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21 The nth term of a sequence is 42 .

n
(a) Write down the first three terms of the sequence, expressing each term in its simplest form.

Answer (a) ........... , ........... , ...........[1]

(b) The kth term in the sequence is 1 .

100
Find the value of k.

Answer (b) k = ................................ [2]

(c) Given that the mth term of the sequence is less than 0.0064, find the smallest value
of m.

Answer (c) m = ............................... [2]

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21 (a) Write down, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of the sequence

19 16 13 10 ........... .

Answer (a) . .................................... [2]

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18 The first four terms, u1, u2, u3 and u4, in a sequence of numbers are given by

u1 = 1 × 2 + 32 = 11
u2 = 2 × 3 + 42 = 22
u3 = 3 × 4 + 52 = 37
u4 = 4 × 5 + 62 = 56.

(a) Evaluate u5.

Answer ........................................ [1]

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term, un , of the sequence.

Answer ......................................................................... [1]

(c) Given that un = An2 + Bn + C, find the values of A, B and C.

Answer A = .......................................

B = .......................................

C = .................................. [2]

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4 un is the nth term of the sequence 4, 7, 10, 13, . ........ Do not

write in this
(a) (i) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for un. margin

Answer . .......................................[1]

(ii) Hence find the 20th term of the sequence.

Answer . .......................................[1]

(b) vn is the nth term of the sequence 15, 13, 11, 9, . ........

(i) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for vn.

Answer . .......................................[1]

(ii) wn is the nth term of another sequence that is obtained by multiplying un by vn.

Given that wn = 17 + kn – 6n2, find k.

Answer . .......................................[1]

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22 The diagrams below show the first three patterns in a sequence.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

(a) Complete the table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of dots 5 8
[1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of dots in Pattern n.

Answer ..................................... [1]

(c) In this sequence, Pattern p has 83 dots.

Find the value of p.

Answer p = .............................. [2]

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3 (a) Thediagramsshowparallelogramsmadefromsmalltriangles.

Parallelogram 1 2 3 4 5

(i) Completethetablebelow.

Parallelogramm 1 2 3 4 5 6
Numberofsmalltriangles 2 4 6 8 [1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of m, for the number of small triangles used to make
Parallelogramm.

Answer  ............................................... [1]

(b) Thediagramsshowtrianglesmadefromthesamesmalltriangles.

Triangle 1 2 3 4 5

(i) Completethetablebelow.

Trianglen 1 2 3 4 5 6
Numberofsmalltriangles 1 4 9 16 [1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small triangles used to make
Trianglen.

Answer  ............................................... [1]

(iii) Triangleqismadefrom324smalltriangles.
Findq.

Answer  ............................................... [1]

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(c) Thediagramsshowtrapeziumsmadefromthesamesmalltriangles.

Trapezium 1 2 3

Trapezium 4 5

(i) Bycomparingthediagramswiththoseinparts(a)and(b),findanexpression,interms
oft,forthenumberofsmalltrianglesusedtomakeTrapeziumt.

Answer  ............................................... [1]

(ii) HowmanysmalltrianglesareusedtomakeTrapezium25?

Answer  ............................................... [1]

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2 Small triangles are formed by placing rods between dots as shown in the diagrams.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

(a) Complete the table.

Diagram n 1 2 3 4 5

Number of small triangles (T  ) 1 4 9 16

Number of dots (D) 3 6 10 15

Number of rods (R) 3 9 18 30

[2]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small triangles (T  ) formed in Diagram n.

Answer ................................................ [1]

(c) Given that R = D + T – 1, find the value of n when D = 561 and R = 1584.

Answer n = ......................................... [2]

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(d) 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ....

1
The nth term of the above sequence is n (n + 1) .
2
Hence find an expression for R in terms of n.

Answer ................................................ [1]

(e) How many rods are there in Diagram 15?

Answer ................................................ [1]

(f) Find an expression for D in terms of n.

Answer ................................................ [2]

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12 (a) Here are the first four terms of a sequence.

7 11 15 19

Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

Answer .......................................................... [1]

(b) un is the nth term of another sequence.

Here is the formula connecting the nth and ^n + 1hth terms of this sequence.

3un - 4 = un + 1

The value of u3 is 11.

Find u2 and u4.

Answer u2 = ..................................................

u4 = .................................................. [2]

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5 (a) Here is part of a number grid.

A square can be placed anywhere on the grid outlining four numbers.

The numbers in opposite corners of the square are multiplied together and the difference
between the products is found.

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12
9 × 14 − 8 × 15 = 126 − 120
13 14 15 16 17 18 =6

19 20 21 1

(i) The grid is continued downwards.

