Name: _________________________________________ Mathematics 10 1st Quarter Examination

General Sequence, Terms, Series, and Summation Notation

1: What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence with a first 6: What is the sum of the first 6 terms of the sequence described
term (a_1) of 3 and a common difference (d) of 5? in Question 5?
A. a_n = 3n A. 15
B. a_n = 5n B. 30
C. a_n = 3 + 5n C. 36
D. a_n = 8n D. 45

2: Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic series with 7: Express the series 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + 19 using summation
a_1 = 2 and d = 3. notation.
A. 120 A. Σ(n + 1), from n = 1 to 5
B. 150) B. Σ(3n - 2), from n = 0 to 4
C. 180 C. Σ(2n + 1), from n = 1 to 5
D. 210 D. Σ(n + 3), from n = 0 to 4

3: Consider the geometric sequence with a first term (a_1) of 4 8: Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 5 + 2.5 + 1.25 + ...
and a common ratio (r) of 2. What is the nth term of this (with a common ratio of 0.5).
sequence? A. 10
A. a_n = 4n B. 12.5
B. a_n = 2^n C. 15
C. a_n = 4 * 2^n D. 20
D. a_n = 2n
9: If the nth term of a sequence is given by a_n = 2n^2 - 3n + 1,
4: Calculate the sum of the first 5 terms of the geometric series what is the sum of the first 7 terms of this sequence?
with a_1 = 2 and r = 3. A. 105
A. 1215 B. 196
B. 2430 C. 273
C. 3645 D. 336
D. 364
10: Express the following series in summation notation: 3 + 6 + 9
5: Given the following sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ..., what is the + 12 + ... + 30.
general formula for the nth term (a_n)? A. Σ(3n), from n = 1 to 10
A. a_n = n^2 B. Σ(3n + 1), from n = 1 to 10
B. a_n = 2n + 1 C. Σ(3n + 2), from n = 1 to 10
C. a_n = √n D. Σ(3n), from n = 1 to 11
D. a_n = n^2 + 1

B. Problem Solving
1. Alice is saving money in her piggy bank every day. She starts by putting $2 on the first day, and then each day, she adds $0.50 more
than the previous day. She wants to know how much money she will have saved after 10 days.
Calculate the amount of money Alice saves on the 10th day.

Express the total amount of money she will have saved after 10 days using summation notation.

What is the sum of the money she saves on each of the 10 days?
2. Sarah loves counting the number of birds she sees in her backyard every day. She notices that the number of birds she sees follows a
sequence. On the first day, she counts 8 birds. On the second day, she counts 12 birds, and on the third day, she counts 16 birds. If this
pattern continues, she wants to know how many birds she will count on the 10th day.
Question: What is the number of birds Sarah is expected to count on the 10th day, and how can you express this in summation notation?

Arithmetic Sequence and Series

Write True if the statement is true and False if otherwise.
_____________1: In an arithmetic sequence, the common difference between consecutive terms is constant.
_____________2: The nth term of an arithmetic sequence can be found using the formula: a_n = a_1 + (n - 1)d.
_____________3: If the first term (a_1) of an arithmetic sequence is 10 and the common difference (d) is 3, then the second term (a_2) is
13.
_____________4: The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic series can be calculated using the formula: S_n = (n/2)[2a_1 + (n - 1)d].
_____________5: An arithmetic sequence can have a negative common difference.
_____________6: If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 5 and the common difference is -2, the sequence will be strictly decreasing.
_____________7: In an arithmetic series, the sum of consecutive terms is constant.
_____________8: If the common difference in an arithmetic sequence is 0, all the terms in the sequence will be equal.
_____________9: The sum of an infinite arithmetic series exists only if the common difference (d) is positive.
_____________10: If the 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 30 and the common difference is 4, then the 5th term of the sequence is
10.

B. Problem Solving
1. Susan is saving money for a summer vacation. In the first week, she saved $50, and each week after that, she increases her savings by
$10. How much money will she have saved after 10 weeks?

