Paper 3: Calculator June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 20, also on the Higher paper 3 marks
A linear sequence has
โข 2nd term = 6
โข 5th term = 18
Work out the n th term of the sequence.
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A linear sequence has
โข 2nd term = 6
โข 5th term = 18
Work out the n th term of the sequence.
A linear sequence has
โข 2nd term = 6
โข 5th term = 18
Work out the n th term of the sequence.
Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence.
6 15 28 45
Work out an expression for the n th term.
A linear sequence begins
2 5 8 11
Work out an expression for the n th term.
The first four terms of a linear sequence are
6 13 20 27
Write down the expression for the n th term.
A linear sequence starts
7 10 13 16 Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.
Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 3 20 47 84 Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.
The n th terms of two linear sequences, A and B, are added to give the n th term of a new sequence. The new sequence starts 8 13 18 23 The n th term of sequence A is n + 1 Work out the n th term of sequence B.
Also involves Sequences and series
A is an arithmetic progression. Here are the first four terms. 13 16 19 22
G is a geometric progression. Here are the first four terms. 2 4 8 16
Work out the value of n.
n =
The first two terms of a quadratic sequence are 10 and 17 Here is some information about the sequence.
Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.
Also involves Fractions
A sequence of patterns is made using horizontal sticks and vertical sticks.
The table shows the number of horizontal sticks and vertical sticks in each pattern.
| Pattern | Number of horizontal sticks | Number of vertical sticks |
| 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 4 |
What fraction of the total number of sticks in Pattern n are horizontal? Give your answer in terms of n.
Work out the sum of the 1st and 6th terms.
The 5th term of a linear sequence is 17 The 6th term of the sequence is 21 Work out the 100th term of the sequence.
The 5th term of a linear sequence is 17 The 6th term of the sequence is 21 Work out the 100th term of the sequence.
A linear sequence starts 11 21 31 41 โฆ Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.
The n th term of a sequence is 5 n โ 2 Work out the 3rd term. Circle your answer.
51 5 123 13
Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 11 26 45 68
Work out an expression for the n th term.
The first four terms of a linear sequence are 7 11 15 19 Circle the expression for the n th term.
n + 6 4 n + 3 7 n + 4 n + 4
The first 4 terms of a linear sequence are 3 11 19 27 Circle the expression for the n th term.
8 โ 5 n n + 8 8 n + 3 8 n โ 5
Also involves Factors, multiples and primes
The n th term of a sequence is 12 n โ 5 Work out the numbers in the sequence that have two digits and are not prime.
Also involves Algebraic notation and vocabulary
Circle the expression for the range of n consecutive integers.
The first four terms of a sequence are โ10 โ8 โ6 โ4 Circle the expression for the n th term of the sequence.
โ12 โ 2 n โ8 โ 2 n n + 2 2 n โ 12
Here is a sequence. 90 82 74 66 58 Circle the expression for the n th term of the sequence.
n โ 8 98 โ 8 n 8 n + 82 8 n โ 98
Work out an expression for the n th term of the quadratic sequence
2 17 40 71.... Give your answer in the form an2 + bn + c where a, b and c are constants.
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