Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL

Common test September 2020 Name:………………………………..

No calculators allowed Time = 35 minutes Total = 30 marks

Answer in the spaces provided – show all your working.

1. The first 4 terms of an arithmetic sequence are 6, 10, 14, 18, … .

(a) Write down a formula for the nth term of the sequence. [2]

The kth term is the first term to be greater than 200.

(b) Find the value of k

[2]

2. Find the sum of all the multiples of 7 that are greater than 0 and less than 100.
[4]
3. A geometric series has u2 = 6 and u4 = 150 .

(a) Find the possible values of r. [2]

The third term, u3 is a negative number.

(b) Find u1 . [2]

4. An arithmetic sequence has u1 = 2x , u2 = x + 7

(a) Find an expression for the common difference, d , in terms of x .

[2]
The third term of the sequence is given by u3 = 3x + 2

(b) Find the value of d

[2]
5. (a) Write down the first 3 terms of the geometric series given by

r−1
∞
⎛ 1⎞
∑18 × ⎜⎝ 3⎟⎠ [3]
r=1

(b) Find the sum of the infinite series. [2]

6. A geometric sequence has third term term u3 = 8 and common ratio r .

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of r , for u1 the first term of the sequence.
[1]
u3 and u5 , the third and fifth terms of this sequence are the first two terms of a different
geometric sequence.

(b) Find an expression, in terms of r, for the common ratio of this other sequence. [2]
7. In an arithmetic sequence the 7th term is 4 times greater than the 2nd term and the sum
of the first 5 terms is 40.

Find the values of the first term and the common difference.
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