Peni

elTut
ori
al

SequenceandSer
ies(
ANSWERKEY)

1. 17+27+37+. ..+417
17+(n — 1)
10=417 (
M1)
n — 1)=400
10(

1
n=41 (
A1)

S41= (
2(17)+40(
10)
) (
M1)
=41(17+200)
=8897 (
A1)

OR

S41= (
17+417) (
M1)

= (
434)
=8897 (
A1)(
C4)
[
4]

2. S5= {
2+32} (
M1)
(A1)
(A1)
S5=85 (
A1)
OR
a=2,a+4d=32 (
M1)
 4d=30
d=7.5 (
A1)
S5= (
4+4(
7.5)
) (
M1)

= (
4+30)
S5=85 (
A1) (
C4)
[
4]

3. a=5
a+3d=40(
maybei
mpl
i
ed) (
M1)
d= (
A1)

T2=5+ (
A1)

=16 or or16.
7(3sf
) (
A1)(
C4)
[
4]

4. S= (
M1)
(A1)

= (
A1)

2
= (
A1) (
C4)
[
4]

2
5. (a) PlanA:1000,
1080,
1160..
. PlanB:1000,
1000(
1.06)
,1000(
1.06)…
2ndmont
h:$1060,
3rdmont
h:$1123.
60(A1)(
A1) 2

(
b) ForPl
anA, T12=a+11d
=1000+11(
80) (M1)
=$1880 (A1)
11
ForPl
anB, T12=1000(
1.06) (
M1)
=$1898(
tothenearestdol
l
ar) (A1)4

(
c) (
i) ForPl
anA, S12= [
2000+11(
80)
] (
M1)
=6(2880)
=$17280(tot
henear
estdol
l
ar) (
A1)

(
ii
) ForPl
anB, S12= (
M1)
=$16870(
tot
henear
estdol
l
ar) (
A1)4
[
10]

6. ( 07510=$2061(
a) $1000×1. near
estdol
l
ar) (
A1)(
C1)

(
b) 1000(
1.07510+1.
0759+.
..+1.
075) (
M1)
= (
M1)
=$15208(
near
estdol
l
ar) (
A1)(
C3)
[
4]

3
7. a) a1=1000,
( an=1000+(
n — 1)
250=10000 (
M1)
n= +1=37.
Sher
uns10km ont
he37t
hday
. (
A1)

(
b) S37= (
1000+10000) (
M1)
Shehasr
unat
otal
of203.
5km (
A1)
[
4]

8. (a) u1 =7,d=2.
5 (
M1)
u41=u1+(
n — 1)
d=7+( 41— 1)
2.5
=107(
A1) (
C2)

(
b) S101= [
2u1+(
n — 1)
d]

= [
2(7)+(
101— 1)
2.5] (
M1)

=
=13332 (
A1)(
C2)
[
4]

9. a) r=
( =1.
5 (
A1)1

(b) 2002isthe13thy
ear
. (
M1)
13—1
u13=160(
1.5) (
M1)
=20759(Accept20760or20800.
) (A1)3

4
 n—1
(
c) 5000=160(
1.5)
n—1
=(
1.5) (
M1)

l
og n — 1)
=( log1.
5 (
M1)

n — 1= =8.
49 (
A1)

49 10thy
 n=9. ear
 1999 ( A1)

OR

Usi
ngagdcwi
thu1=160,
uk+1= uk,
u9=4100,
u10=6150 (
M2)
1999 (
G2) 4

(
d) S13=160 (
M1)

=61958(
Accept61960or62000.
) (
A1)2

(
e) Near
lyever
yonewoul
dhaveboughtapor
tabl
etel
ephonesot
her
e
woul
dbef
ewerpeopl
elef
twanti
ngt
obuyone. (R1)
OR
Sal
eswoul
dsat
urat
e. (
R1)1
[
11]

a) u4=ul+3dor16=—2+3d
10. ( (
M1)
d= (
M1)

=6 (
A1) (
C3)

(
b) un=ul+(
n — 1) n— l
6or11998=—2+( )6 (
M1)
n= (
A1)

=2001 (
A1) (
C3)
[
6]

5
11. (a) Ashl
ey
AP 12+14+16+.
..t
o15t
erms (
M1)
S15= [
2(12)+14(
2)] (
M1)

=15×26
=390hour
s(A1)3

(
b) Bi
l
li
e
2
GP 12,
12(
1.1)
,12(
1.1)… (
M1)
2
(
i) I
nweek3,12(1.
1) (
A1)
=14.
52hours (
AG)

(
ii
) S15= (
M1)

=381hour
s(3sf
) (
A1)4

n—1
(
c) 12(
1.1) >50 (
M1)
n—1
(
1.1) > (
A1)

n — 1)l
( n1.
1>l
n

n — 1> (
A1)

n — 1>14.
97
n>15.
97
 Week16(
A1)
OR
n—1
12(
1.1) >50 (
M1)
Bytr
ial
anderror
14 15
12(
1.1) =45.6,
12(1.
1) =50.
1 (
A1)
 n— l =15 (
A1)
 n=16( Week16) (
A1)4
[
11]

12. (
a) (
i) PQ= (
M1)
= = =2 cm (
A1)
(AG)

(
ii
) Ar
eaofPQRS=(
2 )
(2 )=8cm2 (
A1)3

(
b) (
i) Si
deoft
hir
dsquar
e= =4=2cm
2
Ar
eaoft
hir
dsquar
e=4cm (
A1)

6
(
ii
) (
M1)

 Geomet
ri
cpr
ogr
essi r=
on, (
A1)3

10
(
c) (
i) u11=u1r =16 = (
M1)

= (=0.
015625=0.
0156,
3sf
)(A1)

(
ii
) S = = (
M1)

=32 (
A1)4
[
10]

13. Ar
it
hmet
icsequenced=3(
maybei
mpl
i
ed) (
M1)
(A1)
n =1250 (A2)
S = (
3+3750) (
M1)

=2345625 (
A1)(
C6)
[
6]

7
14.
x f f
4 2 2
5 5 7
6 4 11
7 3 14
8 4 18
10 2 20
12 1 21
(
a) m =6 (
A2)(
C2)

(
b) Q1=5 (
A2)(
C2)

(
c) Q3=8 (A1)
I
QR=8— 5 (
M1)
=3(accept5— 8or[
5,8]
) (C2)
[
6]

15. Ar
it
hmet
icsequence (
M1)
a=200 d=30 (A1)
(
a) Di
stancei
nfi
nal
week=200+51×30 (
M1)
=1730m (A1)(
C3)

(
b) Tot
aldi
stance= [
2.200+51.
30] (
M1)

=50180m (
A1)(
C3)
Not
e: Penali
zeonceforabsenceofuni
tsi
eawar
dA0t
hef
ir
stt
imeuni
tsar
e
omi
tted,
A1t
henextti
me.
[
6]

16. (
a) (
i) Ar
eaB= , ar
eaC= (
A1)
(A1)

(
ii
) (
Rat
ioi
sthesame.
) (
M1)
(R1)

(
ii
i) Commonr
ati
o= (
A1)5

8
(
b) (
i) Tot
alar S2)=
ea( =(
=0.
3125)(
0.313,
3sf
) (
A1)

(
ii
) Requi
r ea=S8=
edar (
M1)

=0.
3333282(471.
..
) (
A1)
=0.
333328(6sf)(
A1) 4
Not
e:Acceptr