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 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2019

2 Given three consecutive terms for a geometric progression are and , where p

and q are the constants. Express q in terms of p.

23 A complete revolving ceiling fan of 35 laps within 5 seconds at speed four. When the switch is
off, the rotation decrease by 3 laps from the previous 5 seconds. Calculate the time taken, in
seconds, when the fan rotates by 2 laps only in the last 5 seconds before it stops.

 KELANTAN PAPER 2 2019

3. Zaim has a piece of wire of length 125 cm. The wire is cut to form 10 circles as shown in
Diagram 1.

Diagram 1

The diameter of the circles differ from each other, in sequence, by 2 cm.
(a) Calculate the diameter of the smallest circle.
(b) His mother gives a roll of ribbon, to paste on the circumference of the circles starting
with the smallest circle. If the last length of the ribbon is 19.5 cm, determine
whether the ribbon provided is sufficient to pasted all the circumference of the circle.
Show your calculations.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2019

2 The first term of two different geometric progressions are 3 and 4 respectively. Given that
both the progressions have the same common ratio. The third term of the progression which
has 3 as the first term is equal to the sum of the first two terms of the other progression. Find
the positive value of the common ratio.

5 Given that the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is . Find the
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(n+1) term.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2019

5. (a) Both toy car A and toy car B start moving towards each other simultaneously from
point X and point Y respectively. The distance between point X and point Y is 10 m.
The toy car A moves 80 cm in the first minute, 75 cm in the second minute, 70 cm in
the third minute and so on in the subsequent minutes. The toy car B moves d cm in
the first minute and its distance reduces 2 cm for every subsequent minute. Both toy
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cars stop at the n -minute. Find
(i) the value of n and of d,
(ii) the distance between toy car A and toy car B when they stop.

(b) A company established in the year 2013. The net profit of the company in the year
2013 is RM 240 000. The net profit of the company increases 12% every year.
(i) Calculate the total net profit of the company from the year 2013 to the year
2018.
(ii) In which year the net profit of the company starts to exceed 3 million?

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2019

18 Diagram 18 shows a few circles where the radius of the circles increases consecutively by 2
cm. Given that the radius of the smallest circle is r cm. Show that the circumference of the
circle, in term of , forms an arithmetic progression.

Diagram 18

19 The first, second and last terms of a geometric progression are 100, 50 and respectively.

Find the number of terms in the geometric progression.

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20 The n term of a geometric progression is given by . Find
(a) the common ratio of the progression
(b) the sum of infinity of the progression

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 PERLIS PAPER 2 2019

3. Pak Atan is a construction worker. He was instructed by his boss to pave the floor of a store
with square tiles. Pak Atan started to pave the floor with three tiles on the first day in the
middle of the floor. The next day, the paved region is enlarged by adding new tiles with
different colour to surround the previous tiles.
Diagram 3 shows the process is on-going until the floor of the store is fully tiled. The
measurement of each tile is 1 m length and 1 m width.

Diagram 3

(a) Calculate the perimeter of the tiles for three consecutive days. Hence, state whether
the perimeter of the tiles form an arithmetic progression or a geometric progression.
(b) Calculate the perimeter of the tiles on the fifteenth day.
(c) On the fifteenth day, the floor of the store is completely paved with tiles. Calculate
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the area, in m , of the store floor.

 PULAU PINANG PAPER 1 2019

15 Sum of the first n term for arithmetic progression is ( ). Find the sixth term.

16 The height of a plant increases by 7% every month. Given that the height of the plant was
initially h cm. After n months, the height of the plant exceeds 3 times its height. What is the
minimum value for n?

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 PULAU PINANG PAPER 2 2019

6. A rectangular piece of paper can be folded in half by 12 times. Given the thickness of the
paper is 0.0075 cm.
(a) Show that the thickness of the paper fold when the paper folds half into a geometric
progression and state the common ratio.
(b) Find the thickness of the paper when the paper folds half by 10 times.
(c) Determine the minimum number of times the paper is folded in half so that the
thickness of fold is more than 15 cm.

