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Parts of Sequences

Find the formula that describes the part of the sequence that can be seen
Word 1 Word 2 Word 3 Word 4 Word 5 Trophy
A

\(2n+3\)

E

\(8n+4\)

D

\(3n+1\)

H

\(n+10\)

L

\(5n-7\)

N

\(4n+3\)

V

\(6n-1\)

Y

\(7n-3\)

14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Strip of Paper

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13, 15, 17, 19, 21

Strip of Paper

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3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28

Strip of Paper

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23, 29, 35, 41, 47

Strip of Paper

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12, 20, 28, 26, 44

Strip of Paper

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Type the letters of the formulas for the nth terms of the parts of sequences shown above.

B

\(10-3n\)

E

\(3n+10\)

F

\(7-2n\)

H

\(7+2n\)

K

\(6-2n\)

M

\(6+2n\)

R

\(5(n-7)\)

T

\(5(7-n)\)

-15, -20, -25, -30

Strip of Paper

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27, 29, 31, 33, 35

Strip of Paper

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25, 30, 35, 40, 45

Strip of Paper

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16, 19, 22, 25, 28

Strip of Paper

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31, 34, 37, 40, 43

Strip of Paper

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Type the letters of the formulas for the nth terms of the parts of sequences shown above.

A

\(2^n\)

E

\(3(2^n)\)

I

\(3^n\)

L

\(2(3^n)\)

M

\(15-2^n\)

S

\(30-3^n\)

T

\(2(5-2^n)\)

U

\(2^n-7\)

6, 2, -6, -22, -54

Strip of Paper

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3, 9, 27, 81, 243

Strip of Paper

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11, 7, -1, -17, -49

Strip of Paper

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12, 24, 48, 96, 192

Strip of Paper

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27, 21, 3, -51, -213

Strip of Paper

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Type the letters of the formulas for the nth terms of the parts of sequences shown above.

I

\(5 \times 2^n\)

U

\((n-1)^2\)

A

\(n^3 - n^2\)

S

\(2n+n^2\)

E

\(33-n^3\)

N

\(n(n-3)\)

O

\(5n(n+1)\)

M

\(n^2-1\)

35, 48, 63, 80, 99, 120

Strip of Paper

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10, 20, 40, 80, 160

Strip of Paper

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10, 18, 28, 40, 54, 70

Strip of Paper

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16, 25, 36, 49, 64

Strip of Paper

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24, 35, 48, 63, 80, 99

Strip of Paper

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Type the letters of the formulas for the nth terms of the parts of sequences shown above.

A

\(\frac{n^2}{3n-1}\)

E

\(n^2-37\)

I

\(\frac{n^2}{n-1}\)

N

\((n-2)^2\)

O

\(\frac{24}{n}\)

S

\(\frac12n(n-1)\)

T

\(\sqrt{n^3}\)

V

\(n^n\)

10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55

Strip of Paper

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27, 44, 63, 84, 107, 132

Strip of Paper

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1, 4, 27, 256, 3125, 46656

Strip of Paper

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-33, -28, -21, -12, -1, 12

Strip of Paper

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16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

Strip of Paper

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Type the letters of the formulas for the nth terms of the parts of sequences shown above.

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When you have found the five words you will see that together they make a sentence. That sentence is an instruction to do a calculation.

Enter the result of that calculation into the box below:

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