AYER TENA SECODARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS

WORKSHET FOR GRADE 12(2013EC )

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE GIIVEN ALTERNATIVES BY A.D

1. What is the value of ∑ =-------------------------

A.17/20 B.23/20 C.21/20 D.19/20

2. The population of a certain city is increasing at a rate of 3% per year .If the population was
100,000 in 2010EC. Then what will be the population in 2020EC?
A.134,000 B.130,000 C.1060,000 D.1378.,000

3. If the sum of the first three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression ,with >0
for all n, is 9 and the sum of their squares is 35 ,then what is of the first n terms ?

A. +1 B. . -1 C. D. +1

4 .What is the sum of the series ∑ ?

A.3/16 B.3 C.4 D,

5.Which of the following is the sum of the series 5-10/3 +20/9 -40/27+ ------?
A .-5 B.-3 C.3 D.5

6. What is the sum of ∑ =-------------------------?

A.-29/30 B.29/30 C.30/31 D.-30/31

7. Which of the following relations holds for the sequence:-10,-3,4,11,. . . . .?

A. 8 B +7 C +8 D. 7
8. Suppose a radioactive material loses one-third of its masse per year .If its current mass is 81
gram , then how much will its mass be just after 7 years ?
A.27 B.1/27 C.128/27 D.128/81

9.If { }is an arithmetic sequence that its first term is -5 and its fifth term is 15, then its
eleventh term is---------------------------?
A.40 B.50 C.45 D.55

10.The terms of the sequence ; 1,-4,9,-16,……………………………..?

A = B. = C = D. =
11. ∑ ( ( ) )=----A .0 B.15 C.10/3 D.5

12. The sum of all multiples of 3 between 20 and 200 is---------------------

A.7227 B.6570 C.6150 D.5166
13. A certain meeting hall has 20 rows of seats. There are 20 seats in the first row ,22 seats in the
second row, 24 seats in the third rows and so on .how many seats are there on the last
row of the hall?
A.46 B.58 C.760 D.5240

14. Given arithmetic sequence with term =5 and term=21, then ∑ =----
A.760 B.780 C.860 D.870

15. Given =4 ,then third term is ---- A.8 B.12 C.16 D.20

16. Given ∑

A. -1 B.1 -- C.1-- D. -1

17. Given geometric sequence with third term = 8 and six term = 64,then term is?

A. B. C. D.

18.Which one of the following is the tenth term of the sequence

A. B. C. D.

19. Which one of the following is True about the series 2+

A. It is geometric series B. divergent series C. ( ) D.

20. Given = 1 and = for n>1, then fourth term is --------

A.1/5 B.5 C.1/125 D.125

21. A ball is dropped from a building of height 10 meters. Each time the ball, it rises to of its
previous height .What is the total distance covered by the ball ,when it hits the ground for the fifth
times ?

A B. C. D.

22. The sum of the infinite series

A.1/7 B.1/3 C.5/3 D.2/5

23. Given arithmetic sequence with = 2 and = 4 ,then term is--------

A.3 -5 B. 3n-8 C.2n-2 D.3n-5

24.Given =1 , ,n=1,2,3.-----,then six term is ------

A.19 B.43 C.21 D.16

25.Given arithmetic sequence with 20,16,12,8,-------.Then is ------

A.8 B.12 C.16 D.-12
26.What is the fourth term of a geometric sequence whose third term is 1 and whose eighth term is
? A.4 B.1/2 C.1/8 D.1/16

27. let be a sequence defined by =n ,n >1.Then =--------? A. 3n

B. 3 C. D.3
28. A small business birr 100 worth of dairy products during its first month .The owner of the
business has set a goal of increasing annual sales by birr 75 each month for 9 consecutive month
assuming that this goal is met ,what is the total sale in birr during the first 10 months this business is
operations?
A.775 B.875 C.4375 D.7750

29. For n>1 ,let be the sum of all natural numbers less than n. Then =-------
A.820 B.800 C.780 D.741
30. A binding machine costs birr 500 .if depreciates 10%of its value each year. what will it worth
at the end of fourth years in use in birr?
A.300 B.328.05 C.342.5 D.364.5
31.If the terms of the sequence follow the pattern ; 4,2,1,1/2.--------.Then the sum of the first n
terms of the sequence ,for n=1,2,3,----is------------

