MCR 3UO – Sequence and Series

Chapter 7 Test: Sequences and Series

Knowledge and Understanding: /27
TOTAL: /50
Communication/Application/Thinking and Inquiry/Problem Solving: /23

Knowledge:

[4] 1.) State whether each of the following is arithmetic (A), geometric (G), or
neither (N).

a.) 5, 8, 11, 15... ____ c.) 5, 18, 31, 44 … ____

b.) 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.625 … ____ d.) 5, 5, 10, 15 … _____

[7] 2.) Determine the indicated term for each sequence.

[2] a.) 3, -15, 75, … find t10 [2] b.) t1= -3

tn=4-2tn-1 find t4

[3] c.) 2, 6, 18, …, 1458 find n (or the # of terms)

[4] 3.) For an arithmetic sequence the eighth term is -31 and the twenty-third term
is 59. Determine an expression for tn.

[3]4.) Write the first 4 terms in the sequence and LABEL as arithmetic, geometric, or
neither: tn= 2•3n
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[3]5.) Write the general term for the sequence 4, 20, 100, … and find t7.

[2] 6.) a.) Find the first 4 terms of the recursion formula: t1= -4 tn= tn-1 -5, n
>1

[1]b.) Is the sequence arithmetic, geometric, or neither? _____________________

[3]c.) Find the 100th term.

Application/Communication/Thinking and Inquiry/ Problem Solving

[4] 7.) The first prize of a lottery is $1 000 000. The second prize is half as much as
the first, the third is half as much as the second, and so on. There are eight prizes.
How much money is paid out for all the prizes combined?

[9] 8.) Here are three levels in a school trip telephoning tree. The tree continues for
many levels until all the students have been contacted.

Teacher
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Student 1 Student 2

Student 3 Student 4 Student 5 Student 6

[3] a.) At what level are 64 students contacted?

[3] b.) By the 8th level, how many students in total have been contacted?

[3] c.)Suppose there are 300 students in total. By what level will all the students
have been contacted?

[4] 9.) A sequence is defined by the recursive formula: t1=4 , t2= 5, and tn= (tn-
1+1)/tn-2. Find t123. Explain your reasoning.
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[6] 10.) Each year the value of a car depreciates to 70% of its value the previous
year. A car was bought new for $25,000.

[3] a.) Determine its approximate value at the end of every year, for 5 years.

[3] b.) Write an expression to represent its value after n years.