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1. The 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is −1 and the 15th term is -43. Find the common
difference.
2. To find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence, use the formula ____________.
3. What is the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose 6th and 7th are 40 and 47 respectively?
4. Insert 3 arithmetic means between 20 and 36.
5. What is the common ratio of the sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …?
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6. What is the 8th term of the harmonic sequence 8 , 5 , 2 , −1, − 4?
7. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of geometric sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …
8. How many terms are there in the geometric sequence 15, 30, …, 7680?
9. Find x such that the sequence 5, 20, x+60 is geometric.
10. Find the value of 𝑥 if the arithmetic mean of 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 5 𝑖𝑠 8.
11. The sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence is defined by ___________.
12. What are the first five terms of the sequence 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 − 2?
13. How many terms are there in an arithmetic sequence whose first term is −5, common
difference is 4 and last term is 63?
14. Find the seating capacity of a movie house with 40 rows of seats if there are 25 seats in the
first row, 28 seats on the second, 31 in the third row, and so on.
15. ___________ is used to find the nth term of a geometric sequence.
16. What is the 26th term of the 27, 25, 23, 21, …?
17. Find the 27th term of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 11 and 7th term is 59.
18. Which of the following is not a Fibonacci sequence?
19. What is the next number in the sequence −5, 10, −20, 40, …?
20. Find the 10th term of the sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, …
21. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence whose 𝑎1 = −5 and 𝑎7 = −320.
22. Give the first and last terms of the geometric sequence with geometric means of 10, −20, 40.
23. What is the general term of the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27 …?
24. What are the first three terms of the arithmetic sequence whose nth term is given by 𝑎𝑛 =
1 + 2𝑛?
25. Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence 8, 4, 2, 1, , …
26. Zyron saved P100.00 in January. Suppose he saved twice the amount he saved the previous
month. How much would he save at the end of the year?
27. What are the first and last terms of the geometric sequence whose geometric means are
125, 25, 5?
28. Find 𝑎6 in an arithmetic sequence where 𝑎3 = −4 and 𝑎8 = 11.
29. Any number in the sequence is called ______.
3
30. Find 𝑎5 in a geometric sequence where 𝑎3 = 24 and 𝑎10 = .
16
31. If 3 geometric means are to be inserted between 3 and 48, what is the 2nd mean?
32. The number being added to every term of an arithmetic sequence to obtain the next term is
called _
33. 8, 5, 2, −1. … is an example of _______.
34. What is the first term of a geometric sequence whose fourth term is −64 and a common ratio
of −2?
35. If 5 arithmetic means are to be inserted between −29 𝑎𝑛𝑑 19, what is the 4th mean?
36. Insert 2 geometric means between 3 and 375.
37. What is the 10th number in 1, 4, 9, 16, …?
38. In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, …, which term is 116?
39. Find the sum of the first 200 positive even integers.
40. What are the next 3 terms of the Fibonacci sequence 8, 13, 21, …?