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• Iteration – 179 and 180

• Algebraic Proof – 193

• Surds – 207a, 207b & 207c

• Geometric Sequences - 163

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Expression Substitute
a) x = 3
b) x = 6 Is there anything
c) x = 9 you notice about
a) x = 5 the answers for
each question?
b) x = 7

Can you define the following numbers algebraically?

Even numbers

Consecutive numbers
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Expression Substitute Solution

a) x = 3 a) 10
b) x = 6 b) 64 All even
c) x = 9 c) 154 numbers…
a) x = 5 a) 63
b) x = 3 b) 15 Can be
divided by 3
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2 2
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡h𝑎𝑡 (3 𝑛+1) − ( 3 𝑛−1 ) 𝑖𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑓 6 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛
(3 𝑛+1)2 ¿(3 𝑛+1)(3 𝑛+1) ¿ 9 𝑛2 +6 𝑛+1
(3 𝑛 −1)2 ¿(3 𝑛 −1)(3 𝑛 −1) ¿ 9 𝑛2 −6 𝑛+1
2 2
(3 𝑛+1) − ( 3 𝑛 −1 )
Be careful
(𝟗𝒏𝟐 +𝟔𝒏+𝟏) −(𝟗𝒏𝟐 − 𝟔𝒏+𝟏) with
negatives!
Can you factorise
and take 6
outside of the
¿ 𝟏𝟐𝒏
bracket?
¿ 𝟔(𝟐 𝒏)
…therefore, the expression is a multiple of 6.
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2 2
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡h𝑎𝑡 (5𝑛+1) − ( 5 𝑛−1 ) 𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 4 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑓 𝑛
(5 𝑛+1)2 ¿(5 𝑛+1)(5 𝑛+1) ¿ 25 𝑛2 +10 𝑛+1
(5 𝑛− 1)2 ¿(5 𝑛 −1)(5 𝑛 −1) ¿ 25 𝑛2 −10 𝑛+1
2 2
(5 𝑛+1) − ( 5 𝑛 −1 )
Be careful
(𝟐𝟓 𝒏𝟐 +𝟏𝟎 𝒏+𝟏) −(𝟐𝟓 𝒏𝟐 −𝟏𝟎 𝒏+𝟏) with
negatives!
Can you factorise
and take 4
¿𝟐𝟎𝒏
outside of the
bracket?
¿ 𝟒(𝟓 𝒏)
…therefore, the expression is a multiple of 4
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Numbers that follow each other

in order.

What are
𝒆𝒈 .𝟔∧𝟕 𝟓𝟏∧𝟓𝟐
“consecutive”
numbers? How can we define consecutive
numbers algebraically?

𝒏 , 𝒏+𝟏
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𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆
𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔   𝒐𝒇   𝒂𝒏𝒚   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆   𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝒏 𝟐
¿ ¿(𝒏+𝟏)(𝒏+𝟏)
¿ 𝒏𝟐 +𝟐 𝒏+𝟏
𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆   𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏   𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔   𝒐𝒇   𝒂𝒏𝒚   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆   𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔
¿ − 𝒏𝟐

𝒏 +𝟐 𝒏+𝟏 − 𝒏
𝟐 𝟐

¿ 𝟐 𝒏+𝟏
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𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆
𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒖𝒎   𝒐𝒇   𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝒏 +¿ 𝒏+𝟏
¿ 𝟐 𝒏+𝟏

𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆   𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏   𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 ¿ 𝟐 𝒏+𝟏

𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒖𝒎   𝒐𝒇   𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 ¿ 𝟐 𝒏+𝟏
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How can we define even numbers

“algebraically”?

Think of a 𝟐𝒏 Will always be even!

number….it
…multiply
What about odd numbers?
Your by 2
answer is
always even!
𝟐 𝒏+𝟏 Will always be odd!
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Think of a number and double it ...

Add 1 Subtract 1

2n + 1 2n - 1

This is how you define “consecutive odd numbers”

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𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆
𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆   𝒐𝒅𝒅   𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝟐 𝒏+𝟏 𝟐𝒏−𝟏
𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔   𝒐𝒇   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆   𝒐𝒅𝒅   𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝟐 𝟐
(𝟐𝒏+𝟏) (𝟐𝒏 −𝟏)
𝟐 𝟐
𝟒 𝒏 +𝟒 𝒏+𝟏 𝟒 𝒏 −𝟒 𝒏+𝟏
𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆   𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏   𝒕𝒉𝒆   𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔   𝒐𝒇   𝒕𝒘𝒐   𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆   𝒐𝒅𝒅   𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝟐
𝟒 𝒏 +𝟒 𝒏+𝟏 − 𝟐
𝟒 𝒏 −𝟒 𝒏+𝟏
¿ 𝟖 𝒏 ¿ 𝟖(𝒏) …therefore is a multiple of 8
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Independent Task

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 ¿
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