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Quadratic Sequence Worksheet
Help your students prepare for their Maths GCSE with this free quadratic sequences worksheet of 35 questions and answers
- Section 1 of the quadratic sequences worksheet contains 27 skills-based questions, in 3 groups to support differentiation
- Section 2 contains 3 applied questions with a mix of worded problems and deeper problem solving questions
- Section 3 contains 5 higher level GCSE exam style questions to practise working with quadratic sequences, including finding the nth term of the sequence
- Answers and a mark scheme for all questions are provided
- Questions follow variation theory with plenty of opportunities for students to work independently at their own level
- All questions created by fully qualified expert secondary maths teachers
- Suitable for GCSE maths revision for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards
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Quadratics sequences at a glance
Quadratic sequences are number sequences based on the square numbers. The differences between the terms increase or decrease by the same amount; this is called the second difference between the terms. Quadratic sequences tend to involve integers rather than decimals.
Quadratic sequences have an nth term formula which can be used to generate terms of the number sequence. The nth term rule can be used to find any missing terms in a quadratic sequence, similar to how the nth term of a linear sequence can be used.
The nth term of a quadratic sequence can be found by finding the first differences, and then working out the second differences. The second differences should all be the same. We then need to divide the second difference by 2 in order to work out the coefficient of the squared term of the nth term of this quadratic sequence. We can then compare this quadratic part of the sequence to the original sequence to create a separate linear sequence. The quadratic part and the linear part then combine to give the overall nth term of the quadratic sequence.
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