iGCSE Sequences Past Paper Questions: All You Need to Know

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  • @GingerMathematician
    @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +15

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  • @Academicallystressedout
    @Academicallystressedout Рік тому +90

    Me : having difficulties with a topic
    *searches Ginger mathematician + that topic *
    *watches video *
    Attempt past question and I don’t fail a single one !
    A true blessing you areeee

  • @johnathanwalker75
    @johnathanwalker75 2 роки тому +85

    I've never seen Maths explain better in this life before. This is fantastic, you explain so detail, soft, and calm that I am starting to love Arithmetic, Geometric and so on sequence/series. Thank you massively helping everyone watching your video!!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +16

      No problem Johnathan, glad you like my style 😊 And thank you for your question via e-mail 👍

    • @offlicense6097
      @offlicense6097 Рік тому

      Literally

  • @eshhhaal
    @eshhhaal 9 місяців тому +5

    Watching 2 hours before my maths paper 2. You're a lifesaver and any grade I end up with will 100% be owed to you

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  9 місяців тому +4

      I believe in you! Go out there and show them what you know

  • @luluslaptop
    @luluslaptop Рік тому +13

    you make me so happy.
    your way of explaining makes it all easy for me to understand, as I was struggling alot with this topic and had no idea how i'd ever be able to learn all about it. thank you so much for providing us with such easy yet defined explanations, you have no idea how much this helps. ♥

  • @tigered
    @tigered Рік тому +13

    Watching this on the morning of my paper 2 IGCSE exam (it's in 2 hours)
    Words can't express how much I needed this. Thank you so much

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +4

      Best of luck Tiger 😊👍

    • @tigered
      @tigered Рік тому +4

      @@GingerMathematician Thanks! I just finished it and there was a big sequence question on the paper. This saved my life-

    • @PoomiestPoom
      @PoomiestPoom Рік тому +1

      @@tigered How'd you solve it? I ran into a lot of difficulties with it and I wasn't quite sure.

    • @tigered
      @tigered Рік тому +3

      @@PoomiestPoom It's actually more of a re-arranging than a square sequence question. I struggled for a whole 25 minutes on that single question but the key is to list simultaneous equations (I think, I'm not sure...)

    • @bonsaidaddy9970
      @bonsaidaddy9970 Рік тому +1

      @@tigered did u get it right? my maths paper 4 is in a couple hours as well!

  • @meowochidream
    @meowochidream 11 місяців тому +2

    This topic has always made me lose marks but this guy has helped me so much 🥰. I recommend my friends watching your videos, you're truly the best teacher I've seen so far. Keep going sir

  • @madlad25
    @madlad25 2 роки тому +7

    thats so much for releasing these vids i have the the exam in like uhhh 4 days and im stressing myself out too much. i might actually pass because of you :)

    • @Kanishksz
      @Kanishksz 2 роки тому +2

      You are doing it at the same time as me 👊

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Glad I could be of help Malik, go and smash those exams 💪

    • @madlad25
      @madlad25 2 роки тому +3

      @@GingerMathematician thanks I really appreciate it I will shock the world this Friday

    • @madlad25
      @madlad25 2 роки тому +2

      @@Kanishksz yea where are you giving the paper. I'm giving it in England rn

    • @Kanishksz
      @Kanishksz 2 роки тому

      @@madlad25 India 👍 he has got a worldwide audience, I just came back from England couple of months back

  • @hudashaikh1071
    @hudashaikh1071 Рік тому +1

    This is the first time i understood sequences. Thank you so much, I love your videos . I have my maths paper 22 tomorrow , and I can't tell how helpful this is

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  11 місяців тому +1

      Did it go well?

