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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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