SPM.2.SL.1Z0.3 On ast January 2020, Laurie invests $P in an account that pays a nominal annual interest rate of 5.5 %, compounded quarterly. The amount of money in Laurie's account at the end of each year follows a geometric sequence with common ratio, r. a. Find the value of r, giving your answer to four significant figures. 3] b. Laurie makes no further deposits to or withdrawals from the account. Find the year in which the amount of money in Laurie's account will become double the amount she invested. [3] EXN.1.SL.TZ0.2 Solve the equation . Give your answer in the form where EXN.1.SL.1Z0.4 The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are and a. Show that. : [2] b. Prove that the sum of the first terms of this arithmetic sequence is a square number. (al 19N.1.SL.1ZO.S_1 In an arithmetic sequence, and a. Find the common difference. [2] b. Find the first term. [2] c. Find the sum of the first terms. [2] 21M.1.SL.TZ2.2 Consider two consecutive positive integers, andShow that the difterence of their squares is equal to the sum of the two integers. 21M.1.SL.1Z2.4 In the expansion of where , the coefficient of the term in is Find the possible values of . 19N.1.SL.TZO.S_4 Consider a. Find the value of . [2] b, Hence or otherwise find the coefficient of the term in _ in the expansion of [4] EXN.2.SL.1ZO.7 Helen and Jane both commence new jobs each starting on an annual salary of At the start of each new year, Helen receives an annual salary increase of Let represent Helen's annual salary at the start of her th year of employment. At the start of each new year, Jane receives an annual salary increase of of her previous year's annual salary. Jane's annual salary, , at the start of her th year of employment is given by At the start of year , Jane's annual salary exceeds Helen's annual salary for the first time. a. Show that ; [2] b. Given that _ follows a geometric sequence, state the value of the common ratio, . fl c.i. Find the value of |. (31 cli. For the value of found in part (c) (i), state Helen's annual salary and Jane's annual salary, correct to the nearest dollar.[2] d. Find Jane's total earnings at the start ofher th year of employment. Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar. (al T9N.2.SL.1Z0.S_5 The first two terms of a geometric sequence are and a. Find the value of . (21 b. Find the value of 12] c. Find the least value of such that . [3] 21M.2.SL.1Z2.3 An arithmetic sequence has first term and common difference a. Given that the th term of the sequence is zero, find the value of . [2] b. Let denote the sum of the first terms of the sequence. Find the maximum value of. [3] EXM.1.SL.1ZO.1 a. Explain why any integer can be written in the form or or oy where [2] b. Hence prove that the square of any integer can be written in the form or : where [6] 19M.1.SL.TZ1.S_10 Consider and for 20. The first time the graphs of and intersect is atThe set of all non-zero values that satisfy can be described as an arithmetic sequence, where 21. a. Find the two smallest non-zero values of for which : (s] ce. At point P, the graphs of and _ intersect for the 21st time. Find the coordinates of P. (4 d. The following diagram shows part of the graph of reflected in the -axis. It also shows part of the graph of and the point P. y Find an expression for the area of the shaded region. Do not calculate the value of the expression. [al 17N.1.SL.1ZO.T_3 The speed of light is kilometres per second. The average distance from the Sun to the Earth is 149.6 million km. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year and is equal to million km. Polaris is a bright star, visible from the Northern Hemisphere. The distance from the Earth to Polaris is 323 light-years. a. Calculate the time, in minutes, it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth. (31 b. Find the distance from the Earth to Polaris in millions of km. Give your answer in the form with and[3] SPM.1.SL.1Z0.3 a. Show that. , where : [2] b. Hence, or otherwise, prove that the sum of the squares of any two consecutive odd integers is even. (31 19M.1.SL.7Z2.T1 A sphere with diameter 3 474.000 metres can model the shape of the Moon. a. Use this model to calculate the circumference of the Moon in kilometres. Give your full calculator display. [3] b. Give your answer to part (a) correct to three significant figures. fi) ¢. Write your answer to part (b) in the form ;whereis <10, . [2] 18M.1.SL.1Z2.1_5S In this question, give all answers to two decimal places. Karl invests 1000 US dollars (USD) in an account that pays a nominal annual interest of 3.5%, compounded quarterly. He leaves the money in the account for § years. a.i. Calculate the amount of money he has in the account after 5 years. [3] aii. Write down the amount of interest he earned after 5 years. fi) b. Karl decides to donate this interest to a charity in France. The charity receives 170 euros (EUR). The exchange rate is 1 USD = tEUR. Calculate the value of t. [2] 19M.2.SL.1Z1.T_5 John purchases a new bicycle for 880 US dollars (USD) and pays for it with a Canadiancredit card. There is a transaction fee of 4.2 % charged to John by the credit card company to convert this purchase into Canadian dollars (CAD). The exchange rate is 1 USD = 1.25 CAD. John insures his bicycle with a US company. The insurance company produces the following table for the bicycle’s value during each year. Year | Value of the bicycle (USD) Ist 880 2nd 704 3rd 563.20 The values of the bicycle form a geometric sequence. During the 1st year John pays 120 USD to insure his bicycle. Each year the amount he pays to insure his bicycle is reduced by 3.50 USD. a. Calculate, in CAD, the total amount John pays for the bicycle. GI b. Find the value of the bicycle during the sth year. Give your answer to two decimal places. [3] c. Calculate, in years, when the bicycle value will be less than 50 USD. (21 d. Find the total amount John has paid to insure his bicycle for the first 5 years. [3] e. John purchased the bicycle in 2008. Justify why John should not insure his bicycle in 2019. is) 16N.1.SL.TZOT_1 Let , where and a. Calculate the value of |. Write down your full calculator display. (2) b. Write your answer to part (a) (i) correct to two decimal places; (i) correct to three significant figures. [2]c. Write your answer to part (b)(ii) in the form , where [2] 18M.1.SL.1Z2.1_3 Last year a South American candy factory sold 4.8 x 108 spherical sweets. Each sweet has a diameter of 2.5 cm. The factory is producing an advertisement showing all of these sweets placed ina straight line. ‘The advertisement claims that the length of this line is x times the length of the Amazon River. The length of the Amazon River is 6400 km. a. Find the length, in cm, of this line. Give your answer in the form ax 10, where 1a <1oandke [3] b.i. Write down the length of the Amazon River in cm. fi) bai, Find the value of x. [2] 17M.1.SL.1Z1.1_2 In the Canadian city of Ottawa: The total population of Ottawa is a. Calculate the percentage of the population of Ottawa that speak English but not French. [2] b. Calculate the number of people in Ottawa that speak both English and French.[2] c Write down your answer to part (b) in the form where and k [2] 18M.1.SL.TZ1.T_7 Sergei is training to be a weightlifter. Each day he trains at the local gym by lifting a metal bar that has heavy weights attached. He carries out successive lifts. After each lift, the same amount of weight is added to the bar to increase the weight to be lifted. The weights of each of Sergei’s lifts form an arithmetic sequence. Sergei's friend, Yuri, records the weight of each lift. Unfortunately, last Monday, Yuri misplaced all but two of the recordings of Sergei's lifts. On that day, Serge’ lifted 21 kg on the third lift and 46 kg on the eighth lift. ai. For that day find how much weight was added after each lift. [2] aii. For that day find the weight of Sergei's first lift. [2] b. On that day, Sergei made 12 successive lifts. Find the total combined weight of these lifts. [2] 18M.2.SL.1Z2.1_4& ‘Anew café opened and during the first week their profit was $60. The café's profit increases by $10 every week. Anew tea-shop opened at the same time as the café. During the first week their profit was also $60. The tea-shop's profit increases by 10 % every week. b. Calculate the café's total profit for the first 12 weeks. (3] d. Calculate the tea-shop's total profit for the first 12 weeks. [3] WMASLTZ2.T1 Consider the numbers anda. Calculate . Give your full calculator display. [2] b.i. Write down your answer to part (a) correct to two decimal places; tl) bali. Write down your answer to part (a) correct to three significant figures. [1] ¢. Write your answer to part (b)(ii) in the form . where [2] 17M.1.SL.1Z2.T_5 ‘Tomas is playing with sticks and he forms the first three diagrams of a pattern. These diagrams are shown below. Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 ‘Tomas continues forming diagrams following this pattern. Tomas forms a total of 24 diagrams. a. Diagram is formed with 52 sticks. Find the value of . is] b. Find the total number of sticks used by Tomés for all 24 diagrams. [3] 17M.1.SL.1Z1.1_S The company Snakezen's Ladders makes ladders of different lengths. All the ladders that the company makes have the same design such that: the first rung is 30 cm from the base of the ladder, the second rung is 57 cm from the base of the ladder, the distance between the first and second rung is equal to the distance between all adjacent rungs on the ladder. The ladder in the diagram was made by this company and has eleven equally spaced rungs. diagram not to scaleSTem 203m a. Find the distance from the base of this ladder to the top rung. [3] b. The company also makes a ladder that is 1050 cm long. Find the maximum number of rungs in this 1050 cm long ladder. (31 16N.1.SL.TZ0.T_13 Acomet orbits the Sun and is seen from Earth every 37 years. The comet was first seen from Earth in the year 1064. a. Find the year in which the comet was seen from Earth for the fifth time. 3] b. Determine how many times the comet has been seen from Earth up to the year 2014. [3] 17M.1.SL.1Z2.1_9 Consider the geometric sequence a. Write down the common ratio of the sequence. fl b. Find the value of . [2] c. Find the smallest value of for which _ is less than + [3] 17M.1.SL.TZ1.T_10 The first three terms of a geometric sequence area. Find the value of , the common ratio of the sequence. (21 b. Find the value of forwhich (2) c. Find the sum of the first 30 terms of the sequence. [2] 17N.2.SL.TZO.T_2 Rosa joins a club to prepare to run a marathon. During the first training session Rosa runs a distance of 3000 metres. Each training session she increases the distance she runs by 4OO metres. A marathon is 42.195 kilometres. Inthe th training session Rosa will run further than a marathon for the first time. Carlos joins the club to lose weight. He runs 7500 metres during the first month. The distance he runs increases by 20% each month. a.i. Write down the distance Rosa runs in the third training session; Q) aii. Write down the distance Rosa runs in the th training session. [2] b. Find the value of . [2] c. Calculate the total distance, in kilometres, Rosa runs in the first So training sessions. (al d. Find the distance Carlos runs in the fifth month of training. 3] e. Calculate the total distance Carlos runs in the first year. [3] 16N.1.SL.TZO.T_10 hydraulic hammer drives a metal post vertically into the ground by striking the top of the post. The distance that the post is driven into the ground, by the __ strike of the hammer, is The distances form a geometric sequence. The distance that the post is driven into the ground by the first strike of the hammer, is 64cm. The distance that the post is driven into the ground by the second strike of the hammer, is 48 cm. a. Find the value of the common ratio for this sequence. [2] 4Find the distance that the post is driven into the ground by the eighth strike of the hammer. [2] ce. Find the total depth that the post has been driven into the ground after 10 strikes of the hammer. [2] 17N.1.SL.1ZO.T_9 Juan buys a bicycle in a sale. He gets a discount of 30% off the original price and pays 560 US dollars (USD). To buy the bicycle, Juan takes a loan of 560 USD for 6 months at a nominal annual interest rate of 75%, compounded monthly. Juan believes that the total amount he will pay will be less than the original price of the bicycle. a. Calculate the original price of the bicycle. (2) b, Calculate the difference between the original price of the bicycle and the total amount Juan will pay. (al 20N.2.SL.TZ0.S_5 Consider the expansion of | where The coefficient of the term in is . Find the value of . 20N.2.SL.1Z0.S_6 An infinite geometric series has first term and second term , Where a. Find the common ratio in terms of . [2] b. Find the values of for which the sum to infinity of the series exists. [3] c. Find the value of when * [3] 17M.1.SL.1Z2.S_1In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 3 and the second term is 7. a. Find the common difference. b. Find the tenth term. c. Find the sum of the first ten terms of the sequence. 