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Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on
your answer sheet.
1. The following are not geometric, EXCEPT:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 B. 2, 4, 8, -16, -32 C. , , , , D. , , , 1,
2 4 6 8 10 8 5 2 4
2. The 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is −1 and the 15th term is -43. Find the common difference.
A. 2 B. -2 C. 3 D. -3
3. To find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence, use the formula ____________.
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1) C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
4. What is the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose 6 th and 7th are 40 and 47 respectively?
A. 5 B. 19 C. 12 D. 7
5. Insert 3 arithmetic means between 20 and 36.
A. 20, 22, 24 B. 24, 28, 32 C. 21, 24, 27 D. 22, 26, 30
6. What is the common ratio of the sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …?
1 1
A. 3 B. -3 C. D. −
3 3
1 1 1 1
7. What is the 8th term of the harmonic sequence , , , −1, − ?
8 5 2 4
1 1 1 1
A. − B. − C. − D. −
13 19 22 25
8. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of geometric sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …
A. -4920 B. 9840 C. 19680 D. 6561
9. How many terms are there in the geometric sequence 15, 30, …, 7680?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
10. Find x such that the sequence 5, 20, x+60 is geometric.
A. 13 B. 15 C. 18 D. 20
11. Find the value of 𝑥 if the arithmetic mean of 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 5 𝑖𝑠 8.
8 5
A. B. C. 3 D. 8
3 3
12. The sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence is defined by:
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
13. What are the first five terms of the sequence 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 − 2?
A. −2, −1, 0, 1, 2 B. −1, −2, −3, −4, −5 C. −3, −1, 1, 3, 5 D. -1, 0, 1, 2, 3
14. How many terms are there in an arithmetic sequence whose first term is −5, common difference is 4 and last
term is 63?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 18 D. 19
15. 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.
A. 3,430 B. 3,340 C. 4,125 D. 4,175
16. What is the common difference of the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, …?
A. 3 B. -3 C. 2 D. -2
17. ___________ is used to find the nth term of a geometric sequence.
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1) C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
18. What is the 26th term of the 27, 25, 23, 21, …?
A. 0 B. -5 C. -23 D. -37
19. Find the 27th term of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 11 and 7th term is 59.
A. 229 B. 219 C. 159 D. 157
20. Which of the following is not a Fibonacci sequence?
1 1 1 1
A. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 B. 8 , 5 , 2 , 1, 4 C. 1, 2,3, 5, … D. 21, 34, 55, 89, …
1 1 1
22. 1, , , , B. Fibonacci Sequence
2 4 8
25. What is the next number in the sequence −5, 10, −20, 40, …?
A. −50 B. −80 C. 50 D. 80
26. Find the 33 term of the sequence 4, 9, 14, 19, …
rd
A. 121 B.100 C. 81 D. 64
47. Which of the following is used in finding the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
48. In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, …, which term is 116?
A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th
49. Find the sum of the first 200 positive even integers.
A. 2250 B. 5050 C. 10,100 D. 20,200
50. What are the next 3 terms of the Fibonacci sequence 8, 13, 21, …?
A. 13, 21, 34 B. 9, 17, 26 C. 28, 35, 42 D. 34, 55, 89
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