ARITHMETIC SERIES

1. 20 people live on the first floor of the

building, 34 people on the second floor
and 48 people on the third floor, and so on
in an arithmetic sequence. What’s the total
number of people living in the building?
2. How much salary does a man receive in
9th year and also find the total salary for 9
years if his starting salary was 20, 000php
with an increment of 500php in each year?
3. In a supermarket, applejuice cans are
stacked in a display arranged in layers. The
numbers of cans in the layers from
arithmetic sequence. There are 48 cans in
the bottom layer and 20 cans on the top.
There are 8 layers. How many cans are in
the display?
4. A writer wrote 890 words on the first
day, 760 words on the second day and
630 words on the third day, and so on in an
arithmetic sequence. How many words did
the writer write in a week?
5. There are 125 passengers in the first
carriage, 150 passengers in the second
carriage and 175 passengers in the third
carriage, and so on in an arithmetic
sequence. What’s the total number of
passengers in the first 7 carriages?
6.Lee earned 2400php in the first
week, 3500php in the second
week and 4600php in the third
week, and so on in an arithmetic
sequence. How much did he earn in
the first 5 weeks?
7. There are 130 students in grade one,
210 students in grade two and 290
students in grade three in a primary school,
and so on in an arithmetic sequence. What’s
the total amount of students in the primary
school? (Primary School has 6 grades)