    • @hudashaikh1071
      @hudashaikh1071 11 місяців тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician yess it did, first time i got all the sequence questions right. All thanks to you

  • @hussamali9302
    @hussamali9302 2 роки тому +2

    I got my exam on the 6th of may and if you haven't uploaded this video i wouldn't been able to solve sequences thank you very much

  • @titaniadania9440
    @titaniadania9440 Рік тому +2

    youre an actual hero please never stop

  • @MinikSchauf
    @MinikSchauf Рік тому +1

    Man, a week of class on this doesnt make sense, but then 22 minutes does, thanks

  • @claramaia1657
    @claramaia1657 Рік тому +3

    I literally love your videos so much! I understand the topic so much better all thanks to this video. Could you please make a video like this on indices

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      Indices right here Clara 😊: ua-cam.com/video/E9xEeT0_zqk/v-deo.html

  • @abdelrahmanmohamad9190
    @abdelrahmanmohamad9190 10 місяців тому +1

    Amaaaaaazing video I have an exam tmrw I used to suck at this chapter now hopefully I can ace it

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  10 місяців тому +2

      Best of luck let me know how it goes 🙂

    • @abdelrahmanmohamad9190
      @abdelrahmanmohamad9190 10 місяців тому +1

      @GingerMathematician it was actually pretty easy.I used to struggle in the nth term now I don't. thank u so much also I subbed cuz u 100% deserve it

  • @asareprince3174
    @asareprince3174 Рік тому +8

    We love and want much more of these videos.

  • @luminouslumi7462
    @luminouslumi7462 3 місяці тому

    Thank you every day!! I am in my IGCSE month, and all your videos are tremendously helpful. God Bless!

  • @AftecGamerzOfficial
    @AftecGamerzOfficial Рік тому +5

    You definitely deserve Millions of subscribers

  • @AvisAnimations
    @AvisAnimations 7 місяців тому +2

    I don't know if you watch jujutsu kaisen, but you're literally the maharoga to my megumi, oh my god. i have mocks in 2 weeks and i've never felt so prepared after watching your videos and following along man. You're the best!

  • @truth9905
    @truth9905 9 місяців тому

    Thank you!! I didn't understand anything when my teacher explained it. But I answered almost all questions perfectly after you explained it. :)

  • @Maverickmav777
    @Maverickmav777 2 роки тому +8

    Today is my exam and you have saved my life 😉

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +3

      Glad to have helped Nurdin 🙂

    • @Maverickmav777
      @Maverickmav777 2 роки тому

      @@GingerMathematician can you recommend some videos for paper 4 on Monday

    • @no-name5862
      @no-name5862 2 роки тому +1

      me:everyone stuying at the the last moment when the exam is tomorrow or today!😂

  • @githmihiransha5003
    @githmihiransha5003 Рік тому +1

    you are a life saver may god always be with you!

  • @JohnDoe-ju9pj
    @JohnDoe-ju9pj 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks so much I was looking all around UA-cam for a good explanation and found your channel,very helpful👌

  • @just_adeena_7
    @just_adeena_7 День тому +1

    You are LEGEND in MATH!

  • @sabaabdelfattah
    @sabaabdelfattah 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you dude, mocks are soon and I'm stressing out abt old topics since I can't remeber anything 👍

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Just go through my All of iGCSE Maths Playlist carefully 🙂 👍

  • @machinahonda9835
    @machinahonda9835 2 роки тому +7

    Thanks for the great video! I tried looking for your PPT file for this Sequence questions. Would you be so kind to share the file as you usually do for the other types of questions? Thanks again, it's been a great help to me!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks for your support 😊 Now added to the description! 👍

  • @oakenstudies3410
    @oakenstudies3410 3 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for the video, Mr. Mathematician.
    Sorry, I couldn't quite understand what you meant by what you said here, at 19:36, what does doing the numerator separately as an nth term and the denominator separately as an nth term mean?

  • @unscriptedwithdrishti
    @unscriptedwithdrishti 5 місяців тому +1

    at 17:35 i dont get it why do you divide 6 by 6. what was the point? what if we dont have 6 and another number should we still divide by 6

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  5 місяців тому +1

      Yes, that is the rule. Whenever we have a third difference, the coefficient of n^3 will be (third difference / 6).

    • @unscriptedwithdrishti
      @unscriptedwithdrishti 3 місяці тому +1

      @@GingerMathematicianokay thankyou!

  • @niveeidhapalani7249
    @niveeidhapalani7249 9 місяців тому +1

    i’ve got my math paper 2 igcse tmrw! manifesting an A* for it! although i’m quite certain i will ace the paper!!!!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  9 місяців тому +2

      Your hard work will pay off. Best of luck on your exams!

