Algebra 2 CP Name______________________

12.2 – 12.3 Practice Assignment________________

Worksheet
Tell whether the following sequences are arithmetic or geometric, find the next term in the
sequence, and then find d or r.

1. 3, 12, 48, 192, 768,... 2. -3, -1, 1, 3, 5, ...

25 25
,
3. 100, 50, 25, 2 4 ,... 4. 8, 4, 0, -4, -8, -12, ...

Determine whether the sequence is arithmetic or geometric, write a rule for the nth term of the
sequence, and then find a8.
2 2 2
5. -25, -29, -33, -37, .... 6. 6, 2, 3 , 9 , 27 , ...

7. 2, 8, 32, 128, ... 8. 4, 8, 12, 16, ...

9. 7, 10, 13, 16,… 10. 3, 12, 48, 192,…

Write a rule for the nth term of the arithmetic or geometric sequence. Then find a 20

11. a5 = 15 and d = 5 12. a2 = 6 and r = 2

1
13. a10 = 150 and d = -5 14. a2 = 2, r = 2

Write a rule for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence given two terms.

15. a20 = 240, a15 = 170 16. a16 = 6, a20 = 7

Write a rule for the nth term of the geometric sequence given two terms.

256
17. a2 = 36, a4 = 576 18. a2 = 4, a5 = 27
Find the sum of the following arithmetic series.

19. 3 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 15 + 18 +... ; n = 25 20. -1 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 + 14 + ... ; n = 20

20 9

21.  (  2 i  14) 22.  ( 6 i  30)

i 1 i4

Find the sum of the following geometric series.

1
+ 1 + 2 + 4 + .. .
23. 2 ; n = 15 24. 1000 + 500 + 250 + 125 + ... ; n = 20

i 1 
8
1 7
1
25.  90   
26. i  0
1000  
2
i 1 3
Answers

1 25
1. geometric, r = 4, a6= 3072 2. arithmetic, d = 2, a6 = 7 3. geometric, r = , a6=
2 8
n−1
1 2
4. arithmetic, d = -4, a6 = -16 5. a n=−4 n−21, a8 =−53 6. a n=6
3 () , a8 =
729

7. a n=2 ( 4 )n−1 , a8 =32, 768 8. a n=4 n , a8=32 9. a n=3 n+ 4 a8 =28

10. a n=3 ( 4 )n−1 , a 8=49 , 152 11. a n=5 n−10 , a 20=90 12. a n=3 ( 2 )n−1 , a20 =1,572,864
n−1
1 1
13. a n=−5 n+200 , a20=100 14. a n=4
2 () , a20=
131,072
15. a n=14 n−40

n−1
1 4
16. a n= n+2
4
17. a n=9 ( 4 )n−1 ,a n=−9 (−4 )n−1 18. a n=3 ()
3

19. S25=975 20. S20=550 21. S20=−140

32767 7339993
22. S6 =54 23. S15= 24. S20=
2 3670

32800 31875
25. S8 = 26. S8 =
243 16