diagram to show this information.

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7.

The shaded area in the diagram shows the set  ∩ . ∩ !" .

Write down the set shown by the shaded area in each diagram below.

[2]
8. Shade the required regions in the Venn diagrams below.

[2]
9. Write the following {0, 1, 2, …, 10} in set-builder notation.

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

10. List out the members of the set {x: x is an integer less than 4}.

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]