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Podar International School Ibdp 1 Math Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Worksheet 1

This worksheet contains 10 problems involving arithmetic and geometric sequences. The problems include: 1) Finding the sum of an arithmetic series. 2) Finding the sum of an arithmetic series given the first and last terms. 3) Finding a term in an arithmetic sequence given the first and fourth terms. 4) Finding the sum of an infinite geometric series. 5) Determining the day a runner will reach 10km in training and the total distance run by that day. 6) Finding a term and the sum of the first terms in an arithmetic sequence. 7) Finding the common difference and value of n in an arithmetic sequence. 8) Calculating the sum of multiples of 3. 9) Determining how far a swimmer goes in

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Podar International School Ibdp 1 Math Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Worksheet 1

This worksheet contains 10 problems involving arithmetic and geometric sequences. The problems include: 1) Finding the sum of an arithmetic series. 2) Finding the sum of an arithmetic series given the first and last terms. 3) Finding a term in an arithmetic sequence given the first and fourth terms. 4) Finding the sum of an infinite geometric series. 5) Determining the day a runner will reach 10km in training and the total distance run by that day. 6) Finding a term and the sum of the first terms in an arithmetic sequence. 7) Finding the common difference and value of n in an arithmetic sequence. 8) Calculating the sum of multiples of 3. 9) Determining how far a swimmer goes in

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Podar International School

IBDP 1 Math
Arithmetic and geometric sequences Worksheet 1

1. Find the sum of the arithmetic series

17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.

(Total 4 marks)

2. An arithmetic series has five terms. The first term is 2 and the last term is 32. Find the sum of
the series.

(Total 4 marks)

3. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 5 and the fourth term is 40. Find the second term.

(Total 4 marks)

4. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series

2  4  8  16  ...
3 9 27 81

(Total 4 marks)

5. Each day a runner trains for a 10 km race. On the first day she runs 1000 m, and then increases
the distance by 250 m on each subsequent day.

(a) On which day does she run a distance of 10 km in training?

(b) What is the total distance she will have run in training by the end of that day? Give your
answer exactly.

(Total 4 marks)

6. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 7, 9.5, 12.

(a) What is the 41st term of the sequence?

(b) What is the sum of the first 101 terms of the sequence?

(Total 4 marks)

7. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is –2, the fourth term is 16, and the nth term is 11 998.

(a) Find the common difference d.

(b) Find the value of n.

(Total 6 marks)

8. Gwendolyn added the multiples of 3, from 3 to 3750 and found that

3 + 6 + 9 + … + 3750 = s.

Calculate s.

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(Total 6 marks)

9. Arturo goes swimming every week. He swims 200 metres in the first week. Each week he
swims 30 metres more than the previous week. He continues for one year (52 weeks).

(a) How far does Arturo swim in the final week?

(b) How far does he swim altogether?

(Total 6 marks)

10. A theatre has 20 rows of seats. There are 15 seats in the first row, 17 seats in the second row,
and each successive row of seats has two more seats in it than the previous row.

(a) Calculate the number of seats in the 20th row.

(b) Calculate the total number of seats.


(Total 6 marks)

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