  • @Moonlight20513
    @Moonlight20513 Рік тому +2

    This was amazing tbh I like your way of explanation can you plz make a video about Rational and Irrational O level

  • @joannachristene1667
    @joannachristene1667 2 роки тому +1

    thank you so much. you have no idea how much i needed this.

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Glad I could help Joanna! If you'd like further help on any iGCSE Maths topic, do use the playlist here :-) : ua-cam.com/play/PLYNwTLhq9xZbbYnEipbmqFWb4b-NpOkpd.html

  • @rr20986
    @rr20986 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this video!! Literally saved my grades. Best channel !!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Let me know how the Paper 4 goes Rex 😉

    • @rr20986
      @rr20986 2 роки тому

      @@GingerMathematician It went well ! Expect for one question. Rest hopefully is correct

  • @CAgamer
    @CAgamer Рік тому +3

    Hey! Thanks for the video. But I noticed you haven’t covered this type of sequence right:
    3,5,9,17,33
    As it doesn’t have either a 1st, 2nd or 3rd difference.
    But I’m not sure how to solve it
    Thanks

    • @didyouforgetalready
      @didyouforgetalready Рік тому +2

      hii there, I'm not sure if its called geometric progression or not but this is how you do it:
      so I assumed you found the difference right?
      3 - 5 - 9 - 17 - 33 { sequence }
      2 - 4 - 8 - 16 { second difference }
      2 4 8 { third diff}
      if you notice, you can see the SECOND difference are *square numbers* ( square numbers are just 2^1, 2^2, 2^3 and so on )
      so then your 'n' will be the placed as the power of the base number 2
      = 2^n
      after this you can subtract the difference between the sequence and square number and BEHOLDDD you find a difference of 1!
      soooo your sequence will be
      2^n + 1
      I hope this helps!!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +2

      Thank you Mainam 😊😊

    • @didyouforgetalready
      @didyouforgetalready Рік тому

      @@GingerMathematician no worries :D

    • @Academicallystressedout
      @Academicallystressedout Рік тому

      @@didyouforgetalready very helpful thank uuu

  • @KING-uh5ry
    @KING-uh5ry 7 місяців тому +1

    Sir at 13:48 , for the b part, you said we have to see whether n is an whole number, so if we get n as 0, will it still be no or yes? Please answer fast, I have my test in 4 hours

  • @greyday1117
    @greyday1117 Рік тому +1

    you are a literal life savor

  • @Academicallystressedout
    @Academicallystressedout Рік тому +1

    Hello, I used your videos this year to read for my math Igcse and I got an A* . Thank you so much I am currently in my first year university studying medicine ! Just remembered you and wanted to tell you how much you have really helped me .

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      I'm so glad to hear that my videos helped you achieve such great results! Congratulations on your A* and good luck with your studies in medicine!

  • @renidhameliya
    @renidhameliya Рік тому +1

    words cannot explain how helpful this is 🥹🥹🥹 i struggled so much with sequences in year 9 but after watching this im alot more confident ahh hope my test goes well tomorrow!!!thank youu

  • @aidenayyash8067
    @aidenayyash8067 Рік тому +2

    love you man

  • @Lyqñuajajssk
    @Lyqñuajajssk 3 місяці тому +1

    Help! Tomorrow I have the IGCSE of math and I don’t understand this exercise.
    Nth term of the sequence 4,10,18,28
    I do it like you do it, the second difference is 2. Then as you do in the video, I subtract the original sequence with the 1n^2 and it gives different numbers. Not a consist one, it gives me 3,6,9,12 what should I do???

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  3 місяці тому +2

      That is the perfect method to find the nth term of a quadratic sequence. After obtaining 3,6,9,12… you would simply find the nth term of this new sequence (3n) and add it to the initial n^2. You would then get the nth term for the initial sequence to be n^2+3n, which is exactly what the question gives us 👍

    • @Lyqñuajajssk
      @Lyqñuajajssk 3 місяці тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician THANKS!!!! I have the exam in one hour, Thank you so much

  • @anyakale6491
    @anyakale6491 2 роки тому +1

    Just in summary, (i am little confused here, i would be great if you could help me out with this) at time 2:39 you mentioned that for quadratic equation, divide the difference by 2 and at time 17:21 you said that for cubic equation, difference should be divided by 6. That means, whatever the difference is , ex. 4 as second difference i would still divide it by 2 and if 4 is my third difference, i would still divide it by 6, right?
    Thank you.

