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The document contains a series of mathematical problems and sequences related to patterns, tiles, and counters, including finding expressions for the number of tiles in various patterns and sequences. It also includes questions about sequences, term-to-term rules, and simultaneous equations. The problems require deriving formulas, completing tables, and solving for specific terms in given sequences.
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Patter Pater 2 Pater 3 Pater 4
(4) Complete the table forthe firs five pte in this soquence
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Numberofgreyties | 6 | 10 | 1
Numberorwhitenies| 2 | 8 | 18
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(6) Find the total number of tes in Pattern 20,
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(2) Complete the diagram fr pater 4
‘Tho tale below shows some ofthe information forthe umber of tiles in pattern n
Panera 1 2 3 7 3
‘Number ofgreyties | 10 1 18
Nanberofwhietes | 10 | 28 s
‘ol namberoftiles | 20 2 7 | 56
(©) Complete the wble
(Find an expression, in terms of n, forthe numberof grey tiles in pattern n
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(Pater has 110 grey ties
Find x
Answer x
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(©) By considering the numberof ties along the outer edges ofeach pater,
show thatthe total number oF isin pater m4 + Ln +6
(9, Hence find an expression, in terms of, foc the number of whit tiles in pattern
Answer
(2) pattem p, the total number of ties is equal to § times the numberof grey tiles.
Find p
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a 13. (a) The nth term of a sequence is 31
Find the first three terms of the sequence.
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Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence 7. The value of each term of sequence is 4 more than the value ofthe term befor it
The third erm is 17 and the fourth fer is 2
(2) Find the first orm,
Answer a
() Find an expression forthe mth tem ofthis sequence
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26 A pattern of numbers is given below.
Row I
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
(a) Write down Row 10.
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(b) Adding the first two rows gives the result
Adding the first three rows gives the result
(i) Write down the result of adding the first four rows.
Answer O)
(ii) Use the pattern to write down
1 1 1 1
(0) the value of 5+ gag tga
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(b)_ the number of rows that add up to 775.
Answer. SoTL oaasnr fl)
(©) an expression, in terms of n, for the result of adding the first n rows. 17 A sequence of diagrams is made using counters.
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Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4
(a) Complete the table.
Diagram number 1 3 3 4 5 |
Number of counters | 4 6 8
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(b)_ Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in Diagram n.
Answer tact oi
(c) In this sequence, Diagram p has 200 counters.
Find the value of p.
Answer p
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G@UCLES 2016 4024/11 MUsI6 [Turn over 6 These are the first four pattems in a sequence made using counters.
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(b)
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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4
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Complete the table for the patterns in this sequence
Pattern number 1 2 3 4 s |
‘Number of counters 3 8 Is |
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Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in Pattern n
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Ken has a bag containing 1358 counters.
He makes the largest possible pattern in the sequence, Pattern p, using these counters.
(® Find the value of p
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(ii) He uses all of the remaining counters to make another pattern in the sequence, Pattern g.
Find the value of g.
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(a) Find the third term, u,, in this sequence.
(b) Given that u, = SO, find the value of k.
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ay 8 The diagram shows part of a number grid
A vertical rectangle enclosing three numbers, as shown, can be placed anywhere on the grid
The grid is continued downwards.
(a) If represents the number in the top of the rectangle, complete the rectangle with expressions,
in terms of n, for the other two numbers.
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(b)_ Omar multiplies the top number in the rectangle by the bottom number.
ee then squares the middle number in the rectangle.
He finds the difference between these two results.
Using your answers to part (a), show that this difference is always 25.
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(©) Lena places a rectangle on the grid,
She adds the three numbers in her rectangle,
‘The sum of the three numbers is 174
Find the largest number in Lena’s rectangle. 13° Two numbers x and y are such that
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and
+ xty=112
Find x and y.
14 (a) This is the term-to-term rule for a sequence.
Multiply by 2 and add 3,
‘The first three terms in this sequence are 1, 5 and 13.
Write down the next term in this sequence.
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(b) This is the term-to-term rule for a different sequence.
Square and subtract 5
‘The second and third terms in this sequence are —1 and —4.
(Write down the fourth term in this sequence.
Write down the two possible values for the first term in this sequence.
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© UCLES 2021 soi [Turn over 20 These are the first five terms of a sequence.
4 8 16 32 64
(a) Find the next number in the sequence.
(b) The nth term of the sequence above is 2”*!
Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of these sequences.
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‘The sequence of diagrams shows the pendants she makes.
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Diagram 4
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3
(a) Complete the table.
Diagram number 1 2 3 4
Number of rows 3 5 7
Number of beads 4 9 16 25 |
a)
(b) Find an expression, in terms of N, for
(the number of rows in Diagram N,
Answer . u)
(ii) the number of beads in Diagram N.
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(©) Julia asks Mary to make her a pendant with 25 rows.
How many beads are used to make this pendant?
Answer
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Triangle 1 Triangle 2 Triangle 3 Triangle 4
The diagrams show a sequence of triangles made up of identical sticks.
Each triangle has two more sticks on each edge than its previous triangle.
The table shows information relating to this sequence.
Triangle number 1 2 3 4 n
‘Number of sticks on
each side hyTepe *
Number of sticks in
eos 3 9 15 »
(a) Complete the column for triangle 4. tl)
(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for x.
Answer x=... cones FI]
(©) Find an expression, in terms of a, for y:
Answer y= ..
(d) The total number of sticks in the first triangle 3
‘The total number of sticks in the first two triangles 12
‘The total number of sticks in the first three triangles 27
(Write down the total number of sticks in the first four triangles.
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(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of sticks in the first m triangles.
Answer
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©UCLES 2016 4024/11/06 [Turn over 2 (a) Complete the table for the four sequences A, B, C and D.
Sequence Next term nth term
A; 2 5 8
B[2 4 8 2
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(b) The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is
2
(When the sum of the first terms is 155, show that 3n? +n — 310 =0.
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(ii) Solve 32? +n—-310=0.
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ii) Complete the statement.
The sum of the fist... terms of this sequence is 155, 1 18 A sequence of pattems is made using dots and lines.
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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
Pattern number (p) 1 2 3 4
‘Number of dots (d) 6 u 16
(a) Complete the table for Patter 4 i
(b) Find a formula for the number of dots, d, in Pattern p.
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GUCLES 2015 4024/11/05 18 (a) The term-to-term rule for a sequence is,
multiply the previous term by 3 and subtract 1 .
The first three terms in this sequence are 1, 2 and 5
Write down the next two terms in this sequence.
Answer
(b) The nth term of a second sequence is given by the expression 4n—3
Find the number in this sequence that is closest to 150
Answer
(c)_ The nth term of a different sequence is given by the expression? +1
(i) Write down the first four terms of this sequence.
Answer
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(ii) Hence write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the following sequence.
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Answer
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4024/1 /0N/14 24. The first and second terms ofa sequence are 15 and 11 respectively.
The nth term of the sequence is. 10+ An-+ 2.
(a) Show that 4+B=5 and 44+B=2.
2)
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations
A+B=5
44+ B=2
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B=... eves [2]
(e) Hence find the third term of the sequence.
Answer t
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