Name:____________________________________ Grade/Section:_________________________
Date:_____________________ Score:________
SEQUENCES
A. Classify the following sequences as arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, Fibonacci
or neither. Then write the next 3 terms (not necessary if it is neither).
_______________ 1. 1, -3, -7, -11, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 2. 2, -12, 72, -432, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 3. 3, 6, 8, 18, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 5. 1/5, 1/9, 1/13, 1/17, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 6. X, 6x, 36x, 216x, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 7. 4, 5, 9, 14, 23, 37, 60, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 8. 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 9. 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 18, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 10. 2, 12.2, 22.4, 32.6, 42.8, 53, _____, _____, _____
_________________________________________________________________________________
Name:____________________________________ Grade/Section:_________________________
Date:_____________________ Score:________
SEQUENCES
A. Classify the following sequences as arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, Fibonacci
or neither. Then write the next 3 terms (not necessary if it is neither).
_______________ 1. 1, -3, -7, -11, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 2. 2, -12, 72, -432, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 3. 3, 6, 8, 18, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 5. 1/5, 1/9, 1/13, 1/17, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 6. X, 6x, 36x, 216x, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 7. 4, 5, 9, 14, 23, 37, 60, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 8. 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 9. 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 18, _____, _____, _____
_______________ 10. 2, 12.2, 22.4, 32.6, 42.8, 53, _____, _____, _____
B. Solve the following. Show your solutions.
1. Find the first 5 terms of the sequence given the nth term an = 11-5n.
(3 points)
2. What is the nth term (rule) of the sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, ...?
(3 points)
3. Find the 25th term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ... (3 points)
4. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, find the second
arithmetic mean. (3 points)
5. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, find the third
geometric mean. (3 points)
6. Find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence where the first term is 4,
the last term is 324, and the common ratio is 3. (5 points)
7. In Riverside Integrated Secondary School, suspension of classes is announced
through text brigade. One stormy day, the principal announces the suspension of
classes to two teachers, each of whom sends this message to two other teachers,
and so on. Suppose that text messages were sent in five rounds, counting the
principal’s text message as the first, how many text messages were sent in all?
(5 points)
8. Edwin bought a car for Php600, 000. The yearly depreciation of his car is 10%
of its value at the start of the year. What is its value after 4 years?
(5 points)
9. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, Zydrick Joe decided to give Rexie Lee
flowers according to the Fibonacci sequence. On the first day, he sent one red
rose, on the second day, two red roses, and so on. How many roses did Rexie Lee
receive during the tenth day? (10 points – bonus question)
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B. Solve the following. Show your solutions.
1. Find the first 5 terms of the sequence given the nth term an = 11-5n.
(3 points)
2. What is the nth term (rule) of the sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, ...?
(3 points)
3. Find the 25th term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ... (3 points)
4. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, find the second
arithmetic mean. (3 points)
5. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, find the third
geometric mean. (3 points)
6. Find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence where the first term is 4,
the last term is 324, and the common ratio is 3. (5 points)
7. In Riverside Integrated Secondary School, suspension of classes is announced
through text brigade. One stormy day, the principal announces the suspension of
classes to two teachers, each of whom sends this message to two other teachers,
and so on. Suppose that text messages were sent in five rounds, counting the
principal’s text message as the first, how many text messages were sent in all?
(5 points)
8. Edwin bought a car for Php600, 000. The yearly depreciation of his car is 10%
of its value at the start of the year. What is its value after 4 years?
(5 points)
9. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, Zydrick Joe decided to give Rexie Lee
flowers according to the Fibonacci sequence. On the first day, he sent one red
rose, on the second day, two red roses, and so on. How many roses did Rexie Lee
receive during the tenth day? (10 points – bonus question)