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6.
1
,,
3.
ffitl
Arithmetic progression
1.
' Find
the number of terms in the followins
progression
\o 41 44 _74 _7' 7
28, 24. 20. . . . . . . i s an ari t hmet i c progressi on.
Find the sum of the first 50 terms.
Given that 2.*, x.3x - 10 are three consecutive
terms of an arithmetic progression where x has
a Dositive value. Find the value ofx.
The sequence l 2I , 116, 111, . . . . . . i s an
arithmetic progression. Find the first negative
term in the progression.
-20. -3 - x, -L6 are the first three terms of
an arithmetic progression. Find the value ofx.
Find the sum of all the even numbers between
7 and20O inclusive.
Given that the n6 term, T"
=
13 - 3n for an
arithmetic progression. Find the sum of the
first l2 terms of the progression.
8. S,
=
*
6"'
- n) is the expression
for the
*
,o-
of the first n terms of an arithmetic
progression'
Find the l2s term'
9. Given
that -18,
-t,
y,
z,
-2 are the lrst five
-
terms
of an arithmetic
progression'
Find
the
values
ofx,
Y
and z'
10. In an arithmetic
progression'
the sum of the
first four terms
is 14 and
the common
difference
is 2. Find the llh term'r
ll.,
-20, -16, -L2,
-8,
' ' '
' ' '
is the sequence
of an
/
arithmetic
progression'
Find
the sum
of the
first 20 terms
of the progression
formed
when
5 is added to each term'
12. Given
that the first three
terms of an arithmetic
zprogression
ar;e2y,3y
+ 3 and 5y
+ 1' Find
the value of
Y.
; tZ.Z \
Geometric
Progression
A housing
contractor
wants to arrange
some
bricks
as ihown
in the diagram
above'
that is
I brick
in the top row, followed
by 2 bricks'
4 bricks,
8 bricks ..
'
in the following
rows'
If
he has 4095 bricks
only, calculate
the number
of rows of bricks
that can be arranged
in the
-
above
manner.
14. Find the sum of the tirst l0 terms
of a
geometric
progression
-
l'
t
'
-2' 4'
"
"
15. A geometric
progression
has a common
ratio
{
and the sum of the
first n terms'
when n is
lirge enough
for r"
=
0, is 30' Find the first
term of the
Progression'
-r, *,
-i . are i n geomet ri c
progressi on'
Find the
Possible
values
of w'
1, r, n,
3, z,
w are in geometric
progression'
IJ
Find the values of x,
Y,
z
and w
'
18.
Thet er ms- | ,
l , - 3' 9,
"'
ar ei ngeomet r i c
progression.
Given that the term
/n is 729' find
the value of n.
L9. Gi ven
t hat
x.
y. -l are i n
geomet ri c
progression'
and the sum of the three numbers
it -2.
finO the
possible values
of
'x
and
y'
20. The
lirst three
terms
of a
geometric
progression
are x, 5x - 3,7 x + 2'1 respectively
where x is an integer'
Find the value of
'x'
21. x + 9, x + 3, x are the first three terms of a
geometric
progression'
Find
the common
ratio.
22. Estimate
the sum to infinity
of the following
ser i es8+4+2+1+"'
23' Given
*"
+
=
0'01
+ 0'001
+ 0'0001
+
"'
is an infinite
series and
/< is a positive integer'
Find the value
of k'
24. Given
that
L
=
0.083333
... is a recurring
decimal,
find the value of l'
. 25.
Ci ven
t hat L=
0' 09
+ 0' 0009
+ 0' 000009
+ ... is an infinite
series
where /< is a positive
integer.
Find the value of /<'
26. In the progression
5, I0,20,40'
"""'
find the
least number
of terms required
such
that their
sum exceeds
1000'
,,n
h
'<.<
Y
The diagram
above
shows
the growth of a cell
beginning
from S. On the frst day, 3 new cells
arJproduced.
Each cell will then
produce
3
other cells
on the following
day'
Find the
minimum
number
of days required
to produce
more than 500 cells.
13.
