Linear Sequences and Rules
What is a Linear sequence(nth term)?
A linear sequence goes up by the same amout every time.
T= 5-2n What is the answer when n= 2?
1
T= 0.5n -2 What is the answer when n= 2?
-1
T= 5-2n What is the answer when n= 8?
-11
T= 5-2n What is the answer when n= 10?
-15
4,3,2,1
-1n+5
25,23,21,19
-2n+21
14,11,8,5,2..
-3n + 17
7,4,1,-2
-3n+1
T= -3n+1 What is the answer when n= 2?
-5
-1.5,-1.0,-0.5, 0....
0.5n -2
8,6,4,2,0,-2...
10-2n
101,201,301,401
100n+1
11,21,31,41
10n+1
T= 3n+4 What is the answer when n= 3?
13
T= 5-2n What is the answer when n= -5?
15
1,2,3,4
1n
101,102,103,104
1n+100
0,1,2,3
1n-1
T= 5n+10 What is the answer when n= 2?
20
T= 3n-1 What is the answer when n= 10?
29
4,6,8,10
2n+2
5,7,9,11
2n+3
7,9,11,13
2n+5
0,2,4,6
2n-2
7,10,13,16,19
3n + 4
5,8,11,14
3n+2
2,5,8,11
3n-1
T= 5-0.5n What is the answer when n= 2?
4
T= 5n+10 What is the answer when n= 6?
40
4,8,14,16
4n
7,11,15,19
4n+3
-1,3,7,11
4n-5
T= 3n-1 What is the answer when n= 2?
5
3,1,-1,-3,-5..
5-2n
15,20,25,30
5n+10
4,9,14,19
5n+10
T= 10-2n What is the answer when n= 2?
6
1,7,13,19
6n-5
T= 5n+10 What is the answer when n= 12?
70
T= 5n+10 What is the answer when n= 25?
85
T= 3n-1 What is the answer when n= 30?
89
T= n+4 What is the answer when n= 5?
9
Nth term
the general rule for a number sequence
