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Answer ALL TWENTY FOUR questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.

1    5    9    13    17

(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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(2)
The nth term of another arithmetic sequence is 3n + 5
(b) Find an expression, in terms of m, for the (2m)th term of this sequence.

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(1)

(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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12 Here are the first four terms of a sequence of fractions.

1 2 3 4

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1 3 5 7

The numerators of the fractions form the sequence of whole numbers 1 2 3 4 …

The denominators of the fractions form the sequence of odd numbers 1 3 5 7 …
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence of fractions.

(2)

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(b) Using algebra, prove that when the square of any odd number is divided by 4 the
remainder is 1

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(3)

(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

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7 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.

6 10 14 18

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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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(2)
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the (n + 1)th term of this sequence.

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(1)

(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)

8 (a) Write 1 390 000 in standard form.

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(1)
(b) Write 0.005 in standard form.
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(1)

(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

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21 (2x + 23), (8x + 2) and (20x – 52) are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence.
Prove that the common difference of the sequence is 12

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(Total for Question 21 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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20 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic series.

3k k k
k
4 2 4

Given that the 15th term of the series is (90 + 2k),

calculate the sum of the first 30 terms of the series.

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(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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24 Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.

8     15     22     29     36

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Work out the sum of all the terms from the 50th term to the 100th term inclusive.

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(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

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23 The sum of the first N terms of an arithmetic series, S, is 292

The 2nd term of S is 8.5
The 5th term of S is 13
Find the value of N.
Show clear algebraic working.

N = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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19 Here are the first 4 terms in an arithmetic sequence.

3  7  11  15

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The last term of the sequence is x
The sum of the terms of the sequence is 7260
Find the value of x
Show clear algebraic working.

x = ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 19 is 6 marks)

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16 An arithmetic series has first term 1 and common difference 4

Find the sum of all terms of the series from the 41st term to the 100th term inclusive.

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(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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23 Work out the sum of the multiples of 3 between 1 and 1000

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(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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19 The 25th term of an arithmetic series is 44.5

The sum of the first 30 terms of this arithmetic series is 765

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Find the 16th term of the arithmetic series.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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25 The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic series is 4 times the sum of the first 5 terms
of the same series.
The 8th term of this series is 45
Find the first term of this series.
Show clear algebraic working.

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(Total for Question 25 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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18 In an arithmetic series, the 6th term is 39

In the same arithmetic series, the 19th term is 7.8
Work out the sum of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic series.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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18 In an arithmetic series, the 6th term is 39

In the same arithmetic series, the 19th term is 7.8
Work out the sum of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic series.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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25 Mario is going to save $50 in the year 2021

He is going to continue to save, up to and including the year 2070, by increasing the
amount he saves each year by $k
Mario will save a total of $33 125 from 2021 to 2070
Work out the value of k.

k = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 25 is 3 marks)

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3 Here are the first five terms of a number sequence S.

10     16     22     28     34
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(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

(2)
The nth term of a sequence T is given by n2 − 3
There are numbers that are terms in both the sequence S and the sequence T.
(b) Find one of these numbers.
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(2)

(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)

4 On Saturday, Jacob walked 10 800 steps.

On Sunday, he walked 7% more steps than on Saturday.
Work out how many steps Jacob walked on Sunday.
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(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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23 The sum of the first 48 terms of an arithmetic series is 4 times the sum of the first
36 terms of the same series.

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Find the sum of the first 30 terms of this series.

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(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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23 The 10th term of an arithmetic series, S, is 66

The sum of the first 20 terms of S is 1290

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Find the 5th term of S.
Show your working clearly.

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(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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22 The first term of an arithmetic series S is –6

The sum of the first 30 terms of S is 2865
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Find the 9th term of S.

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(Total for Question 22 is 4 marks)

23 Express 7 – 12x – 2x2 in the form a + b(x + c)2 where a, b and c are integers.
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(Total for Question 23 is 3 marks)

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23 Here are the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence.

8p      7p – 3      4p + 2

The sum of the first n terms of the sequence is –1914

Work out the value of n
Show your working clearly.

n = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 23 is 5 marks)

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23 A polygon has n sides, where n > 5

When arranged in order of size, starting with the largest number, the sizes of the interior
angles of the polygon, in degrees, are the terms of an arithmetic sequence.
Here are the first five terms of this sequence.

177    175    173    171    169

Find the value of n

Show clear algebraic working.

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24 An arithmetic series has first term a and common difference d.

The sum of the first 2n terms of the series is four times the sum of the first n terms of
the series.
Find an expression for a in terms of d.
Show your working clearly.

a = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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19 Here are the first 4 terms in an arithmetic sequence.

3  7  11  15

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The last term of the sequence is x
The sum of the terms of the sequence is 7260
Find the value of x
Show clear algebraic working.

x = ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Total for Question 19 is 6 marks)

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22 The first term of an arithmetic series is (2t + 1) where t > 0

The nth term of this arithmetic series is (14t – 5)
The common difference of the series is 3
The sum of the first n terms of the series can be written as p(qt – 1) r where p, q and r
are integers.
Find the value of p, the value of q and the value of r
Show clear algebraic working.

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20 The sum of the first 80 terms of an arithmetic series, S, is 470

The 75th term of S is 14.5

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The sum of the first X terms of S is 171
Work out the value of X
Show your working clearly.

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24 An arithmetic sequence has first term 8 and common difference 11

The sequence has k terms, where k > 21
The sum of the last 20 terms of the sequence is 10 170
Find the value of k
Show clear algebraic working.

k = ......................................................

(Total for Question 24 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER = 100 MARKS

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21 The nth term of an arithmetic series is un where un > 0 for all n

The sum to n terms of the series is Sn
Given that u4 = 6 and that S11 = (u6 )2 + 18
find the value of u20

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26 An arithmetic series has first term a and common difference d, where d is a

prime number.
The sum of the first n terms of the series is Sn and
Sm = 39
S2m = 320
Find the value of d and the value of m
Show clear algebraic working.

d = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

m = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total for Question 26 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 100 MARKS

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