Amman National School

Grade : 12 IB/SL Date : May 14, 2020

Name : Teacher : Jude Abu Tayeh
Worksheet/Sequences and Series Paper 1

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1. In an arithmetic sequence, u1 = 2 and u3 = 8.

(a) Find d.

(2)

(b) Find u20.

(2)

(c) Find S20.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

2. Find the sum of the arithmetic series

17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.

(Total 4 marks)

3. The first three terms of an infinite geometric sequence are 32, 16 and 8.

(a) Write down the value of r.

(1)

(b) Find u6.

(2)

(c) Find the sum to infinity of this sequence.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

IB Questionbank Maths SL 1
5. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series

2  4  8  16  ...
3 9 27 81

(Total 4 marks)

6. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is –2, the fourth term is 16, and the nth term is 11 998.

(a) Find the common difference d.

(b) Find the value of n.

(Total 6 marks)

7. Gwendolyn added the multiples of 3, from 3 to 3750 and found that

3 + 6 + 9 + … + 3750 = s.

Calculate s.

(Total 6 marks)

8. Consider the infinite geometric sequence 3, 3(0.9), 3(0.9)2, 3(0.9)3, … .

(a) Write down the 10th term of the sequence. Do not simplify your answer.
(1)

(b) Find the sum of the infinite sequence.

(4)
(Total 5 marks)

IB Questionbank Maths SL 2
9. The following table shows four series of numbers. One of these series is geometric, one of the
series is arithmetic and the other two are neither geometric nor arithmetic.

(a) Complete the table by stating the type of series that is shown.

Type of series Series

1  11  111  1111  11111  … (i)
3 9 27
1   … (ii)
4 16 64
0.9  0.875  0.85  0.825  0.8  … (iii)
1 2 3 4 5
     (iv)
2 3 4 5 6

(b) The geometric series can be summed to infinity. Find this sum.

(Total 6 marks)

10. In an arithmetic sequence u21 = –37 and u4 = –3.

(a) Find

(i) the common difference;

(ii) the first term.

(4)

(b) Find S10.

(3)

(Total 7 marks)

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11. Let un = 3 – 2n.

(a) Write down the value of u1, u2, and u3.

(3)

20
(b) Find  (3  2n) .
n 1

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

12. The first term of an infinite geometric sequence is 18, while the third term is 8. There are two
possible sequences. Find the sum of each sequence.

(Total 6 marks)

13. Consider the infinite geometric sequence 25, 5, 1, 0.2, … .

(a) Find the common ratio.

(b) Find

(i) the 10th term;

(ii) an expression for the nth term.

(c) Find the sum of the infinite sequence.

(Total 6 marks)

IB Questionbank Maths SL 4
14. A theatre has 20 rows of seats. There are 15 seats in the first row, 17 seats in the second row,
and each successive row of seats has two more seats in it than the previous row.

(a) Calculate the number of seats in the 20th row.

(b) Calculate the total number of seats.

(Total 6 marks)

15. Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence, whose first three terms are u1,
u2 and u3. It is known that S1 = 7, and S2 = 18.

(a) Write down u1.

(b) Calculate the common difference of the sequence.

(c) Calculate u4.

(Total 6 marks)

IB Questionbank Maths SL 5