18M.2.SL.1Z1.S_7 Let for x>o. The kth maximum point on the graph of fhas x-coordinate x; where a. Given that x. = x¢+ a, find a. b. Hence find the value of n such that 18M.2.SL.1Z2.S_4 [2] [2] [2] [4] (4 The first term of an infinite geometric sequence is 4. The sum of the infinite sequence is 200. a. Find the common ratio. [21 b. Find the sum of the first 8 terms. [2] c. Find the least value of n for which S, > 163. [3] 17N.1.SL.1TZO.S_2 In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 8 and the second term is 5. a. Find the common difference. [2] b. Find the tenth term. [2] 17N.1.SL.TZO.S_10 The following diagram shows [CD], with length , where —. Squares with side lengths , where , are drawn along [CD]. This process is carried on indefinitely. The diagram shows the first three squares. diagram not to scalec k er Pe D = The total sum of the areas of all the squares is. Find the value of . 18N.1.SL.TZ0.S_3 In an arithmetic sequence, u, = -5 and d= 3. Find ug. 18M.1.SL.1Z1.S_10 The first two terms of an infinite geometric sequence are u, = 18 and Uy = 12sin? @ whereo<@<2 ,and@# a.i. Find an expression for rin terms of 8. [2] c. Find the values of @ which give the greatest value of the sum. [6] 17M.1,SL.1Z1.S_7 The first three terms of a geometric sequence are i z , for Find the common ratio. 19M.2.SL.TZ2.S_10 In an arithmetic sequence, f and Consider the terms, , of this sequence such that < Let be the sum of the terms for which is not a multiple of 3. b. Find the exact value of . [2] c. Show that 7 [s] d. An infinite geometric series is given as ; Find the largest value of such that : (s]IPL LoS The first terms of an infinite geometric sequence, _, are 2, 6, 18, 54, The first terms of a second infinite geometric sequence, , are 2, -6, 18, -54, .. The terms ofa third sequence, _, are defined as The finite series, , can also be written in the form a. Write down the first three non-zero terms of [3] bi. Find the value of . [2] Find the value of . [2] 17M.2.SL.1Z2.S_5 Consider a geometric sequence where the first term is 768 and the second term is 576. Find the least value of such that the th term of the sequence is less than 7. 20N.1.SL.TZO.1_1S Mia baked a very large apple pie that she cuts into slices to share with her friends. The smallest slice is cut first. The volume of each successive slice of pie forms a geometric sequence. The second smallest slice has a volume of . The fifth smallest slice has a volume of a. Find the common ratio of the sequence. [2] b. Find the volume of the smallest slice of pie. [2] c. The apple pie has a volume of Find the total number of slices Mia can cut from this pie. [2] 21M.1.SL.TZ1.3 Consider an arithmetic sequence where . Find the value of the first term, , and the value of the common difference, 21M.2.SL.1Z1.6 Consider the expansion of , where Given that the coefficient of is find the value of21M.2.SL.1Z1.7 ‘Two friends Amelia and Bill, each set themselves a target of saving . They each have to invest. Amelia invests her an account that offers an interest rate of per annum compounded annually. A third friend Chris also wants to reach the target. He puts his money in a safe where he does not earn any interest. His system is to add more money to this safe each year. Each year he will add half the amount added in the previous year. aii Find the value of Amelia's investment after years to the nearest hundred dollars. [3] aii, Determine the number of years required for Amelia's investment to reach the target. [2] b. Bill invests his in an account that offers an interest rate of — per annum compounded monthly, where is set to two decimal places. Find the minimum value of needed for Bill to reach the target after years. [3] c.i. Show that Chris will never reach the target if his initial deposit is : [s] cali. Find the amount Chris needs to deposit initially in order to reach the target after years. Give your answer to the nearest dollar. [3] 20N.1.SL.1TZO.1_8 Give your answers in this question correct to the nearest whole number. Imon invested Singapore dollars(__) ina fixed deposit account with a nominal annual interest rate of |, compounded monthly. a. Calculate the value of Imon's investment after years. is] b,At the end of the _years, Imon withdrew from the fixed deposit account and reinvested this into a super-savings account with a nominal annual interest rate of | , compounded half-yearly. The value of the super-savings account increased to after months. Find the value of . [3] 17M.1.SL.1Z2.T_14 Jashanti is saving money to buy a car. The price of the car, in US Dollars (USD), can be modelled by the equation Jashanti's savings, in USD, can be modelled by the equation In both equations is the time in months since Jashanti started saving for the car. Jashanti does not want to wait too long and wants to buy the car two months after she started saving. She decides to ask her parents for the extra