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NUMBER PATTERNS

TERM 4 CLASS TEST


GRADE 10
TOTAL MARKS : 39

QUESTION 1 [17]
1.1 Determine the 4th and nth terms of the following number patterns:
1.1.1 −1; −8; −27; … (2)
1.1.2 3; 0; −3; … (3)
1.2 Find the first two numbers in the sequence :
__; __; 4; 7; 12; 19; 28 (3)

1.4 Find the product of


1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (3)
(1 − 3) (1 − 4) (1 − 5) (1 − 6) (1 − 7) … … (1 − 74) (1 − 75)

1.5 Given the linear pattern : 156 ; 148 ; 140 ; 132 ; …


1.5.1 Write down the 5th term of this number pattern. (1)
1.5.2 Determine a general formula for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of this pattern. (2)
1.5.3 Which term of this linear pattern is the first term to be negative? (3)

QUESTION 2 [6]
Refer to the pattern below and answer the questions that follow :
2 6 12 20 30 42 2 6 12 20 30 42 …
Determine
2.1 The general formula for the first six terms of the pattern. (4)
2.2 The value of the 43 561st term. (2)

QUESTION 3
Flappy sets off on a camping trip. He heads south and sets up his tent at addo elephant [16]
park. He opens the information booklet and analyses some of the information about the
eastern cape aloe.

End of first End of second End of third End of fourth


year year year year
Number of 2 X 2x+1 4x
leaves on aloe

3.1 He suspects that the pattern has a constant second difference. use this fact to (5)
calculate how many leaves are on the aloe at the end of the fourth year
3.2 Determine an expression for the number of leaves on the aloe at the end 𝑛𝑡ℎ year. (6)
3.3 Determine at the end of which year will the aloe 572 leaves have. ( 5)

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