PROVERBS VILLE MATHEMATICS TEAM

MTAP 2018 TRAINING – Cumulative Review 1

Name: ______________________________________________ Level: ______________

1. What is the 12th term in a Fibonacci sequence? __________________

2. The third term of an arithmetic sequence is −4 and its 15th term is 30. Find the 50th term.
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3. The 2nd term of a geometric sequence is 9/2 and its 6th term is 9/32. Find the 15th term. ________
4. The logs of lumber are piled in a shape of a triangle where the tip of the pile has one lumber. The
next row has two, three and so on. If the bottom part of the pile have 15 lumbers. How many logs
of lumber are there? ________________
5. A geometric sequence has first term 5, and fourth term . What is its second term? _______

6. A geometric sequence of positive terms has fifth term 24 and ninth term 384. Find the sum of its
first 6 terms. ________________

7. Find the sum of the first 20 even numbers. ________________

8. Find the common ratio of a geometric sequence whose first term is -2 and the 7th term is −1458.
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9. Find 𝑥 so that 𝑥 − 2, 𝑥 + 2 and 𝑥 + 4 are consecutive integers of a geometric sequence.
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10. Find the 68th term of the sequence -14, -11, -8, -5, -2, …
11. The 9th and 11th term of an arithmetic sequence are 28 and 45, respectively. What is the 12th
term? ________________
12. What is the remainder when 3𝑥 6 − 10𝑥 2 is divided by 𝑥 − √2? ________________
13. Solve for 𝑥 in the equation: 𝑥(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 2) = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 4). ________________
14. The sum of two numbers is 10 and the difference of their squares is 20√5. What is the sum of
their squares? ________________
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15. If two of the zeroes of 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 − 2 are − 3 and 2, what is 𝑃(6). ________________

16. By how much is (3𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 + 2) greater than (𝑥 + 4)(2𝑥 − 1)? ________________
17. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 12 and 𝑥𝑦 = 50, what is 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ? ________________
18. Pipes are being stored in a pile with 25 pies in the first layer, 24 in the second, and so on. If there
are 12 layers, how many pipes does the pile contain. ________________
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19. The arithmetic mean of of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is 6 and the geometric mean of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is 2. Find the value of 𝑎

and 𝑏? ________________
20. When the expression 3𝑥 3 + 𝑝𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 + 8 is divided by 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2, the remainder is 5𝑥 + 6. Find
the value of 𝑝 and 𝑞. ________________
21. When 𝑥 2 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 and 𝑥 2 + ℎ𝑥 + 𝑘 are divided by 𝑥 + 𝑝, their remainders are equal. Express 𝑝 in
terms of 𝑎, 𝑏, ℎ, and 𝑘. ________________
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22. Given that 81𝑥 4 − 6𝑥 3 − 9𝑎2 𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 − 3 9 is divisible by 3𝑥 + 𝑎, find the values of 𝑎?
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23. Find the value of √𝑥 + √14 − 𝑥 when 𝑥 = −2. ________________

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24. Perform the indicated operation: 𝑥 + 𝑥−1 − 𝑥 2 −𝑥. ________________
25. Find the value of [𝑥 − (𝑥 − 𝑥 −1 )−1 ]−1 when 𝑥 = 2. ________________
26. Find the equation of a line passing through (5,2) that is parallel to 4𝑥 + 6𝑦 = −5.
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27. Solve the equation: 2𝑥 4 − 5𝑥 3 − 11𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 + 12 = 0. ________________
28. Find the equation of a line passing through (−1, 4) and that is parallel to 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 7.
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29. Find the equation of a line passing through (4, −3) and that is perpendicular to 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 4.
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30. Find the area of a triangle formed by the coordinate axes and the line 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 6.
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