Exercises

A. Determine the common ratio of the following geometric sequence.

1. 3,6,12, . . . 4. 45, 15, 5, . . .
2. 7, 14, 28, 56, . . . 5. -64, 16, -4, . . .
3. 4, -8,16, -32, . . .

B. Write YES if the sequence is geometric otherwise, write NO if the sequence is not geometric.
Write it on the space provided.
4
_____6. 2, 10, 50, 250 _____9. 100, 20, 4,
5
8
_____7. 16, -8, 4, -2 _____10. 9, 6, 4,
3
_____8. 6, 18, 54, 135

C. Determine the next terms of the following geometric sequence:

11. 6, 12, 24, ______, ______
12. 5, -15, 45, ______, ______
13. 144, 36, 9, ______, _______
14. 36, -12, 4, ______, _______
15. 10, 1, 0.1, ______, _______

D. Find the indicated term of the geometric sequence

16.a 1=2 r =3 n=4
17.a 1=1 r =2 n=7
18.a 1=4 r =3 n=6

E. Answer the following:

19. The 4th term of geometric sequence is 3,645 and its common difference is 9. Find the first
term.
20. Find the first term of a geometric sequence if the last term of the sequence is 16 and the
common ratio is 2.