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ST.

IGNATIUS COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATIONS
2023
MATHEMATICS
GRADE 11 ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS AND GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION

Tutorial Sheet

1. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 5,7 and 9. Find the
a) Common difference
b) The sum of the first 12 terms.
2. For the sequence 1,4,7,……., find the 20𝑡ℎ term
3. For the sequence 5,7,9,11,…………, write down expression for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term
4. Given that 9,15,21,27……… is an arithmetic progression, find the;
a) Twelfth term
b) The formula for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term.
5. The first five terms of an arithmetic progression are −15,−12,𝑝,−6,−3,….., find the
a) value of 𝑝,
b) sum of the first 12 terms
6. The 5𝑡ℎ and 9𝑡ℎ terms of an arithmetic progression are 20 and –20 respectively. Find
a) the first term,
b) the sum of the first 10 terms.
7. For the sequence 2,5,8,11,…… find;
a) The 20𝑡ℎ term
b) The sum of the first 10 terms.
8. For the arithmetic progression, 2,5,8,……… find
a) The 10𝑡ℎ term
b) 51𝑠𝑡term
9. For the sequence 7,9,11,13,……., write down,
a) The 11𝑡ℎ term
b) The expression for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term.
10. For the sequence 7,11,15,19,…., find the;
a) 9𝑡ℎ term
b) The sum of the first 6 terms.
11. The third and fourth terms of an Arithmetic Progression are 6 and 3 respectively. Find the;
a) First term,
b) Formula for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term.

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12. The 11𝑡ℎ term of an arithmetic progression is 43 and the first term is 3, find the
a) The common difference
b) 4𝑡ℎ term
13. For the sequence −10,−7,−4,……., find the,
a) 17𝑡ℎ term
b) The sum of the first 20 terms.
14. Find the number of terms in the arithmetic progression 3,−1,−5,….−53.
15. The first and second term of an arithmetic progression are 100 and 95 respectively, find the
a) Tenth term
b) he sum of the first 10 terms. ( 𝑛= [ 2𝑎+(𝑛−1)𝑑 ] )
16. If 𝑥 + 1,2𝑥 − 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 5 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, find the value of
𝑥.
17. If the numbers 3,,𝑛 and 8 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, find the values of
m and 𝑛.
18. The fourteenth term of an arithmetic progression is 5.2 and the twenty fifth term of the arithmetic
progression is 105. Find the sum to the first 79 terms?
19. The twenty first term of an arithmetic progression is 42.6 and the nineteenth term of the arithmetic
progression is 39.Find 𝑇46
20. Write the next number in the Sequence 2,−8,32,−128,………
21. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 𝑘 + 4, and 2𝑘 − 15 where 𝑘 a positive integer.
a) find the value of 𝑘
b) list the first three terms of the geometric progression,
c) Find the sum to infinity.
22. Given the geometric progression 4,8,16,………, find,
a) The geometric mean of 256 and 1024
b) The 11𝑡ℎ term
c) The sum of the first 11 terms
23. In a geometric progression, the third term is and the fourth term Is Find
a) The first term and the common ratio,
b) The sum of the first 5 terms of the geometric progression,
c) The sum to infinity.
24. For the geometric progression 20 ,5 , 1 ….., find
a) The common ratio,
b) The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term,
c) The sum of the first 8 terms.
25. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 6 + 𝑛,10 + 𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 15 + 𝑛. Find
a) The value of 𝑛,
b) The common ratio,
c) The sum of the first 6 terms of this sequence.

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26. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 𝑥 + 1, 𝑥 - 3 and 𝑥 – 1, calculate
a) The value of 𝑥,
b) The first term,
c) The sum to infinity.
27. The sum of 𝑛 terms of a geometric progression(𝐺𝑃) is given by 10− . Find
a) The sum of the first 4 terms of this 𝐺.𝑃,
b) The first term,
c) The first four terms.
28. In the geometric progression, the third term is 16 and the fifth term is 4. Calculate
a) The first term and the common ratio
b) The tenth term
c) The sum to infinity
29. The 3𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑡ℎ terms of a geometric progression are 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8 respectively. Find;
a) The first term and the common ratio,
b) The sum of the first 10 terms,
c) The sum to infinity of this geometric progression.
30. Given the geometric progression 4,2,1,……. , find the;
a) Seventh term
b) Sum of the first 9 terms
c) Geometric mean of 196 and 15 625
31. The second and fifth terms of a geometric progression are 16 and 2 respectively. Find;
a) The common ratio and first term.
b) The 12𝑡ℎ term,
c) The sum of the first 10 terms.

“IF I HAVE SEEN FURTHER, IT IS BY STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GAINTS.”


SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
[1642-1727]

MR KUNDA ECZ SIC@2023

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