Enhancement Exercises

Topic 3 : Sequences

TOPIC 3: SEQUENCES

1. State the nth term of the following sequences

(a) 1, 5, 9,13,...  Ans: Tn  4n  3
(b) 2,  4, 6,  8,10,...  Ans: Tn   1n1  2n 
 
3 9 27 81  3 
n

(c) , , , ,...  Ans: Tn    

2 4 8 16   2  

 ln x  ,  ln x 2 ,  ln x 3 ,  ln x 4 ,...   ln x  
n

(d)  Ans: Tn  
3 5 7 9  2n  1 

1 1 1 1  1 
(e) , , , ...,  Ans: Tn  
2•3 4•4 6•5 8• 6   2n  n  2  

2. Determine the common difference, the nth term, the fifth term and the 100th
term of the arithmetic sequences.
(a) 18,11, 4,...  Ans: d  7, Tn  25  7n, T5  10, T100  675
(b) 6, 7  2n,8  4n,9  6n,...
Ans: d  1  2n, Tn  2n2  n  5, T5  50, T100  19905

3. (a) Show that Tn  5n  1 is an arithmetic sequence. Find the first term and the
common difference.  Ans: a  4, d  5
(b) The 97th term of an arithmetic sequence is 340, and the common difference is
7  15 
, find the first three terms.  Ans: a  4, T2  , T3  11
2  2 
(c) Which term of the arithmetic sequences 7, 8, 9,… is 82?  Ans: n  76

4. (a) Find the sum of the following sequences

(i) 5,9,13,...,81  Ans: 860
(ii) 15,  9,  3,..., until 18th term  Ans: 648
(b) Find the sum of odd numbers between 0 and 500 which are divisible by 7
 Ans: 9072
5. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 29 and the last term is 179. How many
terms of this sequence must be added to obtain 2600 ?  Ans: 25
6. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 16 and the sixth term is 83. Find the
 214 
third and the sum of the first 40 terms of the sequence.  Ans: 5 ,11092

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7. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2. Given the nth term is 32 and the sum of
the first nth terms equal to 357. Find n .  Ans: 21
8. Write down the fifth term and the nth term of the following geometric sequences
(a) 2, 4, 8,… Ans: 32, Tn  2n 
1  1 4 n 
, Tn   1  2  
n 1
(b) first term 8, common ratio  .  Ans:
2 2 
1  1 1 
(c) first term = 3, last term  , 6 terms  Ans: 27 , Tn  3n  2 
81

n1
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9. The nth term of a particular sequence is 2   . Show that the sequence is a
3
geometric sequence. Write an expression for the sum of the first n terms of this
  1    1  
2 n

 2   1     
  3    3   
sequences.  Ans: S n  1 
 1 
 3 
 

10. Find the sum, to the number of terms given, of the following geometric sequence
(a) 3, 6,12,... , 6 terms  Ans: 189
1 1  1 
19

(b) 1, , ,... 20 terms  Ans: 2    

2 4   2  
1 1  341 
(c) first term , common ratio  , 10 terms  Ans: 1024 
2 2

11. Find the common ratio, given that it is negative, of a geometric sequence whose first
1  1
term is 8 and whose fifth term is .  Ans: - 2 
2
1 1
12. Find the sum of the first n terms of the geometric sequence 2, , ,... and find the
2 8
 8 1 
n

least value of n for which this sum exceeds 2.65.  Ans: Sn  1     , n  4
 3   4   

 1
13. If the sum of the first nth terms of a geometric sequence is S n  151  n  .
 3 
Find
 400 
(a) the sum of the first four terms  Ans: 27 

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 10 
(b) the fourth term  Ans: 27 
1 1
14. The third and the sixth terms of a geometric series are and respectively.
2 16
Determine the values of the first term and the common ratio. Hence, find the sum of the
 1 511 
first nine terms of the series.  Ans: a  2, r  2 , S9  128 

15. The sum of the first k terms of an arithmetic series is 777. The first term is 3 and the
k -th term is 77. Obtain the value of k and the eleventh term of the series.  Ans: 21,37 

16. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic series is

n
3n  5 . If the second and fourth
2
terms of the arithmetic series are the second and the third terms of a geometric series
respectively, find the sum of the first eleven terms of this geometric series.
 Ans: 699050.5
17. The fifth term and the tenth term of a geometric series are 3125 and 243 respectively.
 3
Find the value of common ratio, r of the series.  Ans: 5 

18. The r th term of an arithmetic progression 1  6r  . Find in term of n , the sum of the
first n term of the progression. Ans: Sn  4n  3n2 

19. The first term and common difference of an arithmetic progression are a and 2 ,
respectively. The sum of the first n terms is equal to the sum of the first 3n terms.
Express a in terms of n . Hence, show that n  7 if a  27 .  Ans: a  4n  1, n  7

A geometric progression is given by 2, 2  0.9 , 2  0.9 ,... Show that

2
20.

Sn  20 1  0.9n  . Hence, find

S5
.  Ans: 1.511
S3

21. The third term of an arithmetic series is 15. If the sixth term is half of the fourth term,
determine
(a) the first five terms of the series  Ans: 21,18,15,12,9
(b) the sum of all term if given the last term is 126 .  Ans: -2625
27
22. (a) The nth term of a sequence is Tn  n  13 . Show that the sequence is an
2
arithmetic sequence.
(b) The second term of a geometric sequence is 12 and the fifth term is 96 .
Determine the first term, a , common ratio and r .  Ans: - 6, -2

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23. (a) The difference between the tenth and the fifth term of an arithmetic series is
20, and the sum of the first eight of the series is 136. Find the first term and the
common difference. Hence, determine the value of n such that the n -th term is at
least 120.  Ans: a  3, d  4, n  31
1 1
(b) The third and the six term of a geometric series are and respectively.
3 81
Determine the values of the first term and the common ratio. Hence, find the
 1 1093 
sum of the first seven terms of the series.  Ans: a  3, r  3 , 243 

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