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Exactly Anya - cubics don't come up that often but if they do, take the 3rd difference and divide by 6 🙂👍

    • @anyakale6491
      @anyakale6491 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you soo much 🤩

  • @goat-j9q
    @goat-j9q 9 місяців тому +1

    i saw a question saying:
    1, -2, -3, 4, -5
    and it was to find the equation to find nth term, how would we got about approaching this.

  • @FearlessNegotiator
    @FearlessNegotiator 2 роки тому +1

    At 17:29 - why 6/6 for the difference ?

  • @zahedamulla8949
    @zahedamulla8949 Рік тому

    god bless u , my paper two is in 8hrs and i didnt know sequences until rn AHAH ty!

  • @faryhanoor4114
    @faryhanoor4114 Рік тому +1

    Sir in 2:45 you said if quadratic we divide by 2 , so what if it is cubic or more,, for example n^4 then ?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      Cubic divide by 6 😊👍

    • @faryhanoor4114
      @faryhanoor4114 Рік тому +1

      Thank you for the response, one more thing.. can it be more than cubic, what I mean is 4th or 5th difference in sequences?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому

      @@faryhanoor4114 not on iGCSE 👍

    • @faryhanoor4114
      @faryhanoor4114 Рік тому +1

      One more thing I wanted to ask... in quadratic sequence I did a qn in which I got the 2nd difference as 3 so I did 3/2 n^2 for the first 4 terms and then subtracted it from the original sequence. However, the answer that I got after subtracting wasn't the same. ForExample in 4:02 you got the subtracted answer as 3 for each but I got different.... That's where I get confused, kindly let me know what to do for those types of qns... and thank you for your previous reply sir! Glad to have a teacher like you!

    • @faryhanoor4114
      @faryhanoor4114 Рік тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician kindly reply

  • @yaraabusafieh5391
    @yaraabusafieh5391 Рік тому +4

    I’ve never felt so confident with nth term, thank you 🥲

  • @hafsaahmed6691
    @hafsaahmed6691 9 місяців тому +2

    Q20) Find the nth term of the sequence -1, 0, 7, 26, 63, ... How to solve this part? This question is from 0580/Feb/March 2023 paper 22

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  9 місяців тому +2

      HINT: It's a cubic sequence...

    • @stale_cereal78
      @stale_cereal78 9 місяців тому

      @@GingerMathematiciandoesn’t make sense though? Once you compare the sequence to the cube numbers, subtracting one from another gives different values: -2, -8, -20, -38, -62. So what’s next?

  • @carsntech1
    @carsntech1 Рік тому +1

    17:21 is it always the difference divided by 6 if its cubed?

  • @haka5630
    @haka5630 11 місяців тому +1

    great video, does this apple for edexcel questions btw?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  11 місяців тому +1

      There is a lot of crossover with Cambridge but this video is more useful 🙂 ua-cam.com/video/Wikkld4k56g/v-deo.htmlsi=KMe2MOSLH-CZcZ3i

    • @haka5630
      @haka5630 11 місяців тому

      @@GingerMathematician will watch

  • @innocentkuchocha9609
    @innocentkuchocha9609 Рік тому +1

    thank you so much you have helped me understand really hard topics

  • @ChandramalaAthiappan
    @ChandramalaAthiappan 9 місяців тому +1

    thank you so much for teaching sequence of IG papers

  • @AyeshaAhmed-x5y
    @AyeshaAhmed-x5y Рік тому +1

    i love ur video and i clearly undertand ur video how u explain well . thank u so much for helping me and keep it up

  • @Ahmadalshurafa3
    @Ahmadalshurafa3 Рік тому +1

    So if it’s quadratic, I always divide by 2 if it’s cubic I always divide by 6 right?

