TEST/MATHS/SP2/ENG/X

MATHEMATICS Candidate Full Name

STANDARD LEVEL
Sequences & Series

Examination code
Monday 18th September

60 minutes 2 0 1 7 - 0 0 0 0
50 marks

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

• Write your candidate name on the blank above.

• Do not open this examination until instructed to do so.
• A graphic display calculator is required for this paper.
• A clean copy of the Mathematics SL formula booklet is required for this paper.
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answers in the spaces provided.
• Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers must be given exactly or correct to three
significant figures.

Maximum marks will be given for correct answers. Where an answer is incorrect, some marks may be given
for correct method, provided this is shown by written working. Working may be continued below the box, if
necessary. Solution found from a graphic calculator should be supported by suitable working, e.g. if graphs
are used to find a solution, you should sketch these as part of your answer.
1. The first four terms of an arithmetic sequence are 5, 9, 13, 17...

(a) Write down the common difference.

(b) Calculate the 100th term of this sequence.

(c) Find the sum of the first 100 terms of this sequence.
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2. Find the value of k given that the following

(a) are consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence: k − 1, k + 1, 4k − 2

(b) are consecutive terms of a geometric sequence: k − 2, k, k + 3

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3. Consider the sequence: , , 2, 12.......
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(a) Using all the terms, show that this is a geometric sequence.

(b) Write down a formula for the n th term of the sequence.

The n th term of this sequence is 2592.

(c) Find the value of n.

The k th term of this sequence is the first to be greater than 40 000.

(d) Find the value of k.

4. The n th term, un , of an arithmetic sequence is un = 24 − 4n
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(a) Find the value of (i) u1 (ii) d

The sum to n terms of the sequence, Sn = 48

(b) Find the possible values of n

5. p, 6, q are in geometric progression. p and q are the 13th and 15th terms of an arithmetic sequence
with common difference of 2.5

Given that p, q are both positive, find p and q and the common ratio, r, of the geometric sequence
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6. Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence. Given S1 = 7 and S2 = 18

Find (a) u1

(b) the common difference, d

(c) u4
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7. For the geometric series Sn = a + ar + ar 2 + ...+ ar n−1

S2 = 7 S4 = 22.75 and r < 0. Find the value of r.

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8. In an arithmetic series S4 = −120 and S8 = 120, find S6
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9. The sum of the first 5 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 5 and the sum of the next 10 terms is 175.

Find the first two terms.

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