ChalkBee

Generating & Describing Number Sequences (Year 8)

Free printable UK Year 8 (Key Stage 3) maths worksheet: generate terms from a term-to-term or position-to-term (nth term) rule, and continue square, triangular and geometric sequences.

✓ Answer key checked by math, never wrong
Grade 7 · Math worksheet
Name
Date
Math

Generating & Describing Number Sequences

Generate terms from a term-to-term or nth term rule, and continue square, triangular and geometric sequences.

  1. 1.
    Write the first 5 terms of the sequence that starts at 18, with the term-to-term rule "add 9 each time".
  2. 2.
    Write the first 5 terms of the sequence that starts at 19, with the term-to-term rule "add 6 each time".
  3. 3.
    Write the first 5 terms of the sequence that starts at 8, with the term-to-term rule "add 4 each time".
  4. 4.
    Write the first 5 terms of the sequence that starts at 2, with the term-to-term rule "add 8 each time".
  5. 5.
    Write the first 5 terms of the sequence that starts at 7, with the term-to-term rule "subtract 3 each time".
  6. 6.
    The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 9. Write the first 5 terms (n = 1 to 5).
  7. 7.
    The nth term of a sequence is 7n - 2. Write the first 5 terms (n = 1 to 5).
  8. 8.
    The nth term of a sequence is 8n - 10. Write the first 5 terms (n = 1 to 5).
  9. 9.
    The nth term of a sequence is 8n + 7. Write the first 5 terms (n = 1 to 5).
  10. 10.
    The nth term of a sequence is 8n + 3. Write the first 5 terms (n = 1 to 5).
  11. 11.
    These are consecutive triangular numbers: 1, 3, 6, 10. Find the next 2 terms.
  12. 12.
    These are consecutive square numbers: 9, 16, 25, 36. Find the next 2 terms.
  13. 13.
    These are consecutive triangular numbers: 1, 3, 6, 10. Find the next 2 terms.
  14. 14.
    These are consecutive triangular numbers: 3, 6, 10, 15. Find the next 2 terms.
  15. 15.
    This is a geometric sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54. The term-to-term rule is "multiply by 3". Find the next 2 terms.
  16. 16.
    This is a geometric sequence: 4, 12, 36, 108. The term-to-term rule is "multiply by 3". Find the next 2 terms.
Made with ChalkBee · chalkbee.com

More like this

Other Grade 7 worksheets