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Past year questions 1.SPM 2003 P1Q7 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are k-3, k+3, 2k+2. Find a) the value of k b) the sum of the first 9 terms of the progression. [ 3 marks] [ans: 7, 252] 2.SPM 2003 P1Q8 In a geometric progression, the first term is 64 and the fourth term is 27. calculate (a) the common ration, (b) the sum to infinity of the geometric progression. [ 4 marks] [ans: , 256] 3.SPM 2004 P1Q9 Given a geometric progression y,2, [ans: p= 8/y2 ] 4.SPM 2004 P1 Q 10 Given an arithmetic progression -7, -3, 1, , state three consecutive terms in this progression which sum up to 75. [ 3 marks] [ans: 29, 25, 21 ] 5. SPM 2004 P1 Q 11 The volume of water in a tank is 450 litres on the first day. Subsequently, 10 litres of water is added to the tank everyday. Calculate the volume, in litres. Of water in the tank at the end of the 7th day. [2 marks] [ans : 510] 6.SPM 2004 P1Q12 Express the recurring decimal 0.969696 as a fraction in its simplest form. [4 marks] [ans : 32/33] 7.SPM 2004 P2 Q6 Diagram below shows the arrangement of the first three of an infinite series of similar triangles. The first triangle has a base of x cm and a height of y cm. the measurements of the base and height of each subsequent triangle are half of the measurements of its previous one. (a) Show that the area of the triangles form a geometric progression and state the common ratio . [3 marks] (b) Given that x=80 cm and y=40 cm,
2 (i) determine which triangle has an area of 6 cm .

4 ,p, express p in terms of y. [2 marks] y

1 4

(ii) find the sum to infinity of the area, in cm 2, of the triangles. [5 marks] [ans: , n=5, 2133 1/3 ]

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8.SPM 2005 P1 Q 10 The first three terms of a sequence are 2, x, 8. Find the positive value of x so that the sequence is (a) an arithmetic progression (b) a geometric progression. [ 2 marks] [ans:5,4] 9. SPM 2005 P1 Q 11 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 5, 9, 13. Find (a) the common difference of the progression, (b) the sum of the first 20 terms after the 3 rd term. [ans:4, 1100] 10.SPM 2005 P1 Q 12 The sum of the first n terms of the geometric progression 8, 24, 72, is 8744. Find (a) the common ration of the progression (b) the value of n [ 4 marks] [ans: 3, 7 ] 11. SPM 2005 P2 Q 3

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The diagram above shows part of an arrangement of bricks of equal size. The number of bricks in the lowest row is 100. For each of the other rows, the number of bricks is 2 less than in the row below. The height of each brick is 6 cm. Ali builds a wall by arranging bricks in this way. The number of bricks in the highest row is 4 , calculate (a) the height, in cm, of the wall. [ 3marks] (b) the total price of the bricks used if the price of one brick is 40 sen. [ 3marks] [ 49, 294, 2548, RM1019.20 ] 12.SPM 2006 P1 Q9 The 9th term of an arithmetic progression is 4+5p and the sum of the four terms of the progression is 7p-10, where p is a constant. Given that common difference of the progression is 5, find the value of p. [ 3 marks] [ans: 8]

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13.SPM 2006 P1 Q 10 The third term of a geometric progression is 16. The sum of the third term and the fourth term is 8. Find (a) the first term and the common ratio of the progression. (b) The sum to infinity of the progression. [ 4 marks] [ans: 64, 42 2/3 ] 14.SPM 2007 P1 Q9 (a) determine whether the following sequence is an arithmetic progression or a geometric progression. (b) Give a reason for the answer in part (a) [ 2 marks] Answer :GP, the raio of two consecutive terms of the sequence is a constant 15 SPM 2007 P1 Q10 Three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression are 5-x, 8, 2x. Find the common difference of the progression. [ 3 marks] Answer :14 16 SPM 2007 P1 Q 11 The first three terms of a geometric progression are 27, 18,12. Find the sum to infinity of the geometric progression. [ 3 marks] Answer : 81 17.SPM 2007 P2 Q 6

Diagram shows the side elevation of part of stairs built of cement blocks. The thickness of each block is 15 cm. The length of the first block is 985 cm. The length of each subsequent block is 30 cm less than the preceding block as shown in the diagram. (a) If the height of the stairs to be built is 3 m, calculate (i) the length of the top most block (ii) the total length of the blocks. (b) calculate the maximum height of the stairs

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Answer : 415, 14000, 495 18 SPM 2008 P1 Q9 It is given that the first four terms of a geometric progression are 3, -6, 12 and x. Find the value of x. [2marks] [ ans -24 ] 19. SPM 2008 P1 Q10 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 46, 43 and 40. the nth term of this progression is negative. Find the least value of n. [3marks] [ans 17]

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20 SPM 2008 P1 Q 11 In a geometric progression, the first term is 4 and the common ratio is r. Given that the sum to infinity of this progression is 16, find the value of r. [2marks] [ ans : ] 21. SPM 2008 P2Q3 Muthu started working for a company on 1 January 2002 with an initial annual salary of RM18,000. Every January, the company increased his salary by 5% of the previous years salary. Calculate (a) his annual salary, to the nearest RM, for the year 2007 [3marks] (b) the minimum value of n such that his annual salary in the nth year will exceed RM36,000 [2marks] (c) the total salary, to the nearest RM, paid to him by the company, for the years 2002 to 2007. [2marks]