MATHEMATICS 10

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2
GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE

A. Find the missing terms of the geometric sequence below and identify the common ratio (r).

1. 3, 12, 48, _____ , _____ , _____. r = __________

2. −12, 24, −48, _______, _______, _______ r = _________
3. ______ , ______, 32, 64, 128, _______ . r = __________
4. 3, _____, 75, 375, _______ , ________ . r = __________
5. 1, ______, ______, 216, 1296 , _________ . r = __________

6. 4X , 4X2 , _______ , 4X4, ________ , ________ r = __________

7. 120 , 60 , 30 , ________ , ________ , _________ . r = _________
8. −2 , ______, _________, −16 , −32 , −64 , _________ . r = __________
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9. , _______ , _______ , ________ , 64 , 256 . r = _________
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10. 81 , 27 , _______ , ________ , ________ , . r = _________
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B. Solve the following problems. Show your solutions.

1. Find the 9th term of the geometric sequence 7, 14, 28, 56 ....
2. What is the sum of the first seven terms of the geometic sequence 7, 14, 28, 56 .... ?
3. Insert three geometric means between −4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 324. (Two answers )
4. Determine the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence −8, −32, −128.
5. If the second term of the geometric sequence is 6 and the fifth term is 162, find the first term and
the common ratio.
5 5 5
6. Find the sum to infinity of the geometric sequence 5 , , , ,. . .
4 16 64