Geometric Sequences – Sequence Puzzlers

1. Fill in each blank box in the grid with a positive number so that consecutive unshaded boxes
in a row or column form a geometric sequence.

1 2 8
7
3 4.8 96 18

72 75

54 48 300

1 1
30.375 13 341
3

2. Each clue contains the first few terms of a geometric sequence. Fill in the cross-number by
finding the term in the brackets.
1. 2. Across
1. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81… (10th term)
3. 6, 24, 96… (7th term)
3. 4.
6. 100, 300, 900… (9th term)
75 75 75
5. 8.
7. , , , 75… (6th term)
64 16 4
6. 9. 9, -27, 81… (5th term)
7. 10. 10, 20, 40, 80… (8th term)
11. 3.5, 7, 14, 28… (13th term)
10.
13. 11, 55, 275, 1375… (8th term)
9.

14. Down
7 7
2. , , 7… (6th term)
11. 12.
25 5
4. 3, 6, 12, 24, … (15th term)
5. 1 206 250, 241 250, 48 250… (4th term)
13.
8. 5, 25, 125, 625… (8th term)
10. 4, 8, 16, 32… (9th term)
12. 5, 20, 80, 320… (9th term)
14. 64, 256, 1024… (5th term)