P2 Revision On Sequence and Series
P2 Revision On Sequence and Series
P2 Revision On Sequence and Series
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
REVISION FOR MOCK EXAMINATIONS (GRADE 12)
TOPIC: SEQUENCE AND SERIES
Q1.
a1 = 4,
an + 1 = 5 − kan, n≥1
where k is a constant.
(c)
(1)
Q2.
She gave £80 in the first year, £100 in the second year, £120 in the third year and so on, so that the
amounts she gave each year form an arithmetic sequence.
(a) Find the amount of money that she gave to the charity in the 17th year.
(2)
(b) Calculate the total amount that she gave over the 25 years.
(2)
Jack also gave money to the same charity over the same 25 years.
He gave £16 in the first year and increased the amount he gave each year so that he gave £(16 + d) in
the second year, £(16 + 2d) in the third year and so on. The amounts he gave each year form an
arithmetic sequence with common difference £d.
The total amount that he gave over the 25 years was £4000
(c) Calculate how much he gave to the charity in the 17th year.
(5)
Q3.
where c is a constant.
Q4.
She will then increase her running time by (d + 1) minutes each day, where d is a constant.
Given that Yi and Xin will run for the same length of time on day 14,
(Total 8 marks)
Q5.
U1 = 4 and U2 = 4
Find the value of
(a) U3
(1)
(b)
(2)
(ii) Another sequence V1, V2, V3, ... is defined by
Given that ,
(b) find the value of k.
(3)
Q6.
A company, which is making 140 bicycles each week, plans to increase its production. The number of
bicycles produced is to be increased by d each week, starting from 140 in week 1, to 140 + d in week 2, to
140 + 2d in week 3 and so on, until the company is producing 206 in week 12.
(b) Find the total number of bicycles that would be made in the first 52 weeks starting from and including
week 1.
(5)
Q7.
(Total 8 marks)
Q8.
7k − 5, 5k − 7, 2k + 10
where k is a constant.
(c) (i) evaluate the fourth term of the sequence, giving your answer as an exact fraction,
(ii) evaluate the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence.
(6)
(Total for question = 12 marks
Q9.