Numbers and sequences

Sequences

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1.
A sequence is 5, 9, 13, 17, … What is the next term?
2.
A sequence starts at 40 and 9 is subtracted each time: 40, 31, 22, … What is the next term?
3.
A sequence has first term 1 and the rule 'add 4'. What is the 3rd term?
4.
A sequence has first term 7 and the rule 'add 6'. What is the 4th term?
5.
What number is added each time in the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, …?
6.
A sequence is 516, 616, 716, 816, … What is the next term?
7.
A sequence has first term 1 and the rule 'add 4'. What is the 10th term?
8.
A sequence counts back: 20, 16, 12, … What is the next term?
9.
The next term after 20, 16, 12 is 8.
True False
10.
These are the first four terms of a sequence, mixed up. Put them in order, from smallest to largest.
Write the order (smallest to largest) in the boxes:
- ?8
- ?2
- ?11
- ?5
11.
A sequence is 4, 10, 16, 22, … What is the next term?
12.
A sequence is 15, 10, 5, 0, … What is the next term?
13.
A sequence is 8, -3, -14, -25, … What is the next term?
14.
A sequence is 9, 20, 31, 42, … What is the next term?
15.
A sequence is 8, 10, 12, 14, … What is the next term?
16.
A sequence is 9, -1, -11, -21, … What is the next term?
17.
A sequence is 1, 10, 19, 28, … What is the next term?
18.
A sequence is 7, 15, 23, 31, … What is the next term?
19.
A sequence is 4, 7, 10, 13, … What is the next term?
20.
A sequence is 14, 21, 28, 35, … What is the next term?

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Numbers and sequences — Sequences