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Every Edexcel GCSE Maths exam question on A25 The nth term, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- November 2024, Paper 2H, Q15 (6 marks): Here are the first five terms of a quadratic sequence. 3 20 47 84 131 (a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence. The terms of a d
- June 2024, Paper 1H, Q1 (2 marks): Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence. 1 5 9 13 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- November 2023, Paper 3H, Q14 (2 marks): Here are the first six terms of a quadratic sequence. 5 11 21 35 53 75 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- June 2023, Paper 2H, Q15 (3 marks): Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence. 3 9 17 27 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- November 2022, Paper 2H, Q3 (4 marks): Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence. 7 13 19 25 31 (a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence. The nth term of
- November 2020, Paper 1H, Q1 (2 marks): The first five terms of an arithmetic sequence are 1 4 7 10 13 Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- November 2020, Paper 2H, Q16 (3 marks): Here are the first five terms of a quadratic sequence. 10 21 38 61 90 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- November 2019, Paper 2H, Q6 (3 marks): The nth term of a sequence is 2n2 The n n2 Show that there is only one number that is in both of these sequences.
- November 2019, Paper 3H, Q20 (2 marks): Here are the first five terms of a sequence. Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- June 2019, Paper 3H, Q16 (3 marks): Here are the first six terms of a quadratic sequence. 1 5 15 29 47 69 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
- June 2018, Paper 3H, Q16 (6 marks): The nth term of a sequence is given by an2 + bn where a and b are integers. The 2nd term of the sequence is –2 The 4th term of the sequence is 12 (a) Find the 6
- June 2017, Paper 2H, Q22 (3 marks): Here are the first five terms of a sequence. 4 11 22 37 56 Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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