GEN ED4: MATHEMATIC IN THE MODERN WORLD.

Task 1: Patterns

1. Find missing terms and write the rule

a) 0, 2, 4, 6, … , … , …
b) 1,3,5,7, … , … , …
c) 1, 4, 9, 16, … , . . , ..
d) 0,4,36,64, … , … , …
2 3 4 5 6
e) , , , , , …,…,…
3 5 7 9 11

f) 4,6,9,13.5, 20.25, … , …

2. Write down the next four numbers of each sequence:

3. In each part, find the answers from (i) to (iv) with a calculator and the answer to (v) without a calculator.

4. Without a calculator, complete the following number pattern:

5. Find the first 5 terms of the sequence defined by the formula 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑𝒏 + 𝟔
𝒂𝟏 = ___
𝒂𝟐 = ___
…
6. Find the 20th term (𝒂𝟐𝟎 = ? ? ? ) of the following sequence:
a) 8, 16, 24, 32
b) 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, …
7. Find the 10th and 100th terms of the sequence
3 , 5, 7, 9, 11, …