  • @Vortex1234
    @Vortex1234 8 місяців тому +1

    Could you help me with this question: Find the next three terms in this sequence, 0.5, 2, 3, 5, 6.5,

  • @TeacherAlvinChan
    @TeacherAlvinChan 2 роки тому +2

    Great technique in solving quadratic and cubic sequence. Will apply in my classes 😉

  • @alvirachandiwala9732
    @alvirachandiwala9732 2 роки тому

    Amazing I used to find this topic so difficult I have my exam tmrw it made it so much easier thank you soooooo much 😊

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Best of luck for tomorrow Alvira - is this your last mock? 👍

    • @alvirachandiwala9732
      @alvirachandiwala9732 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician no I have my unit test I have mocks in December

    • @alvirachandiwala9732
      @alvirachandiwala9732 2 роки тому +1

      And I have kept a schedule to watch ur circle theorems video and vacation and proportion also

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Ah ok 😉

    • @alvirachandiwala9732
      @alvirachandiwala9732 2 роки тому +1

      He can u pls do vid on simultaneous equations and if I score good it's totally gonna be ur initiative

  • @a.b.dbeatthebest5900
    @a.b.dbeatthebest5900 10 місяців тому +2

    1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29 ........ what would be it nth term , sir please reply

    • @a.b.dbeatthebest5900
      @a.b.dbeatthebest5900 10 місяців тому +2

      difference is increasing by 1
      ????

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  9 місяців тому +2

      0.5n^2-0.5n+1

    • @a.b.dbeatthebest5900
      @a.b.dbeatthebest5900 9 місяців тому

      @@GingerMathematician thankyou , need a quick revision video before exams in which almost all concepts are slightly touched
      , exams are due in 19 days

  • @diegohuber23
    @diegohuber23 Рік тому +2

    Keep up with the great work😊

  • @salmasosa479
    @salmasosa479 Рік тому

    Thank you so much!! I was struggling with sequences

  • @theRealCobra69
    @theRealCobra69 6 місяців тому

    14:58 over here what about the negative values of n cuz the -n into a negative value of n is -1

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  5 місяців тому

      When working with sequences, we only consider values of n greater than or equal to 1, with n=1 being the first term.

  • @rafarabie8510
    @rafarabie8510 Рік тому +1

    For the nth term that’s involved with the second and third difference do we always divide by the number it’s self before writing down the square numbers or cube numbers and find the difference?

  • @Kanishksz
    @Kanishksz 2 роки тому +4

    Nice! I have my igcse in this may series so like a week or so to go. I've just been binge watching your videos and doing past papers, do you recommend doing anything else to enhance the revision or is this okay?
    Thank btw. :)

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Kanishk, essentially you are doing all the right things! Do ask for a teacher to explain the topic if you find the videos and past papers aren't enough... 👍

    • @Kanishksz
      @Kanishksz 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician just a quick question, are matrix going to be in the syllabus this time around?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Matrices were taken out of the syllabus 👍

  • @cyan._1d3
    @cyan._1d3 Рік тому +1

    Hi!!! Sir i wasnt able to solve the sequence 1,3,6,10,15 using the method you gave for the second difference, i dont know what im doing wrong..

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +2

      Should be 0.5n^2+0.5n 👍

    • @cyan._1d3
      @cyan._1d3 Рік тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician yess but how can i do it with that method?

  • @anishjoshi6211
    @anishjoshi6211 3 місяці тому

    @GingerMathematician how would the method for a cubic equation work on this question : find the nth term of the sequence -1, 0, 7, 26, 63?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  3 місяці тому

      Find the 3rd common difference and then divide this by 6 to get the coefficient of n^3. Then, use the method I have shown in the video to get the nth term of the quadratic sequence, and add it to the n^3 term you calculated.

  • @ChandKhan-zu6uf
    @ChandKhan-zu6uf 2 роки тому +10

    Hello, I've just had my paper 2 maths and there was a 5 mark question on sequences that I had no idea about. It was something about having an^2 + bn- 7 and we were given with the first and second term and had to workout what a and b was. Could you pls go through that, it'd be a massive help for the next paper.

