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Arithmetic Progressions
Equipment needed: Pen and Calculator
Guidance
1. Read each question carefully before you begin answering it.
2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings
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1. Here are the rst four terms of a sequence
17 21 25 29
(a) Work out the next term in the sequence
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(1)
(b) Explain how you worked out the answer to part (a).
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(1)
2. The rst two terms of an arithmetic progression are 6 and 12
Work out the next term.
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(1)
3. An arithmetic progression begins −2, 8, …
Work out the next three terms.
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(2)
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4. Which of the following is an arithmetic progression?
Circle the correct answer.
3 6 12 24 3 6 9 15
3 4 6 9 3 5 7 9
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5. Which of the following is an arithmetic progression?
Circle the correct answer.
32 16 8 4 32 30 26 20
32 25 18 11 32 8 2 0.5
(1)
6. Here are the rst ve terms of an arithmetic sequence.
9 13 17 21 25
Is 68 a term in the sequence?
Explain your answer.
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7. Edwin has the following number cards.
Edwin chooses 3 of the number cards to make an arithmetic progression.
Write down 3 possible number cards that he could choose.
(2)
8. Here are the rst four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
2 7 12 17
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
9. Here are the rst four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
−14 −3 8 19
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
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10. Here are the rst four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
7 1 −5 −11
Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
11. Here are the rst four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
27 34 41 48
(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.
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(2)
(b) Work out the 20th term in the sequence.
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(1)
(c) Show 380 is not a term in the sequence.
(2)
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12. The rst two terms of an arithmetic progression are:
5k 10k
Write down the next term.
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(1)
13. Yasmin attended a four year college course.
At the end of each of the 4 years, the students on the course sit an examination.
The number of marks that each examination is worth, over the 4 years, form an
arithmetic progression.
The examination at the end of the 1st year was worth 75 marks.
The examination at the end of the 2nd year was work 110 marks.
In order to pass the course, a student needs to obtain at least 60% of the total
available marks over the four years.
Yasmin scored a total of 309 marks.
Did Yasmin pass the course?
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14. The rst three terms of an arithmetic sequence are
2a + b 3a + 6b 4a + 11b
Write down the next term in the sequence
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(1)
15. The rst three terms of an arithmetic sequence are
2k − 1 5k + 2 8k + 5
Find, in terms of k, the 10th term of the sequence.
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(4)
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16. The rst three terms of an arithmetic sequence are
2k 11k 20k
The sum of the rst six terms of the sequence is 1029
Work out the value of k.
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(4)
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17. The rst three terms of an arithmetic sequence are
x + 16 5x − 1 2x + 38
Work out the value of x.
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(4)
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