1. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

93 + 94 + 95 + ... + 306 + 307

A) 42,785 B) 43,000 C) 43,215 D) 42,570
Ans: B Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

2. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

44 + 51 + 58 + ... + 926 + 933
Ans: 62,528
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

3. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

100 + 115 + 130 + ... + 3280 + 3295
Ans: 363,265
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

4. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

200  190  180  –140 –150
Ans: 900
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

5. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

60

 (3  7k )
k 1
Ans: 12,990
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

6. Evaluate the arithmetic series.

500

 (4k  8)
k 8
A) 497,056 B) 497,064 C) 496,944 D) 496,952
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

7. Find the sum of all three-digit positive integers whose last digit equals 3.
Ans: 49,320
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

8. Evaluate the geometric series.

1 + 5 + 25 + ... + 5170
5172  1 5169  1 5170  1 5171  1
A) B) C) D)
4 4 4 4
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Geometric series

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9. Evaluate the geometric series. Leave the answer in terms of unsimplified powers of the
common ratio.
5 + 10 + 20 + ... + 5  2200
Ans: 5  2201  1
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Geometric series

10. Evaluate the geometric series. Leave the answer in terms of unsimplified powers of the
common ratio.
1 1 1
1     52
6 36 6
6 1
53
Ans:
5  652
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Geometric series

11. Evaluate the geometric series.

1 1 1 1 1 1
1      66  67  68
4 16 64 4 4 4
4 1
69
4 1
69
4 1
68
4 1
68
A) B) C) D)
5 4 68
4 68
5 4 67
467
Ans: A Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Geometric series

12. Evaluate the geometric series. Leave the answer in terms of unsimplified powers of the
common ratio.
59
8

k 1 3
k

 1 
Ans: 4 1  59 
 3 
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Geometric series

13. Evaluate the geometric series. Leave the answer in terms of unsimplified powers of the
common ratio.
83

 (3)
k 1
k

3  3
84
Ans:
4
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Geometric series

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14. A) Write the following series explicitly.

B) Evaluate the sum.

4

 (k
k 1
2
 2)

Part A: 3 + 6 + 11 + 18
Part B: 38
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Summation notation

15. Write the series explicitly and evaluate the sum. Use log rules to simply your answer.
5

 ln(4  3 )
k 0
k

Ans: ln 296,134,475
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

16. Write the series explicitly and evaluate the sum. Give the exact answer.
4
  
  sin  cos 
k 2  k k
3 2 2  3
Ans:
2
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

17. Find the sum of all three digit even positive integers.
Ans: 247,050
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Arithmetic series

18. Write the series using summation notation (starting with m = 1).
8 + 11 + 14 + ... + 167
54
Ans:  (5  3m)
m 1
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Summation notation

19. Write the series using summation notation (starting with m = 1).
3 3 3 3
    30
4 16 64 2
15
3
Ans:  2 m
m1 2
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

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20. Write the series using summation notation (starting with m = 1).
8 8 8 8 8
     65  66
3 9 27 3 3
m
66
8 66
 1 65
8 66
8m
A)  B) 528      C)  m 1
D)  (1) m m
m1 ( 3) m1  3 m 1 ( 3)
m
m 1 3
Ans: A Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Summation notation

21. Suppose you start an exercise program by riding your bicycle 15 miles on the first day
and then you increase the distance you rode by 0.25 miles each day. How many total
miles did you ride after 45 days?
Ans: 922.5 miles
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

22. Consider the fable where one grain of rice is placed on the first square of a chessboard,
then two grains on the square, then four grains on the third square, and so on, doubling
the number of grains placed on each square. Find the total number of grains of rice on
the first 15 squares of the chessboard.
Ans: 32,767
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

23. Find the 5th row of the Pascal's Triangle.

Ans: 1 4 6 4 1
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Summation notation

8
24. Evaluate  
 3
Ans: 56
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Summation notation

25. Find the coefficient of x27 in the expansion of (x + 5)30.

Ans: 507,500
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Summation notation

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