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +13

      Won't be able to do a video on that before Monday Chand but:
      For the 1st term, set n = 1 that gives a + b - 7 = 1st term
      For the 2nd term, set n = 2 gives
      4a + 2b - 7 = 2nd term
      Then solve as a simultaneous equation 👍

    • @ChandKhan-zu6uf
      @ChandKhan-zu6uf 2 роки тому +2

      @@GingerMathematician oh okayy thankyou!! I didn't think of that in the paper!! 😔

    • @user-ii7sz1tq5r
      @user-ii7sz1tq5r 2 роки тому +1

      @@ChandKhan-zu6uf same it was hard

    • @Hahahasuiiiii
      @Hahahasuiiiii 2 роки тому

      @@GingerMathematician if the working is a bit messy but still legible i wont lose marks right? I had to do it on the additional page due to cutting my previous answers

    • @aishaliaquat3399
      @aishaliaquat3399 2 роки тому

      Actually it was a repeative question like I have seen it in before in past papers . We could solve it by using simultaneous equation too.

  • @MessiGoat223
    @MessiGoat223 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks so much. Really good explanation

  • @aura9145
    @aura9145 Рік тому +1

    When you are figuring out the nth term of a sequence with 3 differences do you always divide the sequence with 6 or does it vary on something? Your Help would be greatly appreciated!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      Nope with a third difference, always divide by 6 😊👍

    • @aura9145
      @aura9145 Рік тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician Thank You

  • @aimking8402
    @aimking8402 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the video it really helped a lot ❤, but I have a question in the equation ar^n-1. If it was division should the ratio be negative?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Aim King, if it's division then the ratio would be a fraction, i.e dividing by 2 would mean r = 0.5 😊👍

    • @aimking8402
      @aimking8402 2 роки тому

      @@GingerMathematician oh ok thanks❤

  • @compostsfertilizers5471
    @compostsfertilizers5471 Рік тому

    Thanks for posting this. Means a lot.

  • @hoorainshujaat984
    @hoorainshujaat984 6 місяців тому +1

    Can i use the Casio fx-991ARX calculator for igcse

  • @sanjanavijayavel1696
    @sanjanavijayavel1696 11 місяців тому +1

    15, 19, 25, 33 how to find the formula for this????

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  11 місяців тому +1

      Difference of differences - more information in my course :-) www.udemy.com/course/igcse-0580-maths-paper-2-exam-workshop/?referralCode=14EF4EDB1E2914A6B29F

  • @qzqnu
    @qzqnu Рік тому +2

    Life saver!

  • @alannnnnnz
    @alannnnnnz 2 роки тому +1

    what if the sequence is 0,1,4,9,16? and we have to find the nth term for this sequence? i know it's the 2nd difference, but when i subtract 0,1,4,9,16 from 1n^2, i get different answers and that too negetive. pls respond as my exams are near. thank you!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому

      Hi Acai you should subtract 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 from 0, 1,4,9,16 giving you -1, -3, -5, -7 where the nth term is -2n +1 so the answer is n^2 - 2n + 1 or (n - 1)^2 😊👍

    • @alannnnnnz
      @alannnnnnz 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician thank you !!

  • @omeshavihangika6720
    @omeshavihangika6720 2 роки тому +1

    What if we have a question like this
    "The formula for the nth term in the sequence 1, 3, 6, 10... is n(n+1)/k,
    Where k is an integer.
    Find the value of k."
    Please let me to know how to solve this question

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Omesha, I would solve the quadratic sequence in the wy shown in the video to get 0.5n^2 + 0.5n, then factorise the 0.5 to get n(n+1) / 2, which means that k must be 2 :-)

    • @omeshavihangika6720
      @omeshavihangika6720 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician thank you so much❤️

    • @machinahonda9835
      @machinahonda9835 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the cool technique to solve for quadratic and cubic sequences. I find it works well if the remainder of n^2 or n^3 are simply constant. If the formula contains further functions of n, it will not work. e.g. for a quadratic formula which goes like 0.5n^2+0.5n or n^3-5n-2. The series given is 1,3,6,10,15,21 and -6,-4,10,42,98,184. In both these examples I can’t work out the formula after n^2 and n^3 because the remainders are not constant numbers. Could you help??
      Thanks you so much for great work!

