GRADE 11 NUMBER PATTERNS REVISION QUESTIONS
QUESTION 2 [13 MARKS]
2.1 Tiles are arranged to form a number pattern in the following way:
2.1.1 Write down the number of tiles used in the 4th and 5th patterns. (2)
2.1.2 How many tiles would be needed to make the nth pattern? (3)
2.2 A quadratic pattern has an nth term of Tn = 2n2 +5n–6.
2.2.1 Determine the value of the 9th term. (2)
2.2.2 Calculate which is the first term greater than 60. (3)
2.2.3 Calculate the value of the 20th difference in the quadratic pattern. (3)
QUESTION 3 [13 MARKS]
3.1 Blocks are arranged to form the following pattern.
3.1.1 Determine the number of blocks in step 5. (1)
3.1.2 Which step will have 53 blocks? (2)
3.2 If all the counting numbers are arranged in a pattern in the columns
below, in which column will 250 fall? Show all calculations. (3)
3.3 The pattern below consists of a geometric and an arithmetic pattern:
1 5 9 13 𝑥
; ; ; ;…;
2 6 18 54 118 098
3.3.1 Determine a general term for this pattern. (3)
3.3.2 Calculate 𝑥. (4)
QUESTION 4 [14 MARKS]
Consider the quadratic pattern
16 ; 32 ; 52 ; 76
4.1 Write down the next 2 terms in the pattern. (2)
4.2 Determine the general term of this pattern (4)
4.3. Which term will be the first term to be bigger than 600? (4)
4.4 Between which two terms will the first difference be 132? (4)
QUESTION 5 [4 MARKS]
Congruent regular hexagons are arranged as shown in the diagram.
The perimeter of one hexagon is 12 units. Determine the perimeter of the
shape formed by 20 hexagons arranged in the same manner. (4)
