IB Mathematics HL

Year I—Unit 3 Test

Name: Date: Period:

Part 1, no calculators, 50 points.

1. (6 points) You are given an arithmetic sequence       with   and

 . Determine
(a) ,
(b)  (the common difference), and

(c) the sum  .


2. (6 points) Find the average of the positive terms of the arithmetic sequence
beginning with 92 and having common difference .
3. (6 points) The sum of an infinite geometric sequence is   , and the sum of
the first three terms is 13. Find the first term.

 
4. (6 points) Determine the term independent of  in the expansion of   .

5. (6 points) Suppose that we have a big jar of 20 marbles. Of these marbles, 8

are red, 6 are blue, 4 are black, and 2 are white. In how many ways can you
reach in and grab 5 marbles such that exactly 3 of them be blue, and the other
two be of different colors?
6. (6 points) The icosahedral graph contains 12 vertices and every vertex is on 5
edges. How many edges in all are there on the icosahedral graph?

7. (6 points) Consider the set         . How many subsets   

are there satisfying
(a)   ,
(b)  cannot contain both 1 and 2?

8. Let         and let  be the graph constructed as follows:

 The vertices are the subsets of  of size 3.
 If  and  are vertices, then     is an edge if and only if
   .
(a) (3 points) How many vertices does  have?
(b) (3 points) For any given vertex in , how many other vertices are con-
nected to this vertex by an edge?
(c) (2 points) How many edges does  have?
 IB Mathematics HL
Year I—Unit 3 Test
Name: Date: Period:

Part 2, calculators allowed, 50 points.

1. (6 points) Compute the coefficient of in the expansion of       .

2. You are given an alternating geometric series such that    and    .

 
(a) (4 points) Compute    in terms of .


½
(b) (3 points) Compute ½   .


(c) (4 points) Find the least value of  making  ½     .

3. You are given the first few terms of a sequence as follows: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, 48.
(a) (3 points) Using the idea of higher-order differences determine the na-
ture of this sequence (arithmetic, quadratic, cubic, and so on).

(b) (6 points) Determine a formula for the -th term,  of this sequence.

(c) (6 points) You are given the formulas

             

 
 

 

Using this, together with your answer to part (b) above, compute 

as a polynomial in .
4. (6 points) How many four-digit numbers are there which contain at least one
digit 3? (Note: a four-digit number cannot begin with 0.)

5. (6 points) The SAS (Puxi) mathematics department consists of faculty with

names Burke, Compton, Leipold, Miron, Russell, Surowski, Wollum, Yuen,
and Zhu. In how many ways can these faculty members be chosen to sit on
the stage in four chairs, aligned in a row, in such a way that Surowski and Zhu
cannot sit next to each other?

6. (6 points) Compute      
           .