16.
17.
30. The sequence- 13,
- 10, - 7, . . . . . . , 128, 131 i s
an arithmetic progression. Find
.
(a)
the number of terms in the progression,
(b)
the sum of all the terms in the
progression.
31. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic
progression is given by S,
=
6n - n2. Find
(a)
the third term,
(b)
the sum of all the terms from the sixth
term to the tenth term.
32. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic
progression
is given by S"
=
n2 - lln.Frnd
(a)
the zs term of the progression,
(b)
the value of n such that the sum of the
first z terms is 12.
33. Given that the first term and the seventh term
of an arithmetic progression
are -4 and, 14
respectively. Find
(a)
the sixth term,
(b)
the sum of the first ten terms.
34. The first and fifth terms of an arithmetic
progression
are 43 and.31 respectively. Find
(a)
the common difference,
(b)
the first term in the progression which
has a negative value.
35. The tenth term of an arithmetic progression is
7 times the first term. Find
(a)
the relation between the first term, a and
the common difference, d,
(b)
the sum of the first ten terms if the first
term is 3.
36. In an arithmetic progression
the 5n and the 106
terms are 0 and 5 respectively. Find
(a)
the first term and the common difference.
(b)
the sum of all the terms from the 2"d term
to the 12ft term.
The 2nd and 86 terms of an arithmetic
progression are -9 and 3 respectively. Find
(a)
the frst term and the common difference,
(b)
the sum of l0 terms beginning-from the
l2th term.
In an arithmetic progression, the 9e term is the
same as the sum of the first four terms. Find
(a) the relation between the first term, a and
the common difference. d.
(b)
the 96 term, if the first term is 2.
The first term of an arithmetic progression I
is the same as the 4th term of an arithmetic
progression II which has a common difference
of 2. Find
(a)
the first term of the arithmetic
progression
II,
(b)
the common difference of the arithmetic
progression
I if the sum of the first four
terms of this progression
is 22.
The sum of the first twelve terms of an
arithmetic progression
is 222. The 6'h term of
the progression
is 17. Find
(a)
the common difference and the second
tenn,
(b)
the sum of all the ierms from the 106
term to the 306 term.
The sum of the first 20 terms of an arithmetic
progression is 570. Given that the sum of the
first 10 even terms of the progression
is 300.
Find
(a)
the frst term and the common difference-
(b)
the 10e term.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42. In an arithmetic progression, the 6h term is 15.
and the 10s term is 23.
(a)
Find
(i)
the first term and the common
difference,
(ii)
the sum of the first ten terms of the
progression.
(b) Determine whether 405 is a term in the
progression.
The 4h term of an arithmetic progression is I 8
and the sum of the first eight terms of the
progressi on i s 124. Fi nd
(a) the flrst term and the common difference,
(b)
the sum of all the terms from the 10ft
term to the 20t term.
In an arithmetic progression, the first term is
A and the common difference is D. Show that
the sum of the first ,? tenns of the progression
,S, is given by S,
=
f
fze
*
@
- r)Dl.
Hence, show that .S"
=
f
fe
* l) if / is the
nd term.
The diagram above shows several circles
where the radii of the circles increase by 1 unit
consecutively. Show that the circumferences
of the given circles form an arithmetic
progredsion but the areas do not. Hence, find
the total circumference of the first five circles.
The diagram above shows three right angled
triangles with a fixed base, but their heights
decrease by 2 units consecutively.
(a) Show that the area of the triangles form
an ari thmetic progression.
(b) Given that the total area of the first five
triangles is 240 cmz, find the area of the
first triangle.
(c) Calculate the total area of all the triangles
formed. y
r ':
47. A puticle travels 200 m in the first second.
180 m in the 2' d second, 160 m in the 3d
second and so on. The particle stops at the n6
second. Find
i "
=o
(a)
the vahe of n,
(b) the total distance travelled before the
particle stops.
