n

1. Give the first four terms of the sequence an  . Give the exact answers.
n  11
1 2 3 4
Ans: , , ,
12 13 14 15
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Sequence notation

2. Give the first four terms of the sequence an = 2 + 2n.

Ans: 4, 6, 10, 18
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Sequence notation

2n  1
3. Find the 101th term of the sequence an  . Give the exact answer.
3n  2
201
Ans:
301
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Sequence notation

4. Give the first four terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 7 and whose
difference between consecutive terms is 7.
Ans: 7, 14, 21, 28
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

5. Which of the following arithmetic sequences has third term 7?

A) First term 4; difference 3 C) First term –2; difference 6
B) First term 1; difference 3 D) First term –5; difference 7
Ans: B Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

6. Find two numbers between 6 and 18 such that they form an arithmetic sequence with 6
and 18.
Ans: 10, 14
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

7. Give the first four terms of a geometric sequence whose first term is 9 and ratio 2 of
consecutive terms.
Ans: 9, 18, 36, 72
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Geometric sequences

8. Find the eighth term of an arithmetic sequence whose third term is 7 and whose fifth term
is 13.
Ans: 22
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

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9. Which of the following geometric sequences has fourth term a5?

1 1
A) First term ; ratio a2 C) First term 2 ; ratio a2
a a
B) First term a; ratio a D) First term 1; ratio a2
Ans: A Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Geometric sequences

10. Find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence whose difference is 3 and whose (n - 3)th
term is 2.
Ans: 11
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

11. Find the first four terms of the recursive sequence a1 = 3, an + 1 = 3an - 2 for n ≥ 1.
Ans: 3, 7, 19, 55
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Recursive sequences

12. Find the fifth term of the recursive sequence a1 = a, a2 = b, an + 2 = an∙an + 1 for n ≥ 1.
A) ab2 B) ab3 C) a2b2 D) a2b3
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Recursive sequences

 an
 , if n is even
13. Define a recursive sequence using the equations a1 = 7, an 1   2 .

2an  3, if n is odd
Find the smallest value of n such that an = 10.
Ans: 5
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Recursive sequences

14. Find the nth term of a recursive sequence given by a1 = 5, an + 1 = an + 4 for n ≥ 1.

A) 5 + 4n B) 5 + 4(n + 1) C) 5 + 4(n - 1) D) 9n
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Recursive sequences

15. Consider the sequence whose nth term is given by an  4n  2 . Write the sequence as a
recursive sequence.
A) a1  2, an1  an  2 C) a1  2, an1  an  2
B) a1  2, an1  an  4 D) a1  2, an1  an  4
Ans: B Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Recursive sequences

16. Find two numbers between 5 and 40 such that they form a geometric sequence with 5 and
40.
Ans: 10, 20
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Geometric sequences

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17. If a7  3 and a11  19 are terms of an arithmetic sequence, find the difference between
consecutive terms of this sequence.
Ans: 4
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

18. Find the first term of an arithmetic sequence such that a3  8 and a4  13 .
Ans: –2
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic sequences

(1) n
19. Find the 5th term of a sequence defined by an  .
n
–1
Ans:
5
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Sequence notation

20. Find the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose second term is 23 and whose fourth
term is 28.
A) 18.5 B) 19.5 C) 20.5 D) 21.5
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Sequence notation

21. At the first day of a new year you have 1,017 e-mail messages saved on your computer.
At the end of each day you save only your 14 most important new e-mail messages.
How many messages will you have saved on the 97th day of the year?
Ans: 2,375 e-mail messages
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Sequence notation

22. Suppose your annual salary at the beginning of your first year at a new company is
$40,000. Assume your salary increases by 9% per year at the end of each year of
employment. What is your salary at the end of the 6th year? Round the answer to the
nearest dollar.
Ans: $67,084
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Sequence notation

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