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    This document contains sample questions from past SPM (Malaysian public exam) papers related to geometric progressions. There are 6 questions from 2003-2005 papers asking students to: 1) Calculate the common ratio and sum to infinity of a geometric progression given its first and fourth terms. 2) Express a recurring decimal as a fraction in simplest form. 3) Determine the common ratio of areas of similar triangles that form a geometric progression, and calculate specific areas. 4) Identify the value of x that makes a sequence an arithmetic or geometric progression. 5) Find the common ratio and value of n given the sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression. The assessment section provides 4

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    This document contains sample questions from past SPM (Malaysian public exam) papers related to geometric progressions. There are 6 questions from 2003-2005 papers asking students to: 1) Calculate the common ratio and sum to infinity of a geometric progression given its first and fourth terms. 2) Express a recurring decimal as a fraction in simplest form. 3) Determine the common ratio of areas of similar triangles that form a geometric progression, and calculate specific areas. 4) Identify the value of x that makes a sequence an arithmetic or geometric progression. 5) Find the common ratio and value of n given the sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression. The assessment section provides 4

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    This document contains sample questions from past SPM (Malaysian public exam) papers related to geometric progressions. There are 6 questions from 2003-2005 papers asking students to: 1) Calculate the common ratio and sum to infinity of a geometric progression given its first and fourth terms. 2) Express a recurring decimal as a fraction in simplest form. 3) Determine the common ratio of areas of similar triangles that form a geometric progression, and calculate specific areas. 4) Identify the value of x that makes a sequence an arithmetic or geometric progression. 5) Find the common ratio and value of n given the sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression. The assessment section provides 4

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    SPM QUESTIONS:

    1. 2003 (Paper 1: No.8)


    In a geometric progression, the first term is 64 and the fourth term is 27. Calculate
    (a) The common ratio
    (b) The sum to infinity of the geometric progression.

    [4 marks]
    2. 2004(Paper 1: No.9)
    Given a geometric progression
    4
    y, 2, p…..express p in terms of y.
    y

    [4 marks]

    3. 2004(Paper 1: No.12)
    Express the recurring decimal 0.969696……as a fraction in its simplest form.

    [4 marks]
    4. 2004(Paper2: Section A: No.6)
    Diagram 2 shows the arrangement of the first three of an infinite series of similar triangles.
    The first triangle has a base of x cm and a height of y cm. The measurements of the base and
    height of each subsequent triangle are half of the measurements of its previous one.

    Diagram 2
    (a)Show that the areas of the triangles form a geometric progression and state the common
    ratio. [3 marks]
    (b) Given that x= 80 cm and y= 40 cm,
    1 2
    (i) determine which triangle has an area of 6 cm
    4
    (ii) find the sum to infinity of the areas, incm 2 , of the triangles.

    [5 marks]
    5. 2005 (Paper 1: No.10)
    The first three terms of a sequence are 2, x, 8 Find the positive value of x so that the sequence
    is
    (a) an arithmetic progression
    (b) a geometric progression

    [4 marks]
    6. 2005 (Paper 1: No. 12)
    The sum of the first n terms of the geometric progression 8, 24, 72, …..is 8744. Find
    (a) the common ratio of the progression
    (b) the value of n
    [4 marks]
    ASSESSMENT:

    1. In the progression 5, 10, 20, 40, ……. Find the least number of terms required such that
    their sum exceeds 1000.

    2. The third term and the sixth term of a geometric progression are 27 and 8 respectively.
    Find the second term.

    31
    3. In a geometric progression, the sum of the first five terms is- 8 . Given that the common
    1
    ratio is . Find
    2
    (a) the first term
    (b) the sum of all the terms from the fourth to the sixth term.

    4. The third term of a geometric progression exceeds the second term by 6 while the fourth
    term exceeds the third term by 2. Find the sum of the first 5 terms.
    Answer

    ASSESMENT

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