If n represents the number of the top left of the square, complete this square with
expressions for the other numbers.

n n+1

[1]

(ii) Use your answer to part (a)(i) to prove that the difference between the products of
the opposite corners is always 6.

[2]

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(b) Here is part of a different number grid.

A cross can be placed anywhere on the grid outlining five numbers.
The numbers in the cross are added together.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36

41 42 43

(i) Find and simplify an expression, in terms of n, for the sum of the numbers in the cross
below.

Answer .................................................... [2]

(ii) The sum of the numbers in the cross below is 330.

Complete the cross with the correct numbers.

[2]

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6 (a) The first five terms of a sequence are 17, 11, 5, −1, −7.

Find, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

Answer .................................................... [2]

(b) The nth term, Sn , of a different sequence is found using the formula Sn = n 2 + 3n .

(i) Work out the first four terms of this sequence.

Answer ........... , ........... , ........... , ........... [2]

(ii) The nth term, Tn , of another sequence is found using the formula Tn = 5n – 12 .
S
There are two values of n for which n = 6 .
Tn

Form and solve an equation in n to find these two values.

Answer n = ................... and ................... [4]

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26 A pattern of numbers is given below.

1 1 1
Row 1 = -
1#2 1 2

1 1 1
Row 2 = -
2#3 2 3

1 1 1
Row 3 = -
3#4 3 4

1 1 1
Row 4 = -
4#5 4 5
(a) Write down Row 10.

Answer . .......................................................................................................................................... [1]

1 1 1 1 2
(b) Adding the first two rows gives the result + = - = .
1#2 2#3 1 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 3
Adding the first three rows gives the result + + = - = .
1#2 2#3 3#4 1 4 4
(i) Write down the result of adding the first four rows.

Answer .................................................................................................................................. [1]

(ii) Use the pattern to write down

1 1 1 1
(a) the value of + + + ... + ,
1#2 2#3 3#4 19 # 20

Answer ............................................... [1]

109
(b) the number of rows that add up to ,
110
Answer ............................................... [1]

(c) an expression, in terms of n, for the result of adding the first n rows.

Answer ............................................... [1]

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26 (a) Thefirstfourtermsofasequence,S,are89,83,77,71.

(i) FindanexpressionforSn,thenthtermofthissequence.

AnswerSn=.................................... [2]

(ii) FindthesmallestvalueofnforwhichSn<0.

Answern=...................................... [1]

(b) Thenthtermofadifferentsequence,T,isgivenbyTn = n 2 - 4n .

(i) FindandsimplifyanexpressionforTn + 1 - Tn .

Answer............................................ [2]

(ii) ThedifferencebetweenTp + 1 andTp is75.

Findthevalueofp.

Answerp=..................................... [1]

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17 A sequence of diagrams is made using counters.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

(a) Complete the table.

Diagram number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of counters 4 6 8
[1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in Diagram n.

Answer  ............................................. [1]

(c) In this sequence, Diagram p has 200 counters.

Find the value of p.

Answer p = ............................................. [2]

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25 (a) The nth term of a sequence is given by n 2 - 5n .

(i) Find the 2nd term in the sequence.

Answer ........................................... [1]

(ii) The pth term in the sequence is 150.

Find the value of p.

Answer p = ..................................... [2]

(b) The nth term of another sequence is given by 3n 2 - kn .

The 5th term in this sequence is 55.

Find the value of k.

Answer k = ..................................... [2]

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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

(a) Complete the diagram for pattern 4. [1]

The table below shows some of the information for the number of tiles in pattern n.

Pattern n 1 2 3 4 5
Number of grey tiles 10 14 18
Number of white tiles 10 28 54
Total number of tiles 20 42 72 110 156

(b) Complete the table. [2]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of grey tiles in pattern n.

Answer ........................................... [2]

(d) Pattern x has 110 grey tiles.

Find x.

Answer x = ..................................... [1]

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(e) By considering the number of tiles along the outer edges of each pattern,
show that the total number of tiles in pattern n is 4n 2 + 10n + 6 .

[2]

(f) Hence find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of white tiles in pattern n.

Answer ........................................... [1]

(g) In pattern p, the total number of tiles is equal to 8 times the number of grey tiles.

Find p.

Answer p = ..................................... [3]

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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 Pattern 5

The diagrams show patterns made from crosses ( ) and circles ( ).

(a) Draw pattern 5 above. [1]

The table shows the number of crosses and circles in each pattern.

Pattern number (n) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of crosses 1 3 6 10
Number of circles 0 1 3 6
Total number of crosses and circles 1 4 9 16 25 36

(b) Complete the table. [2]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of crosses and circles in pattern n.

Answer ............................................. [1]

1 2 1
(d) An expression, in terms of n, for the number of crosses in pattern n is n + n.
2 2
How many crosses are there in pattern 30?

