Podar International School Ibdp 1 Math Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Worksheet 1
Podar International School Ibdp 1 Math Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Worksheet 1
Podar International School Ibdp 1 Math Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Worksheet 1
IBDP 1 Math
Arithmetic and geometric sequences Worksheet 1
17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.
(Total 4 marks)
2. An arithmetic series has five terms. The first term is 2 and the last term is 32. Find the sum of
the series.
(Total 4 marks)
3. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 5 and the fourth term is 40. Find the second term.
(Total 4 marks)
2 4 8 16 ...
3 9 27 81
(Total 4 marks)
5. Each day a runner trains for a 10 km race. On the first day she runs 1000 m, and then increases
the distance by 250 m on each subsequent day.
(b) What is the total distance she will have run in training by the end of that day? Give your
answer exactly.
(Total 4 marks)
(b) What is the sum of the first 101 terms of the sequence?
(Total 4 marks)
7. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is –2, the fourth term is 16, and the nth term is 11 998.
(Total 6 marks)
3 + 6 + 9 + … + 3750 = s.
Calculate s.
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(Total 6 marks)
9. Arturo goes swimming every week. He swims 200 metres in the first week. Each week he
swims 30 metres more than the previous week. He continues for one year (52 weeks).
(Total 6 marks)
10. 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.