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    OLEVEL P2

    A80 PATTERNS AND


    SEQUENCES
    1 Read these instructions.

    A Choose two different digits from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.


    B Write down the larger two-digit number which can be formed from the chosen digits.
    C Write down the smaller two-digit number which can be formed from the chosen digits.
    D Subtract the smaller number from the larger and note the result.

    Example: A Choose 2 and 8.


    B Larger number is eighty-two (82).
    C Smaller number is twenty-eight (28).
    D Subtract: 82
    –28
    __
    54
    __
    Result = 54

    (a) The digits 3 and 7 are chosen.


    Follow the instructions to find the result. [1]

    (b) Choose three other different pairs of digits.


    Follow the instructions to find the result in each case. [1]

    (c) What do you notice about all these results? [1]

    (d) The digits x and y, where x > y, are chosen.

    Find expressions, in terms of x and y, for the value of

    (i) the larger number, [1]


    (ii) the result. [2]

    © UCLES 2005 4024/02/M/J/05


    2

    Flowerbed 1 Flowerbed 2 Flowerbed 3 Flowerbed 4

    The diagrams above show the first four flowerbeds in a sequence.


    Each flowerbed contains two types of plant, pansies (+) and primroses ({).

    The table shows the number of plants in the first three flowerbeds.

    Flowerbed number (n) 1 2 3 4 5


    Number of pansies 10 14 18
    Number of primroses 2 6 12
    Total number of plants 12 20 30

    (a) Copy and complete the columns for flowerbeds 4 and 5. [2]

    (b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for

    (i) the number of pansies in flowerbed n, [1]

    (ii) the number of primroses in flowerbed n. [1]

    (c) Hence show that the total number of plants in flowerbed n can be expressed in the form

    (n + 2) (n + 3). [2]

    (d) Calculate the total number of plants in flowerbed 10. [1]

    (e) There are 306 plants in flowerbed k.

    (i) Show that k satisfies the equation

    k2 + 5k – 300 = 0. [2]

    (ii) Solve the equation k2 + 5k – 300 = 0. [2]

    (iii) Hence find the number of pansies in flowerbed k. [1]

    © UCLES 2010 4024/22/M/J/10


    3 (a) 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, …

    (i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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

    (ii) Explain why 251 is not a term in this sequence.

    Answer .......................................................................................................................................

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

    (b) Here is another sequence.

    5, 8, 13, 20, 29, …

    The pth term of this sequence is p 2 + 4 .

    Write down an expression, in terms of p, for the pth term of these sequences.

    (i) –2, 1, 6, 13, 22, …

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

    (ii) 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, …

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


    (c) The diagrams below show the first three patterns in a sequence.
    The patterns are made from short diagonal lines.

    Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

    (i) Draw Pattern 4 on the dotty grid below.

    [1]

    (ii) Complete the table below for the number of short lines in Patterns 4 and 5.

    Pattern 1 2 3 4 5

    Number of short lines 4 10 18

    [2]

    (iii) Find an expression, in terms of t, for the number of short lines in Pattern t.

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

    © UCLES 2018 4024/21/M/J/18

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