The diagram above shows several sectors of
circles. centre O. which are the results of
sound emission from a source, O. The
radius of each sector increases by 3 cm
compared to that of the previous sector. Given
that the area of the nth sector is 5l2n cnr?, the
radius of the firstsector, OA
=
10 cm and
ZAOA' =
f,
radians. Find
(a)
the radius of the n'h sector,
(b)
the value of z,
(c) the sum of the arc lengths of the first 20
sectors.
The diagram above shows light waves in the
form of semicircles emitted from a small hole
AB. The radii of the semicircles increase
consecutively by 1 cm. Given that the total
circumference of the first 8 semicircles is
84n cm. Calculate
43.
44.
45.
48.
49.
46.
Nr
%
A
(b)
(a)
(b)
the radius of the smallest semicircle,
the number of semicircles
produced if the
total circumference
of the semicircles is
45n cm.
A tennis ball is dropped from a height of 1 m
from the floor. Each time, the tennis ball will
bounce back such that its height is 2 cm less
than its previous hcight. The process continues
until the ball stops. Find
(a) the height of the ball at the 20th bounce,
(b)
'the
total vertical distance travelled from
the first bounce till the 20th bounce.
- 100m+
AB
P.+
10 m s-] Oe9ms- l
The diagram above shows the position of A
and B on a straight line where the distance of
AB
=
100 m. A particle P moves from point
A towards the right of A, with an initial
velocity of 10m s-1, and its velocity increases
by 2m s
I
for every second. At the same time,
particle
C
starts to move from B towards the
right at a constant velocity of 9 m s
'.
Given
that P and
Q
start to move at the same time.
Find
(a)
the value of r, if particle P overtakes
particle
Q
after t seconds,
(b)
the distance travelled by the particle P at
the instant when particle P overtakes
particle
Q.
+60m+
AB
t l
PHI Oms- 1 8ms- l
<Q
The diagram above shows the position of A
and B on a straight line where the distance of
AB
=
60 m. A particle P moves from A
towards B with an initial velocity of 10 m s
'
and its velocity increases by 2 m s-r for each
following second. A particle
p
moves at a
constant velocity of 8 m s
1
from B towards A.
Given that the particles start moving at the
same time. Find
(a) the value of t, if particles P and
Q
meet
after I seconds,
the distance travelled by particle P from
the beginning until it meets particle
Q.
A piece of wire of lengthp m is used to build
20 fences in the form of concentric circles as
shown in the diagram above. The radii of the
circles form an arithmetic progression. Given
that the radius of the smallest circle is 10 m
and the circumference
of the biggest circle is
96n m. Fi nd
(a)
the radius of the second smallest circle'
ft) the circumference
of the tenth circle,
(c)
the value of p.
The diagram above shows a cylindrical
container of height h cm which is fully filled
with water. Water from the container leaks out
through a small hole at the base of the
container. The water level drops at a rate of
2 cm s-r in the first second, 1.8 cm s
t
in the
2"d second, 1.6 cm s-r in the third second and
so on until all the water has leaked out. Find
(a)
the time taken for all the water to leak
out,
(b)
the value of h.
53.
50.
51.
54.
0
0
0
52.
l.*Nl aaaition"r Mathematic SpM Chapter t2
progressions
55. In a 20 km race, participants
have to run 50
times around a field. The time taken by a
participant
to complete the fust round is i min
20 s, and the time taken to complete each
following round is 10 seconds more than that
for the immediate previous round, until he
completes the race. Find
(a)
the time taken to complete the 206 round,
(b) the total time taken to complete the race.
56. The interior angles of a pentagon
form an
arithmetic progression.
Given that the sum of
the three smallest angles is 312" and the
l argest angl e i s I l 6' . Fi nd
(a)
the smallest angle,
(b)
the sum ofthe three largest angles.
57. A piece
of wire of length p cm is cut into
30 parts such that their lengths form an
arithmetic progression.
Given that the length
of the longest part is 99 cm and the sum of
the lengths of the three shortest parts is 45 cm.
Find
(a)
the length of the shortest part,
(b)
the value of p.
58. Given that the first and the fifth terms of
a geometric progression
are 6 and
l
6
respectively.