A.334 B. 4 C. 8 C. D. 8

32.Given geometric sequence with

A.4.5 B.4.8 C.5.1 D.7.5
33.The sum of all multiples of 6 between 10 and 87 is equal to ------
A. 714 B. 624 C. 540 D.462

34 .What is the sum of the series ∑ (( ) ) =------

A.1/12 B.19/12 C.13/12 D.25/12

35. Suppose is an arithmetic sequence such that
?
A.-6 B.-15 C.3 D.9

36.Given =2 and +4 for n=1,2,3,--Then the sum of is

equal to: A. 2460 B.2458 C. 2442 D.2450

37. If the term of the sequence is = .What is the next term when k is
even ? A.

38. The sum of the series ∑ is equal to;

A.9/8 B.9/10 C.-9/10 D.1/10

39. If a geometric progression has terms = and is positive, then

the general formula is ---------------

A.25( ) B. -25( ) C.25 D.25( )

40.What is the sum of ∑ ( ) =--------

A.0.325 B.1 C.5/4 D.37/9

41.What is the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence 3,7,11,15,------
A.741 B.820 C.899 D.903

42.let f be a sequence defined by n=1,2,3,3,-----.Then ,the term of is

---------

A. n+1 B. –n+1 C. –n-1 D. (n+1)

43. What is the sum of ∑ ( ) =-----

A.15 B.5 C.25/4 D.65/4

44. If the second and fifth terms of geometric progression are respectively, what is the
sum of the first eight terms of the sequence ?
A.128/85 B.255/256 C.85/128 D.256/255

45. If ∑

A.20020 B.20000 C.10200 D.22000

Worksheet 2
I. Choose the best from the given alternatives

1. The 6the terms of the sequence defined recursively by a1 = 1 and an = 2 -1) + 5 for 2 is

A. 91 B. 168 C. 187 D. 83

2. The sum of the series ∑ is

A. 0 B. 5 C. 37.5 D. 7.5

3. In sequence {an} a1 = 1 and an+1= for n 1, the sum of the first 4 – terms is

A. B. ½ C. D.

4. If 2nd, 5th and 12th terms of A.p whose 1st term 5 are 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms of G.P respectively,
then the respective values of the common ratio and common decrease are and

A. 3/7 and 4 B. and 0 C. 1 and 4 D. 4 & 7/3

5. The number of natural numbers less than 359 that are divisible by 3 but not 2
A. 59 B. 119 C. 60 D. 10800

6. The A.P with the 3rd and 10th term are 82 and 40 respectively, then the largest sum of the
sequence
A. 600 B. 920 C. 784 D. 1000

7. The ball is dropped from a height of 40m above a flat surface. In each bounce, it rebounds
50% of the distance it fell. Find maximum possible vertical distance that the ball travel?
A. 120m B. 42.2m C. 116.7m D. 20m

8. When n – arithmetic means are inserted between 52 and – 5, the sum of the resulting term is
470 then which one of the following is False?
A. The number of arithmetic means inserted equal to 18
B. The common difference is – 3
C. The smallest positive term of the sequence 476
D. The maximum sum of the sequence is 476
E. None

9. What is the sum of the 1st – 24 term of an A.P? if it is know that a1+ a5 + a10 + a20 + a 24 =225
 A. 90 B. 180 C. 900 D. 1800

10.The sum of all multiples of 3 but not 6 between 10 and 88 is equal to

A. 741 B. 663 C. 636 D. 624

11.How many terms of the series 9+0.1+0.01+0.001…….. must be taken so that the sum of
infinity exceeds the nth partial sum by ?

A. 6 B. 7 C. 9 D. 11

12.Give Sn = 8n – 2n2, be the sum of the 1st n – terms of A.P, then the third term (a3) =

A. 6 B. 16 C. -2 D. – 6

13.Suppose a geometric sequence { Gn} n = 1 has terms G10 = 192 and G6 = 12, then which
one of the following equal to G2?
A. 3/2 B. ¾ C. 3/8 D. 3/16

14.The sum of the series + + + + +. . .. ………

A. 2/3 B. 1/8 C. 19/24 D. 15/56

15.If the terms of a sequence follow the pattern 4,2,1/2 …… what is the formula for the sum of
the first n – terms of the sequence for n 1

A. 4 x ( ) n-1 B. 4 ( ) C. 8 ( ) 4( )

16.Let a1, a2,…… a2n be finite A.P with the sum of odd terms equal to 864 and the sum of even
term 828. And only if a1 – a2n = 69, then which one of the following is true?
A. The sum of the 1st 40 – terms = 1890 C. The number of term is
24
B. The 1st term is divisible by 6 D. none

17.In geometric sequence, the first term is 5 and the sum to infinity is 8. Then what is common
ratio.
A. 3/8 B. 3/5 C. 5/3 D. 8/3

18.The sum of the series ∑ ( )

A. -7/8 B. C. D. 7/8

19.The sum of the 1st n – odd natural numbers?

