TOPIC: PROGRESSION (PAPER 1)

1. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are k – 3, k + 3, 2k + 2.

Find
(a) the value of k,
(b) the sum of the first 9 terms of the progression. [3 marks]

2. Given an arithmetic progression –7, –3, 1, …, state three consecutive terms in this
progression which sum up to 75. [3 marks]

3. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 5, 9 13.

Find
(a) the common difference of the progression,
(b) the sum of the first 20 terms after the third term. [3 marks]

4. The 9th term of an arithmetic progression is 4 + 5p and the sum of the first four terms of
the progression is 7p – 10, where p is a constant.
Given that the common difference of the progression is 5, find the value of p.
[3 marks]

5. Three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression are 5 – x, 8, 2x. Find the common
difference of the progression. [3 marks]

6. Diagram below shows three square cards.

7 cm
5 cm
3 cm

The perimeters of the cards form an arithmetic progression. The terms of the
progression are in ascending order.
(a) Write down the first three terms of the progression.
 (b) Find the common difference of the progression. [2 marks]

7. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is given by

n
S n = [ 3 n+1 ]
2
Find
(a) the sum of the first 5 terms,
(b) the fifth term. [4 marks]

8. The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 3h, k, h + 2.

(a) Express k in terms of h.
(b) Find the 10th term of the progression in terms of h. [4 marks]

TOPIC: PROGRESSION (PAPER 2)

1. Diagram below shows part of an arrangement of bricks of equal size.

The number of bricks in the lowest row is 100. For each of the other rows, the number of
bricks is 2 less than in the row below. The height of each brick is 6 cm. Ali builds a wall by
arranging bricks in this way. The number of bricks in the highest row is 4.
Calculate
(a) the height, in cm, of the wall, [3 marks]
(b) the total price of the bricks used if the price of one brick is 40 sen. [3 marks]

2. Two companies, Delta and Omega, start to sell cars at the same time.
(a) Delta sells k cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by m cars
every subsequent month. It sells 240 cars in the 8th month and the total sales for
the first 10 months are 1900 cars.
Find the value of k and of m. [5 marks]

(b) Omega sells 80 cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by 22 cars
every subsequent month. If both companies sell the same number of cars in the
nth month, find the value of n.
[2 marks]