Level 6

Sequences 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to continue a sequence

• Able to use a term-to-term rule to

generate a sequence

• Able to use a position-to-term rule to

generate a sequence
 Sequences
Key words:

• Sequence – A list of numbers or shapes that

follow some pattern

• Term – A number or shape in the sequence

• Common Difference – The constant rate at which

a sequence increases or
decreases
 Sequences
• Term-to-term rule – given some terms and the
rule

• Example - 1st term: 7 Rule: Add 9

3rd term: 13 Rule: Subtract 6

 Level 6
Sequences 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to continue a sequence

• Able to use a term-to-term rule to

generate a sequence

• Able to use a position-to-term rule to

generate a sequence
 Your turn…
• Generate the first 5 terms given the following
information
Term Term-to-term rule Sequence
a) 1st term = 3 Add 7 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
b) 3rd term = 16 Subtract 9 -2, 7, 16, 25, 34
c) 5th term = 3 Divide by 2 48, 24, 12, 6, 3
d) 1st term = 5 Multiply by 2, add 1 5, 11, 23, 47, 95
e) 2nd term = 2 Multiply by 4,
divide by 2 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
f) 4th term = 202 Multiply by 3, add 1
7, 22, 67, 202, 607
 Your turn
• Page 103-104
– Exercise 6:2
– Questions 1 – 5
– Review exercise
 Sequences
• Position-to-term rule – can generate any term
in the sequence given its position

• Example: Tn = 2n + 5
What do
you notice
about the
terms?
 Starter
• Complete this sequence:
23, 19, __, 11, 7, __

• Generate the first 5 terms of the sequences

below
First term: 5 Rule: Multiply by 10, add 5
Third term: 28 Rule: multiply by 3, subtract 2
 Level 6
Sequences 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to continue a sequence

• Able to make and justify predictions

• Able to deduce a general rule

• Investigate the relationship between the
number of frogs on each side and the number
of slides and jumps it takes to move all of one
colour frog to the other side.

• Call the number of frogs on each side n, and

try and deduce a general rule
 Starter
• Fill in the missing space in these sequences:

O, T, T,9,F,__, 21,S,27,
F, S, 33…
__...
3, 7, 11, __, 19…
M, T, W, T, F, S, __
__, 2, 10, 18, 26…
A, __, E, G, I…
Level 6
Position-to-Term Rule 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to continue a sequence

• Able to generate the first 5 terms of a

sequence given the position-to-term rule

• Able to generate any term given the

position-to-term rule
 Sequences
• Generate the first 5 terms of a sequence with
a position-to-term rule Tn = 4n – 1
 Sequences
• Tn = 5n – 3  Find the 1st, 3rd and 7th terms.
 Starter
• Generate the first 5 terms of a sequence given:
3rd term: 8 Rule: Divide by 2, then add 5

• Generate the first 5 terms of a sequence given the

position-to-term rule: Tn = 3n + 2

• Given the position-to-term rule Tn = 6n – 5, find T3,

T10 and T50
Level 6
Position-to-Term Rule 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to generate a sequence using a term-to-term rule

• Able to generate the first 5 terms of a

sequence given the position-to-term rule

• Able to generate any term given the

position-to-term rule
 Position-to-term rule
• Find the first five terms of the sequence with
the position-to-term rule:

Tn = 4n + 9

• Find the 10th, 25th and 130th terms in the

sequence.
 Starter
• On whiteboards, given the position-to-term
rule, find the term requested
Tn = 9n + 23 T5 - 20 T7
Tn = 12n
Tn = 3n + 7 n T6
Tn = 8 + 11 T72
T = 5n - 8
n T12

Tn = 81 – 6n T8
Tn = n2 - 14 T9
Level 6
Position-to-Term Rule 12/06/2024

Learning Objectives:

• Able to generate a sequence using a term-to-term rule

• Able to generate the first 5 terms of a

sequence given the position-to-term rule

• Able to generate any term given the

position-to-term rule
1) Using the position to term rules below, generate the
first 5 terms of the sequence
a) Tn = 2n – 3 -1, 1, 3, 5, 7,…
9, 13, 17, 21, 25,…
b) Tn = 4n + 5
29, 32, 35, 38, 41,…
c) Tn = 3n + 26
37, 34, 31, 28, 25,…
d) Tn = 40 – 3n

2) Generate the terms requested using the position-to-

term rule shown
a) Tn = 3n – 7 T4, T8, T20
b) Tn = 5n – 9 T3, T7, T15
c) Tn = 20 – 5n T2, T8, T20
d) Tn = n2 + 5 T3, T5, T100
T4 = 5 T8 = 17 T20 = 53
T3 = 6 T7 = 26 T15 = 66
T2 = 10 T8 = -20 T20 = -80
T3 = 14 T5 = 30
T100 = 30005
 Position-to-term rule
• Complete the worksheet on the position-to-
term rule
 Home Learning
• Complete Tasks A and B from the blue sheet

• TASK C: Complete the questions on sequences

from the white sheet in your books

• DUE: Friday 11th November