Back to Edexcel Maths Foundation November 2017 Paper 3 Home
​Q18: Answers – Paper 3 – November 2017
​Helpful Links
Mark Scheme
Working
​Here is a sequence of patterns made with counters.
a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in pattern number n.

​Bayo has 90 counters.
b) Can Bayo make a pattern in this sequence using all 90 of his counters?
You must show how you get your answer.
Question
Click here for a printable PDF of this question.
18)
​Here is a sequence of patterns made with counters.
a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of counters in pattern number n.
[2 marks]
​
Bayo has 90 counters.
b) Can Bayo make a pattern in this sequence using all 90 of his counters?
You must show how you get your answer.
[2 marks]