OVERVIEW

Title
LO:

1. To be able to find the nth term

rule of a sequence.
2. Applying the nth term rule to
solve different type questions
 What is the nth term of-
2 , 5, 8, 11, 14 ?

A) 2n B) 2n + 3

C) 3n -1 D) 3n +2
 What is the nth term of-
1, 6, 11, 16, 21?

A) n+5 B) 5n-4

C) 1n +5 D) 5n+1
 What is the nth term of-
4, 10, 16, 22, 28?

A) 2n + 2 B) 4n + 6

C) 6n + 4 D) 6n -2
 What is the nth term of-
-2, 5, 12, 19, 26?

A) 7n- 9 B) -2n + 7

C) 7-2n D) 7n - 3
 What is the nth term of-
20 , 18, 16, 14, 12 ?

A) -2n B) 20 – 2n

C) 2n + 18 D) 22- 2n
 What is the nth term of-
4 , -1, -6, -11, -16 ?

A) 4-5n B) 9-5n

C) 4n -5 D) -5n
 What is the nth term of-
9 , 6, 3, 0, -3 ?

A) -3n B) 12-3n

C) 9n-3 D) 9-3n
 What is the nth term of-
2 , 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4?

A) 0.5n B) 2n+0.5

C) n÷2 D) 0.5n + 1.5

 What is the nth term of-
10 , 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20 ?

A) 7.5 n + 2.5 B) 2.5 + 7

C) 2.5n + 7.5 D) 10 + 2.5

 What is the nth term of-
-1, 5,15 , 29, 47?

The problem here is that the sequence doesn’t go up or

A) B)
down in nice equal steps, the steps get bigger and bigger
None of these each time. 6n-7

Do we give up? Nope, lets look at how to find the nth term
C) D)
-1n +6 of these sequences 6-1n
 -1 5 15 29 47
Because the
second

6 10 14 18
difference is
the same, we
call the
sequence
quadratic, and 4÷2=2
we know the
Sequence
4 4 4
equation will
have n2 in it has 2n2

Sequence is 2n2-3
5 14 29 50 77
9 15 21 27
6÷2=3
Sequence
6 6 6 has 3n2

Sequence is 3n2+2
Find the Nth term of these sequences

1) 5, 11, 21, 35, 53 Answers

2) 1, 10, 25, 46, 73 1) 2n2+3
2) 3n2-2
3) 6, 12, 22, 36, 54
3) 2n2 + 4
4) 0, 3, 8, 15, 24 4) n2 -1
5) 4, 16, 36, 64, 100 5) 4n2
 What is the nth term of-
2, 8, 16, 26, 38?

A) 2n^2 + 3n + 2 B) n^2 - 3n - 2

C) n^2 + 6n - 2 D) n^2 + 3n - 2
4 13 26 43 64
9 13 17 21
4÷2=2
Sequence has

4 4 4 2n2

This sequence is 3n - 1
This overall sequence is 2n2 + 3n -1
Find the Nth term of these sequences

1) 6, 17, 34, 57, 86 Answers

2) 3, 18, 41, 72, 111 1) 3n2+2n +1
2) 4n2+3n -4
3) 7,14,23, 34, 47
3) n2 + 4n + 2
4) 8, 19, 34, 53, 76 4) 2n2 +5n + 1
5) 2, 12, 30, 56, 90 5) 4n2 -2n