Arithmetic Sequences Practice

The common difference.

For the following sequence: 6,   −2,   −10,   −18, ...

Find:

The next three terms.

Note:  The "common difference" is the number that you add to each termto get the next term.   If the terms are increasing, the common differenceis positive.
Arithmetic Sequences
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,
For the following sequence:   -9,  -4,  1,  6,  11, ...
Find: 

The common difference:
The next three terms:
The first term:  
Arithmetic Sequences
a1
,
,
The common difference:
For the following sequence:  9,   13,   17,   21, ...
Find:
Find the 11th term:
The next three terms:
The rule for the nth term.
an =         + (n - 1) •     
an =  a1 + (n - 1) • d 
Arithmetic Sequences
a11 =         + (11 - 1) •     
a11
,
,
For the following sequence: 18,  16,  14,   12, ...
Find: 
The common difference: 
The next three terms:
The rule for the nth term: 
Find the 25th term: 
Arithmetic Sequences
a25 =           + (25 - 1) • 
a25
an =          + (n - 1) • 
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,
The common difference:
For the following sequence:  1,   7,   13,   19, ...
The next three terms:
Find: 
The rule for the nth term.
Find the 21st term.
a21
Arithmetic Sequences
an =           + (n - 1) • 
an = a1 + (n - 1) • d
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