1.

A teacher earns an annual salary of 45 000 USD for the first year of her employment
Her annual salary increases by 1750 USD each year.

(a) Calculate the annual salary for the fifth year of her employment.
(3)

She remains in this employment for 10 years.

(b) Calculate the total salary she earns in this employment during these 10 years.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

2. Consider the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, …

(a) Find the value of the eleventh term.

(2)

(b) The sum of the first n terms of this sequence is (3n – 1).

(i) Find the sum of the first 100 terms in this arithmetic sequence.

(ii) The sum of the first n terms is 477.

(a) Show that 3n2 – n – 954 = 0.

(b) Using your graphic display calculator or otherwise, find the number of
terms, n.
(6)
(Total 8 marks)

3. A concert choir is arranged, per row, according to an arithmetic sequence. There are 20 singers
in the fourth row and 32 singers in the eighth row.

(a) Find the common difference of this arithmetic sequence.

(3)

There are 10 rows in the choir and 11 singers in the first row.

(b) Find the total number of singers in the choir.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)
4. An arithmetic sequence is defined as

un = 135 + 7n, n = 1, 2, 3, …

(a) Calculate u1, the first term in the sequence.

(2)

(b) Show that the common difference is 7.

(2)

Sn is the sum of the first n terms of the sequence.

(c) Find an expression for Sn. Give your answer in the form Sn = An2 + Bn, where A and B are
constants.
(3)

The first term, v1, of a geometric sequence is 20 and its fourth term v4 is 67.5.

(d) Show that the common ratio, r, of the geometric sequence is 1.5.
(2)

Tn is the sum of the first n terms of the geometric sequence.

(e) Calculate T7, the sum of the first seven terms of the geometric sequence.
(2)

(f) Use your graphic display calculator to find the smallest value of n for which Tn > Sn.
(2)
(Total 13 marks)

5. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 and the sum of the first two terms is 11.

(a) Write down the second term of this sequence.

(1)

(b) Write down the common difference of this sequence.

(1)

(c) Write down the fourth term of this sequence.

(1)

(d) The nth term is the first term in this sequence greater than 1000.
Find the value of n.
(3)
 (Total 6 marks)

6. A tree begins losing its leaves in October. The number of leaves that the tree loses each day
increases by the same number on each successive day.

Date in
1 2 3 4 .....................
October
Number of
24 40 56 72 .....................
leaves lost

(a) Calculate the number of leaves that the tree loses on the 21st October.
(3)

(b) Find the total number of leaves that the tree loses in the 31 days of the month of October.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

7. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are

2k + 3, 5k − 2 and 10k −15.

(a) Show that k = 4.

(3)

(b) Find the values of the first three terms of the sequence.
(1)

(c) Write down the value of the common difference.

(1)

(d) Calculate the 20th term of the sequence.

(2)

(e) Find the sum of the first 15 terms of the sequence.

(2)
(Total 9 marks)

8. The sixth term of an arithmetic sequence is 24. The common difference is 8.

(a) Calculate the first term of the sequence.

 The sum of the first n terms is 600.

(b) Calculate the value of n.

(Total 8 marks)

9. A National Lottery is offering prizes in a new competition. The winner may choose one of the
following.

Option one: $1000 each week for 10 weeks.

Option two: $250 in the first week, $450 in the second week, $650 in the third week,
increasing by $200 each week for a total of 10 weeks.

Option three: $10 in the first week, $20 in the second week, $40 in the third week
continuing to double for a total of 10 weeks.

(a) Calculate the amount you receive in the tenth week, if you select

(i) option two;

(ii) option three.

(6)

(b) What is the total amount you receive if you select option two?
(2)

(c) Which option has the greatest total value? Justify your answer by showing all appropriate
calculations.
(4)
(Total 12 marks)

10. Ann and John go to a swimming pool.

They both swim the first length of the pool in 2 minutes.
The time John takes to swim a length is 6 seconds more than he took to swim the previous
length.
The time Ann takes to swim a length is 1.05 times that she took to swim the previous length.

(a) (i) Find the time John takes to swim the third length.

(ii) Show that Ann takes 2.205 minutes to swim the third length.
(3)

(b) Find the time taken for Ann to swim a total of 10 lengths of the pool.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)