The nth term: Year 8 10.2 practice

What you need to know

Check yourself against these “I can” statements.

I can continue a linear sequence using a term-to-term rule, including with negative numbers
I can find any term in a sequence from its position, e.g. the 10th term of the 4 times table is 40
I can use an nth term such as 3n + 1 or 2n − 3 to generate terms of a sequence
I can find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence

Practise this topic

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Sequences

Match nth terms, lists of terms and term-to-term rules for the same sequence. From Standard 5, 8, 11 … sits beside 3n + 5; Hard adds geometric and quadratic sequences.

GCSE

These are the pages for The nth term in the Year 8 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 2. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.