CENTRE FOR HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
REVISION FOR MOCK EXAMINATIONS (GRADE 12)
TOPIC: SEQUENCE AND SERIES
Q1.

A sequence a1, a2, a3, ... is defined by

a1 = 4,

an + 1 = 5 − kan, n≥1

where k is a constant.

(a) Write down expressions for a2 and a3 in terms of k.

(2)
Find

(b) in terms of k, giving your answer in its simplest form,

(3)

(c)
(1)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q2.

For 25 years, Chloe gave money to a charity.

She gave £80 in the first year, £100 in the second year, £120 in the third year and so on, so that the
amounts she gave each year form an arithmetic sequence.

(a) Find the amount of money that she gave to the charity in the 17th year.
(2)
(b) Calculate the total amount that she gave over the 25 years.
(2)
Jack also gave money to the same charity over the same 25 years.
He gave £16 in the first year and increased the amount he gave each year so that he gave £(16 + d) in
the second year, £(16 + 2d) in the third year and so on. The amounts he gave each year form an
arithmetic sequence with common difference £d.

The total amount that he gave over the 25 years was £4000

(c) Calculate how much he gave to the charity in the 17th year.
(5)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

Q3.

A sequence a1, a2, a3,... is defined by

where c is a constant.

(a) Find an expression for a2 in terms of c.

(1)
Given that a3 = 28

(b) find the numerical value of

(6)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q4.

Xin has been given a 14 day training schedule by her coach.

Xin will run for A minutes on day 1, where A is a constant.

She will then increase her running time by (d + 1) minutes each day, where d is a constant.

(a) Show that on day 14, Xin will run for

(A + 13d + 13) minutes.

(2)
Yi has also been given a 14 day training schedule by her coach.

Yi will run for (A – 13) minutes on day 1.

She will then increase her running time by (2d – 1) minutes each day.

Given that Yi and Xin will run for the same length of time on day 14,

(b) find the value of d.

(3)
Given that Xin runs for a total time of 784 minutes over the 14 days,

(c) find the value of A.

(3)

(Total 8 marks)
Q5.

(i) A sequence U1, U2, U3, ... is defined by

Un+2 = 2Un+1 − Un, n ≥ 1

U1 = 4 and U2 = 4
Find the value of
(a) U3
(1)

(b)
(2)
(ii) Another sequence V1, V2, V3, ... is defined by

Vn+2 = 2Vn+1 − Vn, n ≥ 1

V1 = k and V2 = 2k, where k is a constant

(a) Find V3 and V4 in terms of k.
(2)

Given that ,
(b) find the value of k.
(3)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q6.

A company, which is making 140 bicycles each week, plans to increase its production. The number of
bicycles produced is to be increased by d each week, starting from 140 in week 1, to 140 + d in week 2, to
140 + 2d in week 3 and so on, until the company is producing 206 in week 12.

(a) Find the value of d.

(2)
After week 12 the company plans to continue making 206 bicycles each week.

(b) Find the total number of bicycles that would be made in the first 52 weeks starting from and including
week 1.
(5)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q7.

A geometric series has first term a, where a ≠ 0, and common ratio r.

The sum to infinity of this series is 6 times the first term of the series.

(a) Show that r = 5⁄6

(2)
Given that the fourth term of this series is 62.5

(b) find the value of a,

(2)
(c) find the difference between the sum to infinity and the sum of the first 30 terms, giving your answer to
3 significant figures.
(4)

(Total 8 marks)

Q8.

The first three terms of a geometric sequence are

7k − 5, 5k − 7, 2k + 10

where k is a constant.

(a) Show that 11k2 − 130k + 99 = 0

(4)
Given that k is not an integer,

(b) show that k =

(2)
For this value of k,

(c) (i) evaluate the fourth term of the sequence, giving your answer as an exact fraction,
(ii) evaluate the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence.
(6)
 (Total for question = 12 marks

Q9.

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q10.

(Total for question = 7 marks)

GOOD LUCK TO THE MOCKS J