Find
(a)
the positive
common ratio,
(b)
the sum of the first five terms.
59. In a geometric progression,
the sum of the frst
five lerms ir -4!.
Given rhat the common
1u
.ratio
is
i.
Find
L
(a)
the first term,
(b)
the sum of all the terms from the fourth
to the sixth term.
60. The surn of the first and second terms of a
geometric progression
is 28 whereas the sum
of the second and flird terms is -14. Calculate
(a)
the first ternr.
(b)
ttre sum of the frst six terms.
61. A geometric progression
and an arithmetic
progression
have the sarne first temr, that is,
3. The corrrmon ratio and the common
difference of both the progressions
are also
the same. The fifth term of the geometric
progression is 48 and the sum of the first n
terms of the arithmetic progression
is the
same as the fourth term of the geometric
progression.
Calculate
(a)
the positive
common ratio,
(b)
the value ofz.
62. Given that the second and the fourth terms
of a geometric progression
are 4 and 36
respectively, and the common ratio is positive.
Find
(a)
the common ratio,
(b)
the first tenn,
(c)
the sixth term.
63. The fourth term of a geometric progression
is
8 times the first term. The sum of the first
three terms is
f
. f'lnO
(a) the common ratio,
(b)
the first term,
(c)
the sum of the first four terms.
64. All the tems of a geometric progression
are
positive.
Given that the sixth term is four
.
times the fourth term and the third term is l.
Find
(a)
the common ratio,
(b)
the first term,
(c)
the sixth term.
65. Given that the first term and the sixth term of
a geometric progression
are 3f and
I
xa.
(a)
Find the common
ratio of the
progression.
(b)
Hence, find the value of the sixth term
l f x=2.
66. The first three terms of a geometric
progression
are 2x + 3, x, and x - 2, with a
common ratio r, where -L 1 r < tr. Find
(a)
the value ofx,
(b)
the sum of the first z terms. where n is
large enough such that r"
=
0.
{1. In a geometric progression,
the first ierm is a
and the cofllmon ratio is r_ Given that the
second term is 5 and the fifth rerm is
f
.
Find
(a) the values of a alrd, r,
(b)
the sum of the first n terms, where n is
large enough such that r"
=
0.
75. 68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
The sum of the first ,, terms of a geometric
progression is given by S,
= - 16tl - (+)'l
Find
(a) the first term,
(b) the common ratio,
(c) the surn of the first n terms, where n is
large enough such that I
=
0.
The sum to infinity of a geometric progression
is 8. Given that the first term is 2. Find
(a) the common ratio,
(b) the third term.
44
K
=
a + * *
5
*
25
*. . . . . . l s a senes
formed from a geometric progression with an
infinite number of terms. Find
(a) the value of a,
(b) the value ofk.
A11 the terms of a certain geometric
progression are positive. Given that the first
term exceeds the second term by 16 and the
sum of the terms to infinity is 36. Find
(a) the first term,
(b) the common ratio,
(c)
the fifth term.
1
Gi ven t hat
i
=0. 1666666
. . . . . .
=k+m+n+q+. . . . . .
where p is a positive integer. If k
=
0.1 and
m,'+ n + q are the first three terms of a
geometric progression, state the values of ru,
n and q in decimal form. Hence, find the value
of p.
In a geometric progression, the sum of the
first n terms, where n is large enough such that
r' = 0, i s 120. Fi nd
(a) the common ratio,
(b) the least number of terms so that the
sum exceeds 175.
The price of a new car is RM60 000. Its price
decreases by lOVo every year. Find
(a) the price of the car after 5 years,
(b) the percentage decrease in the price of
the car in 5 years time.
The diagram above shows several right angled
triangles where C is the midpoint of
QR,
D is
the midpoint of
QC,
E is the midpoint of
QD
and so on.
(a) Show that the lengths of their vertical
si des PR, AC, BD, FE, . . . . . . f orm a
geometric progression and state its
common ratio r.
(b) Given that PR
=
10 cm, find-the sum of
the lengths of all the vertical sides until
the number of terms, n, is large enough
sucht hat l =0.
