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Every AQA GCSE Maths exam question on A25 The nth term, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 3H, Q8 (3 marks): A linear sequence has • 2nd term = 6 • 5th term = 18 Work out the nth term of the sequence. Answer
- June 2025, Paper 3H, Q18 (3 marks): Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 6 15 28 45 Work out an expression for the nth term. Answer
- November 2024, Paper 2H, Q22 (3 marks): The nth term of a sequence is n2 – 30n + 236 By completing the square, show that all the terms of the sequence have two or more digits.
- November 2023, Paper 3H, Q1 (1 mark): The first four terms of a linear sequence are 6 13 20 27 Write down the expression for the nth term. Answer
- June 2023, Paper 2H, Q19 (4 marks): Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 3 20 47 84 Work out an expression for the nth term of the sequence. Answer
- November 2022, Paper 2H, Q10 (4 marks): The nth terms of two linear sequences, A and B, are added to give the nth term of a new sequence. The new sequence starts 8 13 18 23 The nth term of sequence A
- November 2022, Paper 3H, Q7 (4 marks): (a) Here is the rule for a sequence. The 1st term is 33 The 2nd term is x The 4th term is 73 Work out the value of x. After the first two terms, each term is th
- June 2022, Paper 3H, Q7 (4 marks): A is an arithmetic progression. Here are the first four terms. 13 16 19 22 G is a geometric progression. Here are the first four terms. 2 4 8 16 Work out the va
- November 2021, Paper 1H, Q21 (4 marks): The first two terms of a quadratic sequence are 10 and 17 Here is some information about the sequence. Work out an expression for the nth term of the sequence.
- November 2021, Paper 3H, Q22 (3 marks): A sequence of patterns is made using horizontal sticks and vertical sticks. The table shows the number of horizontal sticks and vertical sticks in each pattern.
- November 2019, Paper 1H, Q13 (3 marks): The nth term of a sequence is 3 4) ( + − n n n Work out the sum of the 1st and 6th terms. Answer
- November 2019, Paper 2H, Q10 (3 marks): The 5th term of a linear sequence is 17 The 6th term of the sequence is 21 Work out the 100th term of the sequence. Answer
- November 2018, Paper 1H, Q21 (3 marks): Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 11 26 45 68 Work out an expression for the nth term. Answer
- November 2018, Paper 3H, Q3 (1 mark): The first 4 terms of a linear sequence are 3 11 19 27 Circle the expression for the nth term. 8 – 5n n + 8 8n + 3 8n – 5
- June 2018, Paper 1H, Q20 (4 marks): A linear sequence starts a + 2b a + 6b a + 10b …….. …….. The 2nd term has value 8 The 5th term has value 44 Work out the values of a and b. a = b =
- June 2018, Paper 3H, Q10 (3 marks): The nth term of a sequence is 12n – 5 Work out the numbers in the sequence that have two digits and are not prime. Answer
- November 2017, Paper 3H, Q3 (1 mark): The first four terms of a sequence are –10 –8 –6 –4 Circle the expression for the nth term of the sequence. –12 – 2n –8 – 2n n + 2 2n – 12
- June 2017, Paper 2H, Q4 (1 mark): Here is a sequence. 90 82 74 66 58 Circle the expression for the nth term of the sequence. n – 8 98 – 8n 8n + 82 8n – 98
- June 2017, Paper 3H, Q22 (3 marks): Work out an expression for the nth term of the quadratic sequence 2 17 40 71 Give your answer in the form an 2 + bn + c where a, b and c are constants. Answer
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