Sequence Practice
Sequence Practice
Sequence Practice
1. The following table shows four series of numbers. One of these series is geometric, one of the
series is arithmetic and the other two are neither geometric nor arithmetic.
(a) Complete the table by stating the type of series that is shown.
(b) The geometric series can be summed to infinity. Find this sum. (Total 6 marks)
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2. Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence, whose first three terms are u1, u2
and u3. It is known that S1 = 7, and S2 = 18.
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3. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 5 and the fourth term is 40. Find the second term.
(Total 4 marks)
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5 SL Paper Two Sequence and Series Practice Test Questions
17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.
(Total 4 marks)
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(b) What is the sum of the first 101 terms of the sequence?
(Total 4 marks)
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(a) Write down an expression for the value of the investment after n full years.
(b) What will be the value of the investment at the end of five years?
(c) The value of the investment will exceed $ 10 000 after n full years.
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7. A theatre has 20 rows of seats. There are 15 seats in the first row, 17 seats in the second row,
and each successive row of seats has two more seats in it than the previous row.
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