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1 A geometric progression has a second term of 27p2 and a fifth term of p5. The common ratio, r, is such that

Find r in terms of p.

[2]

[Total: 2]

2 Find the term independent of x in the expansion of , given that the first 3 terms in the

expansion of in ascending powers of x are .

[3]

[Total: 3]
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3 The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 9 and its sum to infinity is 36. Given that the
terms of the progression are positive, find the common ratio.

[4]

[Total: 4]

4 An arithmetic progression has a first term of 7 and a common difference of 0.4. Find the least number of
terms so that the sum of the progression is greater than 300.

[4]

[Total: 4]
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5 An arithmetic progression has a second term of −14 and a sum to 21 terms of 84. Find the first term and the
21st term of this progression.

[5]

[Total: 5]

6 A geometric progression has a second term of 27p2 and a fifth term of p5 . The common ratio, r, is such that
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(a) Given that , find, in terms of p, the sum to infinity of the progression.

[3]

(b) Given that the sum to infinity is 81, find the value of p.

[2]

[Total: 5]
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7 Find the first 3 terms in the expansion of in ascending powers of x. Give each term in its
simplest form.

[3]

[Total: 3]

8 Expand simplifying each coefficient.

[3]

[Total: 3]
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9 The first 5 terms of a sequence are given below.

4 −2 1 −0.5 0.25

Explain why the sum to infinity exists for this sequence and find the value of this sum.

[2]

[Total: 2]

10 The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 15 times the second term. The sum of the first 6 terms of the
progression is 87.

For this progression, the nth term is 6990. Given that the common difference is 7, find the value of n.

[3]

[Total: 3]

11 The first 5 terms of a sequence are given below.

4 −2 1 −0.5 0.25

Find the 20th term of the sequence.

[2]

[Total: 2]
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12 The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is 15 times the second term. The sum of the first 6 terms of the
progression is 87.

Find the common difference of the progression.

[4]

[Total: 4]

13 DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR IN THIS QUESTION.

In the expansion of the coefficient of x4 is half the coefficient of x6. Find the value of the positive
constant n.

[6]

[Total: 6]
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14 DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR IN THIS QUESTION.

Find the term independent of x in the binomial expansion of

[2]

[Total: 2]

15 The first 3 terms in the expansion of , in ascending powers of x, can be written in the
form . Find the value of each of a, b and c.

[5]

[Total: 5]

16 The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 10 and the third term is 9.

Given that possible values of the common ratio, r, and the first term, a, are
, find the sum to infinity of the convergent progression.

[1]

[Total: 1]
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17 The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 10 and the third term is 9.

Find the possible values of the common ratio and the first term.

[5]

[Total: 5]
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18 The first three terms in the expansion of can be written as . Find the
value of each of the constants a and b.

[6]

[Total: 6]

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(a) The first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, in the expansion of can be written as
. Find the value of each of the constants a, b and c.

[4]

(b) Using the values found in part (a), find the term independent of x in the expansion of

[3]

[Total: 7]
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20 (a) Given that find the value of each of the constants p, q

and r.

[3]

(b) Explain why there is no term independent of x in the binomial expansion of .

[1]

[Total: 4]

21 In the binomial expansion of the coefficient of x3 is 120 times the coefficient of x5. Find the
possible values of the constant a.

[4]

[Total: 4]
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22 In the binomial expansion of where n is a positive integer, the coefficient of x is 30. Form

an equation in n and hence find the value of n.

[4]

[Total: 4]

23 (a) Expand in ascending powers of x, as far as the term in x3. Simplify each term.

[2]

(b) Use your expansion to show that the value of 0.9820 is 0.67 to 2 decimal places.

[2]

[Total: 4]
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24 (a) The first 3 terms in the expansion of are . Find the value of each of the integers
a, b and c.

[3]

(b) Hence find the term independent of x in the expansion of .

[2]
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[Total: 5]

25 Given that the first 4 terms in the expansion of are , find the value of k, of
p and of q.

[3]

[Total: 3]

26 Find the term that is independent of x in the expansion of .

[3]
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[Total: 3]

27 (a) Find, in the simplest form, the first 3 terms of the expansion of , in ascending powers of x.

[3]

(b) Find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[2]

[Total: 5]
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28 (a) Find the first 4 terms in the expansion of in ascending powers of x.

[3]

(b) Find the term independent of x in the expansion of

[3]
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[Total: 6]

29 In the expansion of , the coefficient of is ten times the coefficient of . Find the value of the
positive integer, n.

[6]

[Total: 6]
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30 (a) Given that the coefficient of in the expansion of is 60, find the value of the positive constant
p.

[3]

(b) Using your value of p, find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[3]

[Total: 6]
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31 (a) Given that the first 3 terms in the expansion of are , the value of each of
the integers p, q and r.

[5]

(b) Find the value of the term that is independent of x in the expansion of .

[3]
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[Total: 8]

32 (a) The first three terms in the expansion of , in ascending powers of x, are . Find
the value of each of the integers p, q and r.

[3]
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(b) In the expansion of , the constant term is equal to 512 and the coefficient of x is
zero. Find the value of each of the constants a and b.

[4]

[Total: 7]

33 (a) Find and simplify the first three terms of the expansion, in ascending powers of x, of .

[2]
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(b) The first three terms in the expansion of are . Find the
value of each of the constants a and b.

[4]

[Total: 6]

34 Find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[2]

[Total: 2]
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35 (a) Write down the first three terms in the expansion of in ascending powers of x.

[2]

(b) In the expansion of , the coefficient of is 1.5 times the coefficient of x. Find the
value of the constant a.

[4]

[Total: 6]

36 The coefficient of x2 in the expansion of is 60.

(a) Find the value of the positive constant p.

[3]

(b) Using your value of p, find the coefficient of x2 in the expansion of .

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[Total: 6]
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37 (a) Find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[2]

(b) Find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[3]

(c) Expand in a series of powers of x with integer coefficients.

[3]

[Total: 8]
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38 (a) Given that n is a positive integer, find the first 3 terms in the expansion of in ascending

powers of x.

[2]

(b)
Given that the coefficient of in the expansion of is , find the value
of n.

[5]

[Total: 7]
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39 (a) Find the first four terms in the expansion of in ascending powers of x.

[3]

(b) Hence find the coefficient of in the expansion of .

[4]

[Total: 7]
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40 Find the values of the positive constants p and q such that, in the binomial expansion of
, the coefficient of x5 is 252 and the coefficient of x3 is 6 times the coefficient of x2.

[8]

[Total: 8]