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 1 2019

11 Sarah’s monthly saving form an arithmetic progression p + 9, 2p + 10 and 7p - 1. Find

(a) the value of p,
(b) the sum of Sarah’s saving at first quarter of the year.

12 The third term and the fifth term of a geometric progression is and , where value of

the common ratio is positive. Find

(a) the first term,
(b) the common ratio.

 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 1 2019

11 Adam’s monthly saving form an arithmetic progression m - 3, m + 4 and 2m + 3. Find

(a) the value of m,
(b) the sum of Adam’s saving at first quarter of the year.

12 In a geometric progression, the first term is a, and the common ratio is r. Given the fourth term

of the progression exceeds the second term by . The sum of the first two terms is 64,

where . Find the value of a and of r.

 TERENGGANU PAPER 1 2019

17 Determine whether the sequence of is an arithmetic progression or

a geometric progression. Give your reason.

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18 Julia and Norma walk in opposite direction at a T-junction. Julia walks a distance of 1.5 m
st nd rd
during the 1 seconds, 1.47 m during the 2 seconds, 1.44 m during the 3 seconds and so
on.
Norma walks in a distance of P m during the first seconds and the distance covered is always
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2 cm shorter than the distance covered in the previous seconds. Both of them stop at the n
seconds. Find
(a) the value of n and of P,
(b) the difference in the total distance covered by Julia and Norma before they
stop.

19 Given are three consecutive terms of a geometric progression. Express k in terms

of m.

 KEDAH MODUL 1 PAPER 1 2018

9 Given the first term and the common ratio of a geometric progression are 1 and p.
a) State the range of values of p so that the sum to infinity for the progression exists.
b) If the sum to infinity for the progression is 5/4, find the value of p.

10 Jimmy and Joni take part in a Savings Programme. They planned their daily saving as below:

Jimmy : RM 1, RM 2, RM 3,…
Joni : 1 cents, 2 cents, 4 cents,…

After 15 days, who has a greater total amount of the savings and how much is the difference
in total amount?

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 KEDAH MODUL 1 PAPER 2 2018

Diagram 3

3 Mr Aiman wants to form a pattern on the floor of his son’s room as Diagram 3. Given that the
size of his son’s room is 6 m x 6 m and the size of a piece of tile is 30 cm x 30 cm.
a) How many red tiles are needed?
b) Find the difference between the number of red tiles and yellow tiles.

 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2018

7 An arithmetic progression has eleven terms. Given that the first term is m – 30 and the last
term is 30 + m. Find T6 in terms of m.

8 The three last terms of a geometric progression is given by , 3q and 2p where p and q are

constants. State
(a) p in terms of q

(b) the term before in terms of q

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 KELANTAN PAPER 2 2018

3 Diagram 2(a) shows a piece of wire bought by Ahmad.

Diagram 2(a) Diagram 2(b)

The wire is bent to form curves of semi circles as shown in Diagram 2(b) where the diameter
of the smallest semicircle is 4 cm and the diameter of the next semicircle increases by 6 cm
consecutively until the largest semicircle with a diameter of 112 cm.
If Ahmad bought a wire with a length of 5.5 m, determine whether Ahmad is able to form
curves of complete semi circles.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2018

13 In an arithmetic progression, the twelfth term is equivalent to the sum of the first twelve terms.
Find the sixth term of the progression.

14 The sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression is ( ). Find

(a) the eighth term,
(b) sum to infinity.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2018

6 Ramesh has a few solid cylinders of various sizes. Diagram 4 shows some of the solid
cylinders.

Diagram 4

The radius and height of each following cylinder are reduced by 1 cm respectively. He puts
the solid cylinder one by one in the order of size into a water tank resulting the water in the
tank to overflow continuously into a measuring cylinder. He measures the volume of water in
the measuring cylinder after each addition. Table 2 shows the volume of water as measured
by Ramesh.

Number of cylinders in the water tank 1 2 3

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Volume of water collected, cm 12 000 22 469 31 541

Table 2

Given the height of the second cylinder is 29 cm.

(a) Find the volume of the tenth cylinder.
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(b) Find the cylinder which has a total surface area of 144 cm .

 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 1 2018

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The sum of n terms of the above arithmetic progression is 250. Find the value of n.

