5 worksheets covering all types of sequences for new GCSE

These worksheets are great to give your students practice of all the types of sequences they are expected to know about for the new GCSE.

Each sequence worksheet contains 20 questions. The questions include a mixture of finding the next term, finding an expression for the nth term, or finding the value of a given term later in the sequence. All worksheets come with solutions.

Also included is a 3-page worksheet that can be used to explain the method used to find the nth term of a quadratic sequence. This is a nice way for students to experiment to discover the relationship between the 2nd differences and the coefficient of n^2 and see how this forms the basis for finding an expression for the general term. Answers to the worksheet are included.

The final resource is designed to help students identify the type of sequence they are given. There are notes explaining the key properties of each type of sequence, with examples, and then there are 15 sequences for them to categorise and work out the next term. Answers are included.

There is approximately 2 hours worth of material here for an able GCSE group.