This document provides a quiz on arithmetic and geometric sequences and series. It contains multiple choice, short answer, and multi-step problems involving determining whether a sequence is arithmetic or geometric, finding common differences or ratios, calculating term values, and summing finite and infinite sequences and series. The quiz covers key concepts of sequences and series and requires applying formulas and properties of arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions.
This document provides a quiz on arithmetic and geometric sequences and series. It contains multiple choice, short answer, and multi-step problems involving determining whether a sequence is arithmetic or geometric, finding common differences or ratios, calculating term values, and summing finite and infinite sequences and series. The quiz covers key concepts of sequences and series and requires applying formulas and properties of arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions.
This document provides a quiz on arithmetic and geometric sequences and series. It contains multiple choice, short answer, and multi-step problems involving determining whether a sequence is arithmetic or geometric, finding common differences or ratios, calculating term values, and summing finite and infinite sequences and series. The quiz covers key concepts of sequences and series and requires applying formulas and properties of arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions.
This document provides a quiz on arithmetic and geometric sequences and series. It contains multiple choice, short answer, and multi-step problems involving determining whether a sequence is arithmetic or geometric, finding common differences or ratios, calculating term values, and summing finite and infinite sequences and series. The quiz covers key concepts of sequences and series and requires applying formulas and properties of arithmetic and geometric sequences and progressions.
A. Determine whether each sequence is ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRIC, or NEITHER. If the sequence is
arithmetic, give the common difference; if geometric, give the common ratio. Write your answer on the space provided. Example: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 – Arithmetic; d=2
1. Find the common difference. ________ 2. Find the value of the 15th term. ________ 3. Find the term number of the term with value 367. ________ C. An arithmetic sequence has fourth term 253 and fifth term 291. 1. Write down the value of the common difference. ________ 2. Find the first term. ________ 3. Find the sum of the first three terms. ________ D. A geometric sequence begins 6, 42, 294, … 1. Find the value of the common ratio. ________ 2. Find the value of the fifth term. ________ 3. Find the value of the first term to exceed one million. ___________________ E. A geometric sequence has common ratio 4. The second term is 9 more than the first term. 1. Find the value of the first term. ________ 2. Find how many terms there are in the sequence that are less than 1000. ________ F. Find the sum of each series. 1. 1+3+5+ …+197 2. 34+ 31+ 28+25+…+(−2) 3. 1+4 +16+ …+ 1024 4. 50 000+10 000+2 000+…+ 0.64 5. 20+12+7.2+ 4.32+ … G. Do the following. Show your complete solutions on a separate sheet. (Choose 7 problems only.) 1. An arithmetic sequence has common difference of 6. The product of the first two terms is 91. Find the value of the first term, given that it is negative. 2. What must be the value of k so that 5 k −3, k + 2, and 3 k −11 will form an arithmetic sequence? 3. What are the first and last terms of an arithmetic sequence when its arithmetic means are 35, 15, and -5? 4. The third term of an arithmetic sequence is –12 and the seventh term is 8. What is the sum of the first 10 terms? 5. Find the sum of the first 25 multiples of 8. 6. Find k so that the terms k −3 , k +1 and 4 k −2 form a geometric sequence. 7. The geometric mean between the first two terms in a geometric sequence is 32. If the third term is 4, find the first term. 8. Find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence where the first term is 4, the last term is 324, and the common ratio is 3. 9. A geometric series has common ratio 1.5, and the sum of the first six terms is 1995. Find the value of its first term. 10. Find the value of the geometric series with first term 10, common ratio 9 and last term 430 467 210. 11. An infinite geometric series has first term 18 and second term 15. Show that it has a finite sum, and find the sum of the series. 12. An infinite geometric series has first term 10, and a sum to infinity of 15. Find the value of the common ratio.