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Then for a n^2 sequence, the sequence left over will be linear so you can find the linear nth term normally and add the two nth terms together 🙂👍

    • @machinahonda9835
      @machinahonda9835 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician thank you very much! 😀

  • @intelblox7354
    @intelblox7354 Рік тому +1

    Could anyone please tell me the nth term of the sequence -
    5, 13, 25, 41, 61
    Ive tried to solve it but keep getting stuck

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +2

      Should I make a follow-up on quadratic sequences? :-)

    • @sanjanavijayavel1696
      @sanjanavijayavel1696 11 місяців тому +1

      hi yes pls it really hard , and u explain it really well @@GingerMathematician

  • @alexdrawzz
    @alexdrawzz 2 роки тому +1

    Yo teacher in the sequence 4,7,12,19, 28 can the formula be 1(n)^2+0(n)+3 I used the quadratic formula way can it be correct I used both formula and they both seem well

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      You can just use ax^2 + bx + c and that will work, it will take a little longer 🙂👍

  • @Maaaa555
    @Maaaa555 2 роки тому +2

    hello, thank you for this video, i have a question should i practice all variants or just the one ive registered for which is paper 22 and papern42

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +3

      Prioritise the 22 42 variants for sure, then expand out to 21 41 and 23 63 afterwards 🙂👍

  • @vii6081
    @vii6081 20 днів тому +1

    Ilysm ginger man

  • @sakethkakarla4530
    @sakethkakarla4530 2 роки тому

    This video was really helpful. Thank you so much! Can you please do a video on factorization? That would be really helpful!!! Again thx for all the work that you do.

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому

      Hi Saketh, thanks for the support 🙂👍 Are you looking for an All of iGCSE Factorising style video?

    • @sakethkakarla4530
      @sakethkakarla4530 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician 0580 would be great mainly

    • @sakethkakarla4530
      @sakethkakarla4530 2 роки тому +2

      I think a lot of people are taking the same course and having trouble with it. I know a lot of people in my class that also needed help with the same. Complex factorization would be great. Along with the indices simplification if you know what I am talking about. Thank you so much!

  • @vanshbhansali2598
    @vanshbhansali2598 Рік тому +1

    I just encountered sequence question where this method was not working the end sequence was n^2+5n

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      It works in a similar way, the sequence you are left with is the linear sequence 5n :-)

  • @hasinayakob6284
    @hasinayakob6284 2 роки тому +1

    hi, was a little confused about 3rd difference, so for 3rd difference do you always divide your 3rd difference by 6?
    because the questions you did was 6 divided by 6 so i thought maybe you had to divide it by itself and use 1 in all cases

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +4

      3rd differences (cubics) do not come up often, but yes always divide by 6 👍 (and 2nd difference quadratics divide by 2) 🙂

  • @trishla
    @trishla Рік тому +1

    igcse math paper 22 in four hours, thank you for everything 🫶

  • @m01zz55
    @m01zz55 2 роки тому +2

    Hi sir a question, I'm taking IGCSE 0980 Maths and not IGCSE 0580... Is there any difference since I was looking at your prediction paper for 0580 but I couldn't find anything for 0980 which made me panick a little.

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Hi there, no difference at all between 0580 and 0980 aside from the grading used (9 - 1 vs A* - G) 🙂👍

    • @m01zz55
      @m01zz55 2 роки тому

      @@GingerMathematician Thanks a lot, also if you don't mind me asking the IGCSE in one hour topics where you do all sorts of past paper questions, is that enough for us to be able to answer the questions which are possible to come or do you recommend us practice more?

  • @GameWolf1107
    @GameWolf1107 Рік тому +1

    Hey! Do you always divide by 2 when its the second difference?

  • @AnotidaisheKanyerere
    @AnotidaisheKanyerere Рік тому +1

    How to find nth term for this sequence
    -1, 0, 7, 26, 63, ...

