1. Vince went on a 3 day hiking trip.

Each day, he walked 3/4 the distance that he walked the

previous day. He walked 83.25 km total in the trip. How far did Vince walk on the 1st day of
the trip?

2. A computer depreciates each year to 80% of its value from the previous year. When bought ,
the computer was worth $8000.

1. Find its value after :

1. 3 years

2. 6 years

2. How long does it take for the computer to depreciate to a quarter of its purchase value?

3. The sum of the first and third terms of a geometric sequence is 40 while the sum of its second
and fourth terms is 96. Find the sixth term of the sequence.

4. The sum of 3 successive terms of a GP is 35/2, while their product is 125. Find the three
terms.

5. The population in a town of 40000 increases at 3% pa. Estimate the town’s population after 10
years.

6. Following new government funding it is expected that the unemployed workforce will
decrease by 1.2% per month. Initially there are 120000 people unemployed. How large an
unemployed workforce can the government expect to report in 8 months time.

7. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 10m and bounces to reach 5/6th of its previous
height after each rebound. Let un be the ball’s maximum height before its nth rebound.

1. Find an expression for un.

2. How high will the ball bounce after its 5th rebound?

3. How many times has the ball bounced by the time its reaches a maximum height of
6250/1296 m?’

8. A car originally worth #34000 loses 15% of its value each year.

1. Write a geometric sequence that gives the year by year value of the car.

2. Find the value of the car after 6 years.

3. After how many years will the value of the car fall below $ 10000?

9. (HL) The third term of a GP is 36 and the 10th term is 78732. Find the first term and the sum of
these terms.

10. A bank account offers 9% interest compounded annually. If $750 is invested in this account,
find the amount in the account at the end of the 12th year.

11. A colony of algae increases in size by 15% per week. If 10g of the algae are placed in a lake,
find the weight of algae that will be present in the lake after 12 weeks. The lake will be
considered ‘seriously polluted’ when there is in excess of 10000 g of algae in the lake. How
long will it be before the lakes becomes seriously polluted?

12. As a prize for inventing the game of chess, its originator is said to have asked for 1 grain of
wheat to be placed on the first square of the board, 2 on the second board, 4 on the third and
8 on the 4th and so on until each of the 64 squares had been covered. How much wheat
would have been the prize?

13. A loan of $ 10000 is offered on the following terms: 12% annual interest not he outstanding
debt calculated monthly. The required monthly repayment is $270. How much will still be
owing after 9 months?

14. (HOTS) Bo-Yun and Ken are to begin a savings program. Bo-Yun saves $1 in the first week, $2
in the second week, $4 in the third week and so on, in GP. Ken saves $10 in the first week,
$15 in the second week, $20 in the third week and so on , in AP. After how many weeks will
Bo-Yun have saved more than Ken?

15. (HOTS)1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 … is the Fibonacci sequence, in which each term is the sum of the
previous two terms. It is neither AP nor GP. However, after the 8th term(21) the sequence
becomes approximately geometric. If we assume that the sequence is geometric:

1. What is the common ratio of the sequence( to four significant figures)?

2. Assuming that the Fibonacci sequence can be approximately by the geometric sequence
after the 8th term, what is the approximate sum of the first 24 terms of Fibonacci
sequence?

16. (HL) The sum to infinity of a GP is 27/2 while the sum of the first three terms is 13. Find the
sum of the first 5 terms.

17. (HL) Find the sum to infinity of the sequence 1+√3, 1, 1/(√3 + 1), …

18. Find the sum of all integers between 200 and 400 that are divisible by 6.

19. (HL) An ant walks along a straight path. After travelling 1m it stops, turns through an angle of
90. in an anticlockwise direction and sets off in a straight line covering a distance of half a
 metre. Again, the ant turns through an angle of 90 deg in an anticlockwise direction and sets
off in a straight line covering quarter of a metre. The ant continues in this manner indefinitely.

1. How many turns will the ant have made after a covering a distance of 63/32m?

2. How far will the ant eventually travel?

20. Linda borrows $2000 at 1% per month reducible interest If she repays the loan in equal
monthly instalments over 4 years, how much is each instalment?

21. A woman invests $2000 at the beginning of each month into a superannuation scheme for a
period of 15 years. Interest is paid at the rate of 7% p.a. and is compounded monthly. How
much will her investment be worth at the end of 15- year period?

22. A bank advertises an annual interest rate of 13.5% p.a. but adds interest to the account
monthly, giving a monthly interest of 1.125%. Scott deposits $3500 with the bank. How much
will be in account in 20 months time?

23. Find the total amount required to pay off a loan of $20,000 plus interest at the end of 5 years if
the interest is compounded half-yearly and the rate is 12%.

24. A man borrows $5000 at 18 p.a. over a period of 5 years, with the interest compounding every
month. Find to the nearest dollar the amount owing after 5 years.

25. A radioactive source decays at the rate of 1% of its activity per day. On the first day, a source
registered 5000 disintegrations.

1. How many disintegrations could be expected on the second day?

2. On which day do the number of disintegrations first fall below 4000?

3. How many disintegrations in total could be expected to be recorded if the source is

observed for 30 days?