money that she needs. a. Write down the amount of money Jashanti saves per month. fl) b. Use your graphic display calculator to find how long it will take for Jashanti to have saved enough money to buy the car. [2] ¢. Calculate how much extra money Jashanti needs. [3] 20N.2.SL.1Z0.T_S A large underground tank is constructed at Mills Airport to store fuel. The tank is in the shape of an isosceles trapezoidal prism, : ; ; and - Angle and angle The tank is illustrated below. diagram not to scale F G110 c Once construction was complete, a fuel pump was used to pump fuel into the empty tank. The amount of fuel pumped into the tank by this pump each hour decreases as an arithmetic sequence with terms Part of this sequence is shown in the table. Hour (nm) Ast 2nd 3rd Amount of fuel pumped into the tank in each hour, in m'(u,) | 45000 | 43200 | 41400 At the end of the hour, the total volume of fuel in the tank was a. Find , the height of the tank. [2] b. Show that the volume of the tank is , correct to three significant figures. [3] c. Write down the common difference, . fl d. Find the amount of fuel pumped into the tank in the _hour. (21 e.i, Find the value of such that 5 [2] eli. Write down the number of hours that the pump was pumping fuel into the tank. f. Find the total amount of fuel pumped into the tank in the first hours. [2] g. Show that the tank will never be completely filled using this pump. [3] 22M.1.SL.1Z2.2 The * term of an arithmetic sequence is given by a. State the value of the first term, fa] b. Given that the ‘* term of this sequence is __, find the value of . [2] c. Find the common difference, . (2]22M.1.SL.1Z2.3 Consider any three consecutive integers, , and a. Prove that the sum of these three integers is always divisible by . [2] b. Prove that the sum of the squares of these three integers is never divisible by . (4 22M.1.SL.1Z2.6 Consider the binomial expansion where and 1 a. Show that (2) b. The third term in the expansion is the mean of the second term and the fourth term in the expansion. Find the possible values of. {s] 21N.1.SL.1Z0.8 Consider the function where and The graph of contains the point Consider the arithmetic sequence where and a. Show that. 7 [2] b. Write down anexpression for —. fi) c. Find the value of _ [3] di. Show that and are four consecutive terms in a geometric sequence. (al di, Find the value of and the value of . {s] 21N.1.SL.1Z0.6@. Show that ‘ (2) b. Hence or otherwise, solve the equation for [5] 21N.2.SL.1Z0.6 The sum of the first terms of a geometric sequence is given by i a. Find the first term of the sequence, . [2] b. Find. [3] c. Find the least value of such that ‘| (al 22M.2.SL.1Z1.1 In this question, give all answers correct to two decimal places. Sam invests in a savings account that pays a nominal annual rate of interest of , compounded half-yearly. Sam makes no further payments to, or withdrawals from, this account. David also invests ina savings account that pays an annual rate of interest of , compounded yearly. David makes no further payments or withdrawals from tl account. a. Find the amount that Sam will have in his account after years. [3] b. Find the value of required so that the amount in David's account after years will be equal to the amount in Sam's account. (2) c. Find the interest David will earn over the years. al 22M.1.SL.TZ1.8 Consider the series i where and Consider the case where the series is geometric.INow consider tne case wnere tne series Is arithmetic witn common aimerence . ai. Show that . (2) aii. Given that and , find the value of . [3] b.i. Show that f [3] bi, Write down in the form where . Qi) bili, The sum of the first terms of the series is Find the value of . [6] 22M.1.SL.1Z1.2 a. The expression can be written as . Write down the value of . b. Hence, find the value of fal 22M.2.SL.1Z2.3 Gemma and Kaia started working for different companies on January ist 2011. Gemma's starting annual salary was , and her annual salary increases on January 1st each year after 2011. Kaia's annual salary is based on a yearly performance review. Her salary for the years 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2022 is shown in the following table. year (x) 2011 2013 2014 2018 2022 annual salary ($5) 45000 | 47200 | 48500 | 53000 | 57000 a. Find Gemma's annual salary for the year 2021, to the nearest dollar. [sl b. Assuming Kaia's annual salary can be approximately modelled by the equation , show that Kaia had a higher salary than Gemma in the year 2021, according to the model. (31