10.1 Term-to-term and position-to-term rules — Practise with help
Try each item before opening its hints. Reveal the full working when you want to check your reasoning.
Warm-up: remember
- Work out .
- Find the 5th term of .
- Write the next term: .
Check your warm-up
- .
- .
- ; subtract .
Practise with help
1. Continue by two terms.
Hint
Find the change between adjacent terms.
One step
Add each time: , then .
Full working
The terms are .
2. The rule is . Find the 4th term.
Hint
Substitute .
One step
.
Full working
The 4th term is .
3. A sequence begins . Find the nth term.
Hint
The change is , so begin with .
One step
At position 1, but the term is 8, so add 3.
Full working
The rule is .