  • @roshinipriyangi5443
    @roshinipriyangi5443 2 роки тому +1

    Hello, i have a question as '(1×3), (2×4), (3×5),...' the answer should be n(n+2) for the nth term. but i cant understand it. pls can u explain it to me by text in the comments? thank you very much for the lesson

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +2

      Won't have chance to give a detailed response here Roshini, sorry 👍

    • @roshinipriyangi5443
      @roshinipriyangi5443 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician yh its ok i actually got it. By the way thanks for the lesson. It helped me alot.

  • @96holaaaa
    @96holaaaa 2 роки тому +1

    please do a tutorial video on TRANSFORMATIONs

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      On my list with Stats to add to the All of iGCSE playlist 👍

  • @Potatochipsarelovely
    @Potatochipsarelovely 2 роки тому +2

    God bless you 🙏

  • @mysticgoat8699
    @mysticgoat8699 Рік тому

    I got a question for cubic when dividing the first sequence do you always use 6 or just divided with the sequence

  • @adrianneadonis7401
    @adrianneadonis7401 Рік тому +1

    Thanks so much ❤

  • @xel1346
    @xel1346 Рік тому +1

    Sir can you do simultaneous equation questions of number seq

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      Do you have a specific question in mind? 🙂

    • @xel1346
      @xel1346 Рік тому

      @@GingerMathematician questions like q9 on 2015 Oct Nov v 41
      The total number of 1 cm lines needed to draw both diagram 1 and 2 is 17
      The total number of 1 cm lines needed tocdrawall of the firat m diagrams is 2/3 n^3 +an^2 +bn
      Find value of a and b

  • @angelinewong9653
    @angelinewong9653 2 роки тому +1

    could you do a video on paper 6? i have my paper 6 exam in 2 weeks

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Hi Angeline, check out my Paper 6 playlist, I've done 3 / 4 walkthroughs 🙂: ua-cam.com/play/PLYNwTLhq9xZagalx8-j8jMYGdQraCKutk.html

  • @jh-qc2ug
    @jh-qc2ug 2 роки тому +1

    great video, can you please make one for chapter 10 straight lines

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Probably won't have time before Friday 😕 Sorry!

    • @jh-qc2ug
      @jh-qc2ug 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician oh, it's okay no rush thank you very much tho

  • @Aashrita-ps8ki
    @Aashrita-ps8ki 6 місяців тому +1

    Which grade is this for pS:TYSMMM

  • @krishthegreat7726
    @krishthegreat7726 2 роки тому +1

    Sir which papers do I do for paper 2 maths(like from which year to which year) I have maths paper 2 day after tom. It will be very big help

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Always start with the most recent (March 2022) and work your way backwards 🙂👍

    • @krishthegreat7726
      @krishthegreat7726 2 роки тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician thanks a lot sir

  • @parsazaman3593
    @parsazaman3593 Рік тому +1

    Hi.....thank you so much sir......your lectures really help, sir if you help me with the recurring decimals which is pretty complicated topic for me .......... moreover once again I am very grateful to you for making the complex topic easy❤❤.......,.

  • @monke7542
    @monke7542 Рік тому +1

    Holy shit. Thank you so much.

  • @cxillvixedits3626
    @cxillvixedits3626 2 роки тому +1

    want a video on diffrencation & co ordinate geo please.....tomorrow I have 0580 paper 4 exam

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      Differentiation already done: ua-cam.com/video/gQ3VRV6f7J8/v-deo.html

  • @islam19777
    @islam19777 Рік тому +1

    may u plz tell me which program u use?

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  Рік тому +1

      For my videos? 🤔

    • @islam19777
      @islam19777 Рік тому +1

      @@GingerMathematician yes
      for math explanations i cant find a program with a tracing paper

    • @islam19777
      @islam19777 Рік тому

      please help

  • @ansonlee9401
    @ansonlee9401 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @jumanahekal
    @jumanahekal 2 роки тому +1

    How is this for year 11 I'm year 8 and I took this lesson in school

    • @GingerMathematician
      @GingerMathematician  2 роки тому +1

      You'll be ready for IB Maths Higher Level in due course 😊👍

  • @HayatNouraldein
    @HayatNouraldein Рік тому +1

    OMG! I love uu😭❤❤❤