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Topic questions Pure mathematics The nth term

The nth term

24 questions · 59 marks · about 1 hour

The nth term questions

AQA 8300 The nth term 24 questions

Paper 3: Calculator June 2025 Foundation tier, Question 20, also on the Higher paper 3 marks

A linear sequence has

โ€ข 2nd term = 6

โ€ข 5th term = 18

Work out the n th term of the sequence.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2025 Higher tier, Question 8, also on the Foundation paper 3 marks

A linear sequence has

โ€ข 2nd term = 6

โ€ข 5th term = 18

Work out the n th term of the sequence.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2025 Higher tier, Question 18 3 marks

Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence.

6 15 28 45

Work out an expression for the n th term.

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2023 Higher tier, Question 1 1 mark

The first four terms of a linear sequence are

6 13 20 27

Write down the expression for the n th term.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2023 Foundation tier, Question 16 2 marks

A linear sequence starts

7 10 13 16 Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2023 Higher tier, Question 19 4 marks

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.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2022 Higher tier, Question 10 4 marks

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.

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2022 Higher tier, Question 7 4 marks

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

Figure for question 7

Work out the value of n.

n =

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Paper 1: Non-calculator November 2021 Higher tier, Question 21 4 marks

The first two terms of a quadratic sequence are 10 and 17 Here is some information about the sequence.

Figure for question 21

Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2021 Higher tier, Question 22 3 marks

Also involves Fractions

A sequence of patterns is made using horizontal sticks and vertical sticks.

Figure for question 22

The table shows the number of horizontal sticks and vertical sticks in each pattern.

PatternNumber of horizontal sticksNumber of vertical sticks
122
243
364

What fraction of the total number of sticks in Pattern n are horizontal? Give your answer in terms of n.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2019 Foundation tier, Question 29, also on the Higher paper 3 marks

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.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2019 Higher tier, Question 10, also on the Foundation paper 3 marks

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.

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2019 Foundation tier, Question 28 2 marks

A linear sequence starts 11 21 31 41 โ€ฆ Work out an expression for the n th term of the sequence.

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Paper 2: Calculator November 2018 Foundation tier, Question 21 1 mark

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

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2018 Higher tier, Question 3 1 mark

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

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Paper 3: Calculator November 2017 Higher tier, Question 3 1 mark

The first four terms of a sequence are โ€“10 โ€“8 โ€“6 โ€“4 Circle the expression for the n th term of the sequence.

โ€“12 โ€“ 2 n โ€“8 โ€“ 2 n n + 2 2 n โ€“ 12

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Paper 2: Calculator June 2017 Higher tier, Question 4 1 mark

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

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Paper 3: Calculator June 2017 Higher tier, Question 22 3 marks

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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