Linear Sequence

Here are the first five terms in a number sequence.

7 10 13 16 19

Find the nth term of this sequence

A number sequence has nth term 6n + 3

Write down the first four terms of this sequence

Sara says that 1008 is a term in the sequence 6n + 3. Explain why she is wrong.

A sequence of numbers is shown below.

1 5 9 13 17 ... ...

Find the nth term

A rule that defines the nth term a_n, or a general term, of a sequence as a function of n.

• Explicit Rule

• Arithmetic Sequence

• Recursive Rule

The nth term of a number sequence is given by 5n + 2

Find the 11th term

The first 5 terms in a number sequence are

10 7 4 1 -2

Find the nth term

The nth term of a sequence is 4 - 2n.

Find the difference between the 5th and 11th term.

The nth term of a sequence is 150 - 4n.

Work out the first negative term?

Which of the following represents linear sequence?

• {4, 7, 12, 18, 25}

• {0, -3, -6, -9,-12}

• {2, 4, 8, 16, 32}

• {0, 3, 8, 15, 24}