Name: _______________________________________________

My way to a grade C, Homework 2

Due 24/1/14
Date: Tuesday 21 January 2014

Time: 28 minutes
Total marks available: 28
Total marks achieved: ______

Sequences, nth term, ratio, proportion

Mr O'Hara

Q1.
Ali, Ben and Candice share 300 in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5
How much money does Candice get?

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(Total for Question is 2 marks)

Q2.
A pile of sand has a weight of 60 kg.
The sand is put into a small bag, a medium bag and a large bag in the ratio 2 : 3 : 7
Work out the weight of sand in each bag.

small bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg
medium bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg
large bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q3.
Here are the first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence.
3

15

21

27

(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
Ben says that 150 is in the sequence.
(b) Is Ben right?
You must explain your answer.
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(1)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q4.
Here are the first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence.
6

10

14

18

22

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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(2)
2

The nth term of a different sequence is 2n 4

(b) Find the 3rd term of this sequence.

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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q5.
Here are the ingredients needed to make 12 shortcakes.
Shortcakes
Makes 12 shortcakes
50 g of sugar
200 g of butter
200 g of flour
10 ml of milk

Liz makes some shortcakes.

She uses 25 ml of milk.
(a) How many shortcakes does Liz make?

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(2)
Robert has

500 g of sugar
1000 g of butter
1000 g of flour
500 ml of milk

(b) Work out the greatest number of shortcakes Robert can make.

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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q6.
Here are the first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence.
6

10

14

18

22

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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(2)
The nth term of a different sequence is 2n2 4
(b) Find the 3rd term of this sequence.

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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)
Q7.
Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.
2

12

17

22

(a) Explain why the number 271 cannot be a term in this sequence.
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(1)
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.

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(2)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q8.
Here are the ingredients needed to make 16 chocolate biscuits.

Sabrina has 250 g of butter

300 g of caster sugar
600 g of flour
and
60 g of cocoa
Work out the greatest number of chocolate biscuits Sabrina can make.
You must show your working.

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(Total for Question is 3 marks)
Q9.
Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.
2

12

17

22

(a) Explain why the number 271 cannot be a term in this sequence.
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(1)
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.

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(2)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q10.
The cost of 6 cups is 7.80
Work out the cost of 10 of these cups.

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(Total for Question is 2 marks)

Q11.
Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
The nth term of a different number sequence is 3n2 + 7
(b) Find the 10th term of this sequence.
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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)