CHAPTER 1 : PROGRESSIONS

PAPER 1

1. Given the seventh , eighth and ninth term of an arithmetic progression are
m, 2m - 5 and m + 8 . Find the first term of the progression . [3 marks]

Answer :...

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2. The sum of the first n terms of the geometric progression ,1,3,.........is 364 .
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(a) State the common ratio of the progression.
(b) Find the value of n . [4 marks]

Answer : (a).
(b).....

3. The 8th term and 53th term of an arithmetic progression are 118 and -62 respectively.
Find
(a) the first term ,
(b) the common difference . [3 marks]

Answer : (a).
(b).....

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4. Find the number of terms in the arithmetic progression -20, - 17, - 14, ............, 223 .
[3 marks]

Answer :...

5. The first three terms of an arithmetic of sequence are 3 , x , 12 .

Find the positive value of x so that the sequence is
(a) an arithmetic progression .
(b) a geometric progression. [4 marks]

Answer :(a)...
(b)...

6. Express the recurring decimal 0.42424242....... as a fraction in its simplest form.

[4 marks]

Answer :...

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7. The third term of a geometric progression is 16 . The sum of the third term and the fourth
term is 18 .
Find

(a) the first term and the common ratio of the progression,
(b) the sum to infinity of the progression. [4 marks]

Answer :(a)...
(b)...

8. Find the sum of all the multiples of 12 between 100 and 400 . [3 marks]

Answer :...

9. The 9th term of an arithmetic progression is 4 + 5p and the sum of the first four terms of
the progression is 7 p - 10 , where p is a constant .
Given that the common difference of the progression is 5 , find the value of p . [3 marks]

Answer :...

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10. In a geometric progression, the first term is 81 and the fourth term is 24 .
Find
(a) the common ratio,
(b) the sum to infinity. [3 marks]

Answer: (a)...
(b)...........................................

11. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetric progression is 3n 2 - 5n .

Find
(a) the second term
(b) the common difference [3 marks]

Answer : (a).
(b).

12. Faiz walks a distance of 60 m during the first minute, 56 m during the second minute, 52 m
during the third minute and so on .
Calculate the distance covered by Faiz during the tenth minute. [2 marks]

Answer : .....

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13 Three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression are 5 - k , 8, 2k . Find the common
difference of the progression. [3 marks]

Answer : .....

14 The first three terms of a geometric progression are 27, 18 and 12. Find the sum to infinity
of the geometric progression. [ 3 marks]

Answer : .....
15 It is given that the first four terms of a geometric progression are 3, 6, 12 and y . Find the
value of y . [ 2 marks]

Answer : .....

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16 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 . [3 marks]

Answer : .....

17 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 or r . [ 2 marks]

Answer : .....

PAPER 2

18. Given a geometric progression , the sum of the first three terms is 8 times the sum of the
second three consecutive terms .

(a) Find the common ratio of the progression. [3 marks]

(b) Find the first term of the progression and the sum to infinity if given that the sum of
the first three terms is more than the sum of the second three consective terms by 98.
[4 marks]

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19. Two companies , Alpha and Beta , start to sell cars at the same time.

(a) Alpha sells p cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by q cars every
subsequent month . It sells 240 cars in the 8th month and the total sales for the first 10
months are 1 900 cars .
Find the value of p and of q . [5 marks]

(b) Beta sells 80 cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by 22 cars
every subsequent month.
If both companies sell the same number of cars in the nth month , find the value of n.
[2 marks]

20. Diagram 1 shows a number of rectangles with a common height of 4 cm. The length of the
lowest rectangle is 75 cm and each succesive rectangle has a length which is 3 cm less than
the one below it.

3 cm

3 cm

3 cm

4 cm

75 cm

DIAGRAM 1

(a) Calculate the area of the 10th rectangle. [3 marks]

(b) Find the total number of rectangles which can be formed. [3 marks]
(c) Calculate the number of rectangles required so that the total area is 2064 cm 2 .
[4 marks]

21. Joanne started working for a company on 1 January 2003 with an initial annual salary of
RM18 000. Every January, the company increased her salary by 5% of the previous years
salary.
Calculate
(a) her annual salary, to the nearest RM, for the year 2008, [3 marks]
(b) the minimum value of n such that her annual salary in the nth year will exceed
RM36 000, [2 marks]
(c) the total salary, to the nearest RM, paid to her by the company for the years 2003 to
2008. [2 marks]

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Answer

1. a = -15 11. (a) 4

(b) 6
2. (a) 3
(b) n=7 12. 24

3. (a) 146 13. 14

(b) -4
14. 81
4. 82
15. 24
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5. (a)
2 16. 17
(b) 6
3
17.
14 4
6.
33 1
18. (a)
2
1 (b) a = 64, S = 128
7. (a) a = 1024 , r =
8
8192
(b) 19. (a) q = 20, p = 100
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(b) n = 11

8. 6300
20. (a) 192 cm 2
(b) 25
9. p=8
(c) 8

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10. (a) 21. (a) RM22 973
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(b) n = 16
(b) 243
(c) RM122 434