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11 A sequence number of arithmetic progression and geometric progression has the same first
term which is p. The ninth term for arithmetic progression is 3p and the common difference
and the common ratio is 0.5. It is found that 20 times the sum of the fifth term for the
geometric progression sequence is the same as the nth term for the arithmetic progression
sequence. Find the value of n.

12 An experiment was made on a certain type of bacteria in a pacticular solution. There was an
increase of 15% more than the previous 30 minutes. If there are 1000 bacteria at 8:00 am on
Monday, determine the time when the number of bacteria in the solution reaches 1 000 000.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2018

1 Diagram1 shows a circle with centre O which is divided into twelve sectors. The angles of the
sectors form a progression with the first term of p.

Diagram 1

a) State whether the progression is an arithmetic progression or a geometric

progression.
b) Find the value of p.

2. Given that 2k, 3k+4, 6k+8,… are the first three consecutive terms of a geometric
progressions. Find the positive value of k.

3. Given that is a series of infinities with k is a positive

integer. Find the value of k.

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 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 1 2018

7. There are two geometric progressions, P and Q. The common ratio of P and Q are and

respectively. The sum to infinity of both the progressions are equal. Given the fourth term of
P exceeds the fourth term of Q by , find the first term of P and Q.

8 Given that 11, (p+1) and 19 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progressions. Find
the value of p.

 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 2 2018

2 A square has sides of 6 cm. The midpoints of its sides are joined to form an inscribed square
and this process is continued as shown in Diagram 2.

Diagram 2

Find
(a) the area of the third square,
(b) the sum of the perimeters of the squares if this process is continued infinitely.

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 1 2018

2 Given the last term of an arithmetic progression of 20 terms is 195 and the common
difference is 5. Calculate the sum of the progression.

8 Lim is working at a printing company. He starts to save money for himself. Lim saves RM p
in the first month and his saving increases constantly by RM q for every subsequent month.
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He saves RM 205 in the 8 month and the total saving for 12 months is RM 2190. Find the
value of p and of q.

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9. It is given that the first four terms in a geometric progression are 8, h, k and 64. Find the
value of h and of k.

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 2 2018

5 A straight path is made by laying paving slabs end to end. The slabs are laid in order of size
and their lengths are in arithmetic progression. Given that the shortest slab is 0.79 metres
long, that the longest slab is 1.24 metres long and that the difference in the lengths of
adjoining slabs is 0.025 metres.

a) Calculate
(i) the number of slabs used,
(ii) the length of the path,

b) The costs of the slabs are also in arithmetic progression and vary RM 2.16 for the
smallest to RM 3.24 for the largest. Find the total cost of the slabs in the path.

 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 1 2018

9 Ahmad’s restaurant sells ‘The Tarik’ and gives choice to the customers whether to use
sweetened creamer or evaporated creamer in their drinks. On a particular day, the restaurant
has 140 cans of sweetened creamer and 96 cans of evaporated creamer. Ahmad’s
restaurant used 5 cans of sweetened creamer and 3 cans of evaporated creamer in a day.
After how many days, the remainder cans of both creamer are the same?

10. The first three terms of a geometric progression are , ( ) and ( ). Given the

common ratio is .

(a) Find the value of x and of y.

(b) Find the sum to infinity of the progression.

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 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 2 2018

6 Alif and Aiman each were given a piece of wire. The wire is to be bent into several parts with
the length of the longest part is y cm and the length of the next part is decreased by d cm
consecutively, as shown in Diagram 6.

Diagram 6

Alif’s wire, with the length of 738 cm, is to be bent into 9 parts while Aiman’s wire with the
length of 986 cm, is to be bent into 17 parts.
Calculate
(a) the value of y and of d,
(b) which part has the length of 46 cm?
(c) the difference in length of the last part of both wire.

 YIK PAPER 1 2018

2 Diagram 1 shows a cultivation plan of mango saplings on a trapezium-shaped plot of land

belong to Mr. Choong. According to the plan, the first line can be planted 8 saplings and the
next line increase by 2 saplings.

