plumiInduction: sums of series: Edexcel A‑Level Further Maths questions
Edexcel A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on 1.1 Induction: sums of series, 2018–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available. Add MadAsMaths questions to your practice, or browse them separately by topic and difficulty.
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All 4 questions on Induction: sums of series, as a list
- June 2025, AS Core Pure, Q6 (6 marks): Prove by induction that for all positive integers n 3 2 2 1 1 ( 1) 4 n r r n n (6)
- June 2024, Core Pure 1, Q6 (6 marks): Prove by induction that, for all positive integers n, 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 r n n r n (6)
- June 2024, AS Core Pure, Q7 (10 marks): (i) Prove by induction that, for all positive integers n, 1 1 1 1 r r n n r n (5) (ii) Prove by induction that, for all positive integers n, f ( n ) = 3 2n +
- November 2020, Core Pure 1, Q6 (12 marks): (i) Prove by induction that for n ∈ + ( )( ) ( )( ) 3 1 2 2 3 1 r r n n n r n + + = + + =∑ (6) (ii) Prove by induction that for all positive odd integers n f(n
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