 A. N2 – n B. n2 C. n2 + n D.

20.Let { an } be the sequence defined by a1 = 10 and an+1 = (n+2) an for n 1, then the nth terms
of the sequence f(n)= is

A. B. C. D.

21.The constant terms of the binomial expansion (2x + ) 4 =

A. 24 B. 12 C. 6 D. 42

22.The sum of the 1st – 20 terms of 3, 7, 11, 15…..?

23.741 B. 820 C. 899 D. 903

24.∑
A. 4 B. 40 C. 32 D. 36

25.The 6th terms of A.P is twice the 3rd term and the 10th terms is . then what is the 15th
term, common difference and 100th term respectively.

A. , , B. , , C. , , D. , ,

26.How many terms of A.P 47 + 44 + 41 + …. are required to make the sum of 392
A. 10 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20

27.If x2 – 1, x1 x2 + 1 are consecutive terms of A.P then nth terms of A.P is ___________
A. n – 1 B. n – 2 C. n + 1 D. A and
B

28.The seventh and ninth terms of G. p are 27 and 3 respectively what is the sum of the series at
infinity?

A. x 310 B. C. D. none

29.When n – geometric means are inserted between and , the sum of the resulting is ,
then the 12th term of sequence is? A..( )10 B. C. D.

30.What is the range of the values of x for which the series x + 1 + + + + …….
Converges
 A. 1x1<1 B. 1x1<-1 C. 1x1>1 D. 1x1 1

31.The sum of the series 2 - √ + 1 - √ + + …….?

A. 2 - √ B. 4 - 2√ C. 4 - √ D. 2 - 2√

WORK OUT
1. For the following find general terms?

A. {3,1,3,1,3,1………} C. {√ - √ , √ -
√ , √ - √ ,…..}

B. {1, -2/3, , ….} D. { -3, 3/2, -3/6, 3/24,

….}

2. Let {an} be a sequence defined recursively by a1= √ and an + 1 = (√ ) . Is {an}

convergence?
3. Determine whether the series convergent, if so give sum?

A. ∑ B. ∑

4. Show that the sum of the 1st n – terms of the series

0.5 + 0.55 + 0.555 + ….= ( ( ))

5. Find the nth partial sum of the series ∑ is Sn = , then find an =

6. The figure shows the first five of the sequence of squares. The outer most square has an area
4m2. Each of the outer squares obtained by joining the midpoints of the sides of square
before it. Find the sum of the area of all sequences

7. The coefficient of in the binomial expansion (x + )14 is

√

8. If the product of a number of Geometric means between and 2 is 729. Find number of
geometric means inserted.
9. There are four natural numbers. The first three will from G.P and the lost three will form A.P
if the sum of 1st and 4th term is 21 and the sum of the 2nd and 3rd term is 18, then find the
numbers.
10. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:7. If 7 is subtracted from the 2nd term, the resulting
numbers form A.P, then find the original numbers.
11. The student read the common difference of A.P -2 instead of 2 and got the sum of the 1st five
term = - 5 then the actual sum of the 1st five term=
12. In a sequence {bn}. Let bn = a2 x ( )n+1 , a suppose Cn = a2 - ∑ . Show that cn
converges to {2b1}
13. Let a1, a2, a3,……. a2n – 1 be a finite A.P with the sum of odd term = 288 and sum of even
term = 296. If a 2n – 1 – a1 = 216, then find
a. Number of terms b. common decrease
14. The nth term of an A.P is x and the (6n) th term is Y. then find (2n) th terms in-terms of x & y.
15. A business association got a net profit of birr 3,000 at the end of each month. Just after five
years , its amount was birr 230,000. What is the starting amount of the business?
16. The height of the tree was 3m and it increased 2m in the course of next year. If in each
succeeding year the growth is 2/3 of the year before find the limit height of the tree?
17. Customers entering a store were given a ticket with a number. The 1st customer got number
0214 the 2nd customer got number 0216, the 3rd customer got a number 0218 and soon then
which customer got ticket number 0400