A type of bacterium produces two bacteria on
the first day. On each subsequent day, each
bacterium will produce 2 bacteria. Find
(a) the number of bacteria produced on the
8' day,
(b) the total number of bacteria produced
after ten days.
A boy drops a yoyo lQ cm from his fingers.
He lets the yoyo move up and down by itself.
Given that the yoyo bounces back to a height
that is
f
its previous height. The process
continues until the yoyo stops. Find
(a) the distance ofthe yoyo from his fingers
at the fifth bounce,
O)
the total distance travelled by the yoyo
from its first bounce until it stops.
76.
- q- - - - 5- - '
i t
t i
,1 t
| 12. 5
cm
m- m
74.
78.
The diagram shows a solid disc with 7 circular
paths around a centre O. The radii of the
circles form a geometric
progression. Given
that the radii of the smallest circle and the
largest circle are 64 mm and
'129
mm
respectively.
(a)
Find the common ratro.
ft) If the solid disc is rotated at a uniform
rate about its centre, and it takes 8
seconds to complete a rotation, find the
rate of rotation for the third circle.
E
A5
E
o
As A1
E
A"
l cm 1cm 1cm l cm l cm
The diagram above shows several trapeziums
with areas A,, A
r,
A., A^ and so on. The length
of the first perpendicular edge of the first
trapezium is 5 cm and the length increases by
2 cm subsequently
as shown.
The distance
between the two perpendicular edges of each
trapezium is 1 cm. Find
(a) the length of the 20d perpendicular edge,
(b)
the sum of the areas of the first 10
t rapezi ums.
Keane plans to save some money in a period
of 100 days to buy something
she wants. She
plans to save RM3 on the first day, followed
by RM6, RM9, RMl2, ... on each subsequent
day. Find
(a)
the amount of moneY saved on the
50* day,
(b) the total amount of money saved in the
period of 100 days.
Given that x + 5, 5.x and 8x
- 3 are three
consecutive
terms of an arithmetic
progression. Find
(il
the value ofx,
(ii)
the term before the termx + 5.
The second and the third terms of a
geometric progression are x' : and
fr.
(il
Find the common
ratio in terms
of x.
(ii)
Hence, determine
the values of x for
which the geometrical
progression
does not exist.
(iii)
Find the fourlh term lf x
=
2.
A piece of wire of length 155 cm is cut
into 10 parts such that the length of the
parts form an arithmetic
progression.
Given that the length of the longest
part
is 29 cm. Find
(i)
the common difference and the
length of the shorlest
Part,
(ii)
the total length of the 5 shortest
parts.
The diagram above shows the model of
a tower formed from cylinders'
Each
cylinder
has the same height but a
different radius. The radius of each
cylinder lorms a geometric progression'
Given that r cm is the radius of the first
cylinder at the base of the tower and the
ratio of the radius of the fourth cylinder
to the radius of the first cylinder is
8: 125.
(il
Find the ratio of the radius of the
third cylinder to the radius of the
first cylinder.
(ii)
If the sum of the circumferences
of
the first rhree cylinders is
15-0
fi cm.
find the value of r.
81.
(a)
82.
(a)
(b)
79.
80.
85.
83.
84.
Find
the value
of the
30s term
in the following
progression
22, 52.
82'
112""
+10cm+
t 1Q , 5"t ,
g",
I l l t F' *
^"fl
1,,"4.1
1
,..{'F
i l t l l
iLrJ
ILJ ILJ
The
diagram
above
shows
several
cylinders
*rt * tl"igh,t
decrease
by 2 cm consecutively
and
whose
diameters
decrease
by
507o
.""t"*.4
to rhe
immediate
previous-cylinder'
ii"i,n.
*r"*e
of the sixth
cylinder
in the
given arrangement'
Gi ven
t hat
2^. 23' . 25". . . . . .
i s a pr ogr essl on.
Fi nd
(a)
the tenth
term'
iui
itt" sum
of the first
five
terms
if
"x
=
1'