Question

Find the nth term of this number sequence
2, 4, 6, 8, ...

Answer 1

Notice that we add 2 to each term in order to get to the next term.

Since we use addition, we have an arithmetic sequence.

Hence, the nth term is:-

n+2

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Answer 2

As can be observed, every term in the given sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, ..., is an even positive integer, and is, therefore, a multiple of 2:

1st term: 2 = 2(1)

2nd term: 4 = 2(2)

3rd term: 6 = 2(3)

4th term: 8 = 2(4)

Additional terms:

5th term: 10 = 2(5)

6th term: 12 = 2(6)

7th term: 14 = 2(7)

8th term: 16 = 2(8)

Therefore, using this same pattern, we see that the nth term of the given sequence is: 2n, where n is a positive integer that indicates the desired term of the sequence. For example, the 500th term of the sequence is: 2n = 2(500) = 1,000.