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This document contains 25 problems related to arithmetic and geometric progressions. The problems involve calculating common ratios, first terms, sums of progressions, and finding missing terms. A variety of progression properties and formulas are tested, including expressions for the sums of finite and infinite arithmetic and geometric series.

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Form5 Chap1

This document contains 25 problems related to arithmetic and geometric progressions. The problems involve calculating common ratios, first terms, sums of progressions, and finding missing terms. A variety of progression properties and formulas are tested, including expressions for the sums of finite and infinite arithmetic and geometric series.

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FORM 5 Paper 1 9.

The sum of the first n terms of the geometric progression


4, 16, 64, … is 21 844. Find
Chapter 1 : Progression (a) the common ratio of the progression.
(b) the value of n.
1. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are
Find 10. The sum of the first 6 terms of an arithmetic progression is 63 and
(a) the value of k. the sum of the next 4 terms is 142. Find the
(b) the sum of the first 8 terms of the progression. (a) first term,
(b) common difference.
2. Find the number of terms in the arithmetic progression
4 , , 7 ,……, 11. Given an arithmetic progression -5, -2, 1 , ….. , state four
consecutive terms in this progression which sum up to 58.
3. In the geometric progression, the second term is 192 and the fifth
term is 3. Calculate 12. Given that 0.323232… = , find the values of a and b.
(a) the common ratio,
(b) the sum of infinity of the geometric progression. 13. In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first n terms,
Sn= . Find
4. Given the arithmetic progression 152, 145, 138 , …… , find the (a) the first term,
value of the first negative term. (b) the common difference.
5. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 7, 10 and 13. 14. If the sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 40 and the first
Find the sum of the first 15 terms after the third term. term is 10, find the common ratio.
6. Given the arithmetic progression 5 ,8 , 11,…., find the term which is 15. The first three terms of a sequence are 3, p , 27 where p > 0. Find
equal to 131. the value of p such that the sequence is
(a) an arithmetic progression,
7. The height of water in a container is 15 cm on the first day. (b) a geometric progression.
Subsequently, a height of 10 cm of water is added to the container
every day. Calculate the height, in cm, of water in the container at 16. Calculate the sum of all the multiples of 11 between 100 to 500.
the end of the ninth day.

8. In the geometric progression, the sum of the first n terms, Sn , is 17. Given a geometric progression p, 3, …, express q in

given by Sn =-2 . Find terms of p.

(a) the first term, 18. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are
(b) the sum of infinity of the geometric progression. 7, 13, 19, ….. Find the sum of the first 10 terms after the
fifth term.
19. Express the recurring decimal 0.145454545… as a fraction in its
simplest form.

20. If the sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 32 and the


common ratio is , find the sum of the first four terms.

21. h+4 , h , h-2 are three consecutive terms in a geometric


progression. Find
(a) the common ratio
(b) the sum to infinity of the geometric progression.

22. If the sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 60 and the first


term is 36, find the fifth term.

23. Express the recurring decimal 2.12121212…. as a fraction in its


simplest form.

24. In a geometric progression, the third term is 18 and the sixth term
is 486. Calculate
(a) the common ratio
(b) the first term.

25. Given the arithmetic progression 5, 9, 13, 17,…., 169, find


(a) the number of terms of the progression.
(b) the sum of the progression.

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