Lesson A24

A24 Triangular, square, cube, Fibonacci-type and geometric sequences Quiz: AQA Maths, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the 5th triangular number?

    • 15
    • 10
    • 25
    • 21
  2. What is the 6th square number?

    • 36
    • 42
    • 30
    • 49
  3. What is the 4th cube number?

    • 81
    • 64
    • 16
    • 27
  4. A Fibonacci-type sequence is 2, 5, 7, 12. What is the next term?

    • 14
    • 19
    • 17
    • 24
  5. A geometric sequence is 3, 6, 12, 24. What is the common ratio?

    • 2
    • 3
    • 6
    • 1/2
  6. A geometric sequence is 81, 27, 9. What is the next term?

    • 18
    • 3
    • 1
    • 27
  7. The sum of the first four positive whole numbers is a triangular number. Which one?

    • 16
    • 8
    • 10
    • 6
  8. The differences between successive square numbers 1, 4, 9, 16 are 3, 5, 7. What is the next difference?

    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 11
  9. What is the 5th cube number?

    • 216
    • 100
    • 125
    • 81
  10. A sequence is 4, 9, 13, 22. Each term is the sum of the previous two. What is the next term?

    • 26
    • 40
    • 35
    • 31
  11. In the geometric sequence 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, which term is 80?

    • The 4th term
    • The 8th term
    • The 5th term
    • The 6th term
  12. Which sequence is geometric with common ratio 1/2?

    • 64, 32, 16, 8
    • 1, 2, 4, 6
    • 64, 32, 16, 4
    • 64, 48, 32, 16
  13. (H) A geometric sequence has 2nd term 6 and common ratio 3. What is the first term?

    • 2
    • 18
    • 1/3
    • 3
  14. Which number is both a square number and a triangular number?

    • 24
    • 25
    • 30
    • 36
  15. What is the 10th triangular number?

    • 100
    • 45
    • 55
    • 50
  16. A Fibonacci-type sequence is 1, 3, 4, 7, 11. What is the next term?

    • 18
    • 15
    • 14
    • 16
  17. A geometric sequence is 2, 6, 18. What is the next term?

    • 72
    • 36
    • 24
    • 54
  18. (H) What is the next term of the quadratic sequence 2, 6, 12, 20?

    • 32
    • 26
    • 30
    • 28
  19. A geometric sequence is 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8. What is the 5th term?

    • 1/8
    • 1/10
    • 1/16
    • 1/32
  20. Which number is not a square number?

    • 64
    • 49
    • 48
    • 81

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