SAEP Matric Success – Zisukhanyo

Maths Worksheet
Tuesday 10th March 2009

Number patterns – Series/sequences - Arithmetic

1. Write down the first four terms and the 10th term of the sequence with the general term:
a) Tk = k + 4 b) Tk = (-1/3)k c) Tk = (-2)k
d) T1 = 5 and Tk + 1 = Tk – 2 for k ≥ 1 e) T1 = 1 and Tk + 1 = 3Tk for k ≥ 1

2. Determine the 10th and 21st terms of each of the following arithmetic sequences:
a) 7; 10; 13; … b) 2; -1/2; -3; …
c) 4 + 7x; 5 + 9x; 6 + 11x; … d) a = 2/3; d = 1/3

3. Determine which term of the arithmetic sequence:

a) 3; 5; 7; … is equal to 27 b) -4; 1; 6; … is equal to 56
c) 13; 10; 7; … is equal to -44 d) 3; 3,5; 4; … is equal to 15,5

4. Determine the first three terms of the arithmetic progression of which:

a) the 10th term is 31 and the 15th term is 46
b) the 7th term is 3 and the 12th term is -3
c) the 5th term is 7 + 9x and d = 2x
d) the 4th term is -13 and the 7th term is -25

5. If p and q are the fourth and seventh terms respectively of an arithmetic series,
determine in terms of p and q
a) the common difference b) the sum to ten terms of the series

6. The fifteenth term of ath arithmetic progression a; 3a; … is a2. Calculate the value of a

7. The sum of the first three terms of an AP is 39 and their product is 2 184
a) show that the second term is 13 b) calculate the fourth term of the sequence

∑( − 1 3 )
∞ r
8. What is equal to?
r =0

9. What is the sum to infinity of -2; 1; -1/2; …?

10. Expand each of the following:

5 6 5
k
a) ∑k
k =1
2
b) ∑k + 2
k =1
c) ∑2
r =2
r

11. Write the following in sigma notation:

a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 b) 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + 49
c) 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 + … + 1/10 d) 1/2 + 2/3 + 3/4 + 4/5 + 5/6 + … + 20/21