Pre-Test in Math 3

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1.. Let the sequence be 1, 3, 5, 7, 9……… then this sequence is ____________

A) An arithmetic sequence
B) A geometric progression
C) A harmonic sequence
D) Alternating Sequence
E)None of the mentioned
2.  In the given Arithmetic sequence series the term at position 11 would be?

5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20.........50.

A)35 B)45 C)25 D) 40 E) None of the mentioned

3. Which arithmetic sequence includes 28?

A) -4, 0, 4, … B) 1, 3, 5, … C) 2, 6, 10, … D) 3, 6, 9, … E) None of the mentioned.

1 1 1
4. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the geometric series to the nearest hundredth place: + + +…
2 6 18
A) 1.49 B) 1.50 C) 0.74 D) 0.75 E) None of the mentioned..

5. Solve for x given the arithmetic sequence: 6, 8, √ x+76

A) 10 B) 24 C) -176 D) 68 E) None of the mentioned..

6. Which arithmetic sequence includes 101?

A) -4, 0, 4, … B) 1, 3, 5, … C) 2, 6, 10, … D) 3, 6, 9, … E) None of the mentioned.

7. A new sequence is defined as: a n=−a n+1 +an−1 . Find a 5 given a 0=2 and a 1=3 .

A) -5 B) 9 C) 4 D) -12 E) None of the mentioned..

8. For an arithmetic series with 7 as the second term and 31 as the fourteenth term, what is the seventh term?

A) 13 B) 15 C) 17 D) 19 E) None of the mentioned..

9. What type of series is 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1?

A) Finite arithmetic series

B) Finite geometric series
C) Infinite arithmetic series
D) Infinite geometric series
E) None of the mentioned..

10. What is a rule for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence with a 14 = 9 and common difference d = 2? ¡

A) an = 2n + 7 B ) an = 2n + 11 C) an = 2n - 9 D) an = 2n -15 E) an = 2n - 19

11. What is the fourth term of the sequence defined by the recursive rule a1 = 3, an = n + an - 1 - 7?

A ) -1 B ) -6 C ) -9 D) -10 E) -11

12. How many terms are in the arithmetic sequence -8, -5, -2, ..., 2011 ?

A) 671 B) 672 C) 673 D) 674 E) None of the mentioned..

13. Find the positive integer n such that 15 +16 +17 ... n = 15n?

A) 6 B) 21 C) 35 D) 85 E) None of the mentioned..

14. Compute the sum of the multiples of 9 between 100 and 1000.

A) 1107 B) 45,450 C) 54,900 D) 55,350 E) None of the mentioned.

15. Anshu writes down three numbers that are in an arithmetic progression. He notices that the sum of the three numbers
is 21 and that the product of the two larger numbers is exactly twice the product of the two smaller numbers. What is the
largest of Anshu’s three numbers?

A) 8 B) 33/4 C) 7+ √ 2 D) 28/3 E) None of the mentioned..

16. The sum of the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence is -300 and the sum of the first nine terms of the same
sequence is 300. Find the sum of the first six terms of the arithmetic sequence.

A) -200 B) -100 C) 0 D) 400 E) None of the mentioned..

17. What is the units digit of the 2015th term in the arithmetic sequence 1,5,9,13….

A) 7 B) 3 C) 9 D) 5 E) None of the mentioned..

18. For the given Arithmetic sequence, in which position is the first negative term?

50, 47, 44, 41,............

A)17th B)20th C)18th D) 21st E) None of the mentioned

19. Let the sum of the 3 consecutive terms in AP be 180 then middle of those 3 terms would be _______.
A) 60 B) 80 C) 90 D) 179 E) None of the mentioned.

20. 9. If a, b, c are in AP then relation between a, b, c can be _________

A) 2b = 2a + 3c B) 2a = b + c C) 2b = a + c D) 2c = a + c E) None of the mentioned

21. In the given Arithmetic sequence below, how many terms are there?

5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20.........50.

A)11 B) 13 C)15 D) 17 E) None of the mentioned.

22. Let the sequence be 2, 8, 32, 128,……… then this sequence is _______________
A) An arithmetic sequence
B) A geometic sequence
C) A harmonic sequence
D)Alternating series

E) None of the mentioned

23. In the given Geometric sequence, how many terms are there?

32, 256, 2048, 16384,.........,250.

A)11 B)13 C)15 D) 20 E) None of the mentioned

24. For the given Geometric sequence, in which position is the first fractional term?

250, 247, 244,…

A) 17th B) 20th C) 18th D) 23rd E) None of the mentioned

25. For the given geometric sequence, what is the first fractional term?

250, 247, 244,…

A)2-1 B)2-2 C)2-3 D. 2-4 E) None of the mentioned.

26.  Which of the following geometric sequences will have common ratio of 3, where n is an integer?
A) gn = 2n2 + 3n
B) gn = 2n2 + 3

C) gn = 3n2 + 3n
D) gn = 6(3n-1)

E) None of the mentioned.

27. Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence.

A) 1, 2, 3,… B) 3, 9, 27, … C) 4.5, 5.0, 5.5,… D) 13, 2, -9,… E) 3, 8, 12, …

28. Which of the following is NOT true about the following arithmetic sequence:

25, 32, 39, 46, ...

A) The common difference is 7.

B) The 7th term is 60.

C) The 6th term is 60.

D) The general rule is an = 18 + 7n

E) None of the mentioned.

29. What is the sum of all the even integers between 2 and 250?

A) 8,256 B) 10 120 C) 12 400 D)15 750 E) None of the mentioned

30. Which of the following sequences is NOT a geometric sequence?

A) 5, 15, 45, 135, 405, ...

B) 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...

C) 100, 50, 25, 25/2, 25/4, ...

D) 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, ...

E) 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, ...