Diagram 1

Find the number of mango saplings must be bought by Mr. Choong if only 14 lines can be
planted by him.

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13 In the year 2017 the price of a hand phone decrease 5% each month. Diagram 4 shows the
price of a hand phone in January 2017.

Diagram 4

Jason bought a new hand phone a day before Christmas for his mother. How much Jason
pays for the new hand phone?

 YIK PAPER 2 2018

3 A laboratory test was carried out on a patient’s intestine. Table 1 shows the number of
bacteria found in the patient’s intestine.

Time (minute) 0 20 40 60

Number of bacteria M 5250 10500 21000 42000

Number of bacteria N 5 15 45 135

Table 1

The bacteria continue to multiply themselves in the same number pattern for every 20
minutes.
(a) Name the number of pattern for the number of bacteria shown in Table 1.
(b) Find
(i) the number of bacteria M in the patient’s intestine after 3 hours
(ii) the time, in minute, when the number of bacteria N exceeds the number of
bacteria M.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2017

22 Given that the first term and the sum of infinity of a geometric progression is 10 and 25
respectively. Find the common ratio of the progression.

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23 Given that the sum of an arithmetic progression is Sn = 6n – n . Determine the common
difference of the progression.

24 Hafiz wishes to make a housing investment as his own saving. He has compared two
housing area, Taman Cempaka and Taman Kemboja. A unit of a house at Taman Cempaka
costs RM 420 000 and the value of the house will increase 1.5% each year. A unit of a house
located at Taman Kemboja costs RM 400 000 and its value is estimated to increase 1.8%
each year. If Hafiz plans to keep the investment for 20 years, which housing area should
Hafiz choose and what is the value of the house after 20 years?
[Round off your answer to the nearest RM]

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2017

4 There are 2 wires. One of the wires is 120 cm longer than the other wire. Each wire is cut
such that the first portion is a cm in length and the following portions decrease by d cm
successively.
(a) If the shortest wire is cut into 12 portions while the longer wire is cut into 20 portions,
express a in terms of d.
(b) If d = 2, calculate the value of a. Hence, find the length of each of the two wires.

 PAHANG PAPER 1 2017

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3 The third, fourth and fifth term of a geometric progression are x + 1, 5x and 20 where x > 0.
Find
(a) the value of x,
(b) the eighth term of the geometric progression.

4 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 15, 13 , 12.

Find
(a) the first negative term,
(b) the sum of all the positive terms,
of this arithmetic progression.

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5 Given that the third, fifth and the eighth term of an arithmetic progression are the three
consecutive terms of a geometric progression. Find the common ratio of the geometric
progression.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2017

2 Given that 3, , ,… is part of a geometric progression. Find the smallest value of n such

that the sum of the first n term exceeds 220.

3 A pendulum is kept swinging. The distance travelled by the pendulum for the first swing is 50

cm and for each subsequent swing is from the previous swing.

Find the total distance travelled by the pendulum before it stops.

 PERLIS PAPER 2 2017

4 A group of Cikgu Asman’s students conducted an experiment using a rubber ball. Diagram 4
shows the experiment in which a rubber ball dropped on a hard surface takes a sequence of

vertical bounces. Each bounce is as high as the preceeding one.

Diagram, 4

If the ball is dropped from a height of 10 m, find

(a) the height of the ball on the fifth bounce,
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(b) the total distance travelled by the ball from the start until the 5 bounce.

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 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 1 2016

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7 It is given that x , 5x and 7x – 4 is the first three consecutive of an arithmetic progression.
Find the value of x, where x is positive.

8 The following information refers to the sum of the terms of a geometric progression.

(a) Determine the value of k.

(b) Express the recurring decimal 2.454545… as a fraction on its simplest form.

 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 2 2016

2 A store launched a sale of a type of gadget from January 2015 to December 2015. The store
sell 100 gadget in January 2015 and the sale increased constantly by 20 gadgets every
subsequent month.

(a) (i) Determine the number of gadget sold by the store in the month of May.
(ii) The store sold 260 watches in the nth month. Find the value of n.

(b) Given that the store earns a profit of RM 80 from each of the gadget sold. Find the
total profit gained by the store in the year 2015.

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