Geometric Sequence and Series

Circle the correct answer.
1: What is a geometric sequence? 4: Which of the following formulas can be used to find the sum of
A. A sequence where consecutive terms have a constant the first n terms of a geometric series?
difference. A. S_n = n/2 * (2a_1 + (n - 1)d)
B. A sequence where consecutive terms have a constant ratio. B. S_n = a_1 * (1 - r^n) / (1 - r)
C. A sequence where all terms are equal. C. S_n = a_1 + a_2 + a_3 + ... + a_n
D. A sequence with no discernible pattern. D. S_n = a_1 * r^n

2: What is the formula for finding the nth term (a_n) of a 5: A geometric series can have a common ratio (r) equal to:
geometric sequence? A. Any real number
A. a_n = a_1 + (n - 1)d B. Any positive real number
B. a_n = a_1 * r^(n-1) C. Any real number except 1
C. a_n = a_1 * r^n D. Any integer
D. a_n = a_1 / (n - 1)
6: If the common ratio (r) in a geometric sequence is 0.5, what
3: If the first term (a_1) of a geometric sequence is 4 and the type of sequence is it?
common ratio (r) is 2, what is the second term (a_2)? A. Increasing
A. 6 B. Decreasing
B. 8 ( C. Constant
C. 10 D. None of the above
D. 12

7: In a geometric series, what happens when the common ratio
(r) is greater than 1?
A. The series diverges (no finite sum).
B. The series converges to a finite sum.
C. The sum depends on the value of a_1.
D. The series oscillates.
8: If the first term (a_1) of a geometric sequence is 10, and the
common ratio (r) is 1, what are the subsequent terms like?
A. They are all zero.
B. They are all equal to 10.
C. They form an arithmetic sequence.
D. They are all equal to a_1.
9: In an infinite geometric series, when does the series converge
to a finite sum?
A. When the common ratio (r) is greater than 1.
B. When the common ratio (r) is less than -1.
C. When the common ratio (r) is between -1 and 1.
D. When the common ratio (r) is equal to 0.
Question 10: If the 3rd term of a geometric sequence is 16, and
the common ratio (r) is 4, what is the first term (a_1)?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 8
D. 64

B. Problem Solving
Sarah wants to save money for her dream car, which costs $30,000. She decides to start saving by depositing $1,000 into a savings
account. Each month, she plans to increase her savings by 5% of the previous month's total. How many months will it take for Sarah to
save enough to buy her dream car?

Application of Finite and Infinite Geometric Sequence

1: A car's value depreciates by 15% each year. If the car was A. 13,080
originally worth $20,000, what will be its value after 4 years? B. 14,080
A. $9,600 C. 15,080
B. $10,200 D. 16,080
C. $12,150
D. $13,590 5: A cell divides into two cells every 20 minutes. If there were
initially 16 cells, how many cells will there be after 2 hours?
2: A student wants to save $5,000 for college. She starts by A. 256
saving $200 in the first month and increases her savings by 10% B. 128
each month. How many months will it take for her to save C. 64
enough? D. 32

A. 19 months 6: John wants to have $1,000,000 in savings. He starts with

B. 20 months $10,000 and invests it in a fund that appreciates by 5% each
C. 21 months year. How many years will it take for him to reach his goal?
D. 22 months A. 35 years
B. 40 years
3: A radioactive substance decays by 25% each hour. If there are C. 45 years
initially 800 grams of the substance, how many grams will remain D. 50 years
after 3 hours?
A. 100 grams 7: A machine depreciates in value by 12% each year. If the
B. 150 grams machine was originally worth $50,000, what will be its value after
C. 200 grams 6 years?
D. 300 grams A. $20,859.08
B. $21,859.08
4: A town's population increases by 8% each year. If the C. $22,859.08
population was 10,000 people at the beginning of the year, how D. $23,859.08
many people will there be after 5 years?
8: A computer's processing speed doubles every 18 months. If 9: A colony of bacteria doubles in size every 30 minutes. If there
the computer initially has a processing speed of 1.0 GHz, what are initially 64 bacteria, how many bacteria will there be after 2
will be its processing speed after 4.5 years? hours?
A. 2.0 GHz A. 128
B. 3.0 GHz B. 256
C. 4.0 GHz C. 512
D. 6.0 GHz D. 1,024

10: A company's stock price increases by 6% each quarter. If the

stock's initial price is $100, what will be its price after 2 years (8
quarters)?
A. $138.95
B. $147.01
C. $156.40
D. $166.3