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Worksheet Grade 9
Number Facts and Sequence
(Numbers)

Name: g

Grade: c

ABMIPS/2024-2025/GRADE 9/ WORKSHEET 1
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1 Write down an irrational number with a value between 10 and 20.

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[Total: 1]

2 Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.

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[Total: 1]

3 Write 180 as a product of its prime factors.

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[Total: 2]

4 Find the reciprocal of 8.

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[Total: 1]

5 Write the number six and a half million in figures.

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[Total: 1]

6 9 16 18 29 57 64 87 96

From this list of numbers, write down

(a) a factor of 48,

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(b) a cube number,

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(c) a prime number.

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[Total: 3]

7 (a) Write 180 as a product of its prime factors.

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(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 160 and 180.

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[Total: 4]

8 Write down the six factors of 28.

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

[Total: 2]
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9 Udita thinks of two whole numbers.

Both numbers are greater than 6.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of the two numbers is 90.
The highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers is 6.

Find the two numbers.

.............................. and .............................. [2]

[Total: 2]

10 Complete the statement.

A prime number between 90 and 100 is ................................. [1]

[Total: 1]

11 12 18 29 49 91 125

From the list of numbers, write down a prime number.

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

[Total: 1]

12 Work out the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 24 and 54.

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[Total: 2]

13 Write down an irrational number, n, where 31 < n < 32.

n = .................................. [1]
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[Total: 1]

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0.6 8

From this list, write down an irrational number.

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

[Total: 1]

15 Complete the statement.

The reciprocal of 0.2 is .......................... [1]

[Total: 1]

16 The times on two clocks are checked regularly.

One clock is checked every 6 days.

The other clock is checked every 8 days.

Both clocks are checked on 1st January 2021.

Find the number of days during 2021 when both clocks will be checked on the same day.
[There are 365 days in 2021.]

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[Total: 4]

17 Meg says that an even number cannot be a prime number.

Is she correct?
Give a reason for your answer.

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

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[Total: 1]

18 Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 36 and 84.

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[Total: 2]

19 Find the highest odd number that is a factor of 60 and a factor of 90.

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[Total: 1]

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234 = 2 × 32× 13 1872 = 24× 32× 13 234 × 1872 = 438 048

Use this information to write 438 048 as a product of its prime factors.

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[Total: 1]

21 Write 432 as the product of its prime factors.

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[Total: 2]
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22 Show that there is not a square number between 50 and 60.

[2]

[Total: 2]

23 Gerry and Alain run around a running track.

To run around the track once

• Gerry always takes 90 seconds
• Alain always takes 105 seconds.

They start together at the same point.

After how many minutes are they next together at that point?

................................................... min [3]

[Total: 3]

24 22, 17, 12, 7, 2, ...

(a) Find the next term of the sequence.

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(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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[Total: 3]

25 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

1 23 45 67

(a) Write down the next two terms.

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

(b) Find the nth term.

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[Total: 4]

26 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

15 7 −1 −9

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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[Total: 2]
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27 The nth term of a sequence is .

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

28 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

7 11 15 19

Find the nth term.

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[Total: 2]

29 These are the first five terms of a sequence.

25 18 11 4 −3

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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[Total: 2]
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30 The nth term of a sequence is n2 + 3n.

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

31 A sequence of patterns is made using rectangular blocks.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

(a) Draw Pattern 4. [1]

(b) Complete the table.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of blocks 1 4 7

[2]

(c) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of blocks in Pattern n.

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(d) Tara wants to make one pattern in this sequence.

She has 84 blocks.

Work out the largest pattern number she can make and the number of blocks remaining.

Pattern number ...................................................

Number of blocks remaining ................................................... [4]

[Total: 9]

32 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

29 22 15 8

(a) Write down the next two terms.

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

(b) Find the nth term.

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[Total: 4]
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33

A road has 349 houses on it numbered from 1 to 349.

The diagram shows some of these houses.
The houses on the West side of the road have odd numbers.
The houses on the East side have even numbers.

(a) Put a ring around the numbers in this list that are on the West side.

25 87 126 178 252 329

[1]

(b) On the East side, how many houses are there between the house numbered 168 and the house
numbered 184?

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(c) How many houses on the road have a house number that is a multiple of 39?

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(d) Tomaz delivers a leaflet to every house on the West side of the road.
He starts at house number 1 and then delivers to each house in order.

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the house number of the nth house he delivers to.

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(ii) Work out the house number of the 40th house he delivers to.

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(iii) Work out how many houses are on the West side of the road.

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(e) Alicia delivers a leaflet to every house on the East side of the road.
She starts at house number 348 and then delivers to each house in order.

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the house number of the nth house she delivers to.

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(ii) What is the largest value of n that can be used in your expression?
Give a reason for your answer.

The largest value of n is .................. because ........................................................................

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[Total: 13]

34 The nth term of a sequence is .

Find the largest number in this sequence.

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[Total: 1]
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35 The table shows the first five terms of sequence A and sequence B.

Term 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sequence A 7 13 23 37 55

Sequence B 1 3 9 27 81

(a) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]

(b) Find the nth term of

(i) sequence A,

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

(ii) sequence B.

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[Total: 6]

36 19, 15, 11, 7, ....

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

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

(b) Find the nth term of this sequence.

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(c) Find the value of n when the nth term is −65.

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

[Total: 6]

37 Mrs Verma has a restaurant.

In the restaurant each table has 8 chairs.
Sometimes she puts tables together.
The diagrams show how the tables are put together and the position of each chair (X).

The pattern of tables and chairs forms a sequence.

(a) Draw the diagram for 4 tables. [1]

(b) Complete the table.

Number of
1 2 3 4 5 6
tables (t)

Number of
8 10 12
chairs (c)

[2]
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(c) Find a formula for the number of chairs, c, in terms of the number of tables, t.

c = ................................................... [2]

(d) 18 tables are put together in this way.

Work out the number of chairs needed.

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(e) Work out the number of tables, put together in this way, when 80 chairs are needed.

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[Total: 9]

38 Marco is making patterns with grey and white circular mats.

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The patterns form a sequence.

Marco makes a table to show some information about the patterns.

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of grey mats 6 9 12 15

Total number of mats 6 10 15 21

(a) Complete the table for Pattern 5. [2]

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

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(c) Marco makes a pattern with 24 grey mats.

Find the total number of mats in this pattern.

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(d) Marco needs a total of 6 mats to make the first pattern.

He needs a total of 16 mats to make the first two patterns.
He needs a total of mats to make the first n patterns.

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [6]

[Total: 12]

39 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

(a) Find the next term of this sequence.

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(b) Describe the rule for continuing this sequence.

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(c) Find an expression for the nth term of this sequence.

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[Total: 4]

40 Find the first three terms of a sequence whose nth term is n2 +10.

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

[Total: 2]