Podar International School

IBDP 1 Math
Sequences Worksheet
1. In the arithmetic series with nth term un, it is given that u4 = 7 and u9 = 22.
Find the minimum value of n so that u1 + u2 + u3 + ... + un > 10 000.
(Total 5 marks)
2. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers that are not exactly divisible by 3.
(Total 5 marks)
3. The mean of the first ten terms of an arithmetic sequence is 6. The mean of the first
twenty terms of the arithmetic sequence is 16. Find the value of the 15th term of the
sequence.
(Total 6 marks)
4. An arithmetic sequence has first term a and common difference d, d ≠ 0.
The 3rd, 4th and 7th terms of the arithmetic sequence are the first three terms of a
geometric sequence.
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(a) Show that a = − d .
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(3)
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(b) Show that the 4 term of the geometric sequence is the 16 term of the arithmetic
sequence.
(5)
(Total 8 marks)