Answer ............................................. [1]

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1 2 1
(e) Show that the number of circles in pattern n is n - n.
2 2

[1]

(f) The number of crosses in pattern m is equal to 5m.

Find m.

Answer m = ............................................. [3]

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21 The first four terms, u1, u2, u3 and u4, in a sequence of numbers are given below.

u1 = 1 # 3 + 22 = 7

u2 = 2 # 4 + 32 = 17

u3 = 3 # 5 + 42 = 31

u4 = 4 # 6 + 52 = 49

(a) Evaluate u5 .

Answer ........................................... [1]

(b) The nth term of the sequence, un , is of the form n(n + p) + (n + q)2 .

Write down the value of p and the value of q.

Answer p = .....................................

q = ..................................... [1]

(c) un can also be written in the form An2 + Bn + C .

Find the values of A, B and C.

Answer A = ....................................

B = ....................................

C = .................................... [2]

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5 (a) 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, …

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

Answer .......................................... [2]

(ii) Explain why 251 is not a term in this sequence.

Answer .......................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................. [1]

(b) Here is another sequence.

5, 8, 13, 20, 29, …

The pth term of this sequence is p 2 + 4 .

Write down an expression, in terms of p, for the pth term of these sequences.

(i) –2, 1, 6, 13, 22, …

Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, …

Answer .......................................... [1]

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(c) The diagrams below show the first three patterns in a sequence.
The patterns are made from short diagonal lines.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

(i) Draw Pattern 4 on the dotty grid below.

[1]

(ii) Complete the table below for the number of short lines in Patterns 4 and 5.

Pattern 1 2 3 4 5

Number of short lines 4 10 18

[2]

(iii) Find an expression, in terms of t, for the number of short lines in Pattern t.

Answer .......................................... [2]

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22 The diagrams below show small black, grey and white triangles forming a pattern.

Diagram 1 2 3 4 5

The table below shows the number of triangles in each diagram.

Answer (a)

Diagram (n) 1 2 3 4 5 6

Small triangles 1 4 9 16 25

Black triangles 1 3 5 7 9

Grey triangles 0 1 3 6 10

White triangles 0 0 1 3 6 10

(a) Complete the column for Diagram 6. [2]

(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the number of

(i) small triangles in Diagram n,

Answer (b)(i) ...................................[1]

(ii) black triangles in Diagram n.

Answer (b)(ii) ..................................[1]

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23 Look at this pattern.

22 – 02 = 4×1

32 – 12 = 4×2

42 – 22 = 4×3

52 – 32 = 4×4

(a) Write down the 7th line of the pattern.

Answer (a) . ..........................................................................................................................[1]

(b) Write down the n th line of the pattern.

Answer (b) . ..........................................................................................................................[1]

(c) Use the pattern to find 5212 – 5192 .

Answer (c) . ......................................[1]

(d) Use the pattern to find the positive integers x and y such that x2 – y2 = 484 .

Answer (d) x = .................................

y = .................................[1]

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20 A series of shapes, made of matchsticks, is shown below.

Shape 1 Shape 2 Shape 3 Shape 4

(a) Draw Shape 4. [1]

(b) The table shows the numbers of matchsticks used to make Shapes 1 and 2.

Shape 1 2 3 4

Number of
12 18
matchsticks

Complete the table for Shapes 3 and 4. [1]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of matchsticks used to make Shape n.

Answer ....................................... [1]

(d) Explain why there is not a shape that is made of 100 matchsticks.

Answer ..............................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................... [1]

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8 The first four terms of a sequence are 55, 53, 49, 41.
The nth term of this sequence is 57 – 2n .

(a) Calculate the fifth term.

Answer . ...................................... [1]

(b) Write down the nth term of the sequence 56, 55, 52, 45 ... .

Answer . ...................................... [1]

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25 The sequence of positive integers is arranged in the pattern below.

Row 1 1 2 3
Row 2 4 5 6
Row 3 7 8 9
Row 4 10 11 12

. . . .
. . . .
. . . .

Row n ............... 3n – 1 ...............

(a) Complete Row n. [1]

(b) The table shows some results obtained from this pattern.

Row number 1 2 3 4 n
Square of the middle number
4 25 64 x
in the row
Product of the first and the last
3 24 63 y
number in the row

(i) Complete the column for Row number 4. [1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for y.

Answer ..................................... [1]

(iii) Show that x – y is always equal to 1.

[2]

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26 The n th term of a sequence is 9n + 4.

(a) Calculate the value of the term that is closest to 2012.

Answer . ....................................[2]

(b) Calculate the difference between the 10 th term and the 6 th term.

Answer . ....................................[1]

(c) (i) Find an expression, in terms of x and y, for the difference between the x th term and the
y th term.

Answer . ....................................[1]

(ii) Hence explain why it is not possible for any two terms of this sequence to differ by 123.

Answer . ..............................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................[1]

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24 The first and second terms of a sequence are 15 and 11 respectively.

B
The nth term of the sequence is 10 + An + .
n

(a) Show that A + B = 5 and 4A + B = 2.

[2]

(b) Solve the simultaneous equations.

A+B=5
4A + B = 2

Answer A = ..........................................

B = ......................................... [2]

(c) Hence find the third term of the sequence.

Answer ................................................ [1]

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23 The first four lines of a pattern of numbers are shown below.

1st line 32 − 12 = 8×1

2nd line 52 − 12 = 8 × (1 + 2)

3rd line 72 − 12 = 8 × (1 + 2 + 3)

4th line 92 − 12 = 8 × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)

(a) Write down the 7th line of the pattern.

Answer ................................................................................................................................ [1]

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, to complete the nth line of the pattern.

Answer ............................................................................... = 8 × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + n) [1]

n (n + 1)
(c) Using the nth line of the pattern, show that 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + n = .
2

[2]

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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 ................... , ................... [1]

(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 ......................................... [1]

(c) The nth term of a different sequence is given by the expression n2 + 1 .

(i) Write down the first four terms of this sequence.

Answer ........... , ........... , ........... , ........... [1]

(ii) Hence write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the following sequence.

0 3 8 15 .....

Answer ......................................... [1]

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11 The sequence of diagrams below shows small black and small white squares in an arrangement to
form large squares.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3

The table below shows the numbers of black and white squares in each diagram.

Diagram (n) 1 2 3 4
Black squares 5 13 25
White squares 4 12 24

Total number of black and

9 25 49
white squares

(a) For each diagram, how many more black squares are there than white squares?

Answer . ............................................ [1]

(b) On the table, complete the column for Diagram 4. [1]

(c) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of black and white squares in
Diagram n.

Answer . ............................................ [1]

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18 A sequence of patterns is made using dots and lines.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

Pattern number ( p) 1 2 3 4
Number of dots (d ) 6 11 16

(a) Complete the table for Pattern 4. [1]

(b) Find a formula for the number of dots, d, in Pattern p.

Answer d = .................................. [2]

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24 The first term of a sequence is 13.

The following terms are found by alternately adding 4 and 6 to the previous term.
The first six terms are

13 17 23 27 33 37

(a) Write down the next two terms of the sequence.

Answer ................................................. [1]

(b) Write down the value of the term that is closest to 999.

Answer ................................................. [1]

(c) Write down the difference between the values of the 91st and 93rd terms.

Answer ................................................. [1]

(d) Find the 80th term.

Answer ................................................. [1]

(e) The nth term is 203.

Find n.

Answer n = ................................................. [1]

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23

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
1 3 5 x
each side
Number of sticks in
3 9 15 y
the triangle

(a) Complete the column for triangle 4. [1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for x.

Answer x = . ................................... [1]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for y.

Answer y = . ................................... [1]

(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

(i) Write down the total number of sticks in the first four triangles.

Answer . ........................................ [1]

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of sticks in the first n triangles.

Answer . ........................................ [2]

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26 Two sequences have 1, 3, 5 as their first three terms.

(a) In the first sequence, each term is 2 more than the term before it.

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term.

Answer . ......................................... [1]

(ii) The kth term of this sequence is 841.

Find the value of k.

Answer k = . ................................... [1]

(b) The nth term of the second sequence is

( n - 1) ( n - 4)
2n - 1 - .
2
(i) Find the fourth term of this sequence.

Answer . ......................................... [1]

(ii) Find the fifth term of this sequence.

Answer . ......................................... [1]

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25 Mary makes pendants, of the same design, from small beads.

The sequence of diagrams shows the pendants she makes.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

(a) Complete the table.

Diagram number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of rows 3 5 7 9
Number of beads 4 9 16 25
[1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of N, for

(i) the number of rows in Diagram N,

Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) the number of beads in Diagram N.

Answer .......................................... [1]

(c) Julia asks Mary to make her a pendant with 25 rows.

How many beads are used to make this pendant?

Answer .......................................... [2]

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26 The sequence of diagrams shows patterns made from some black beads and some white beads.
Each diagram has two rows more than the previous diagram.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

(a) Complete the table for Diagram 5.

Diagram number 1 2 3 4 5
Total number of beads 9 16 25 36
Number of white beads 7 10 13 16
Number of black beads 2 6 12 20
[1]

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for

(i) the number of white beads in Diagram n,

Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) the total number of beads in Diagram n.

Answer .......................................... [1]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of black beads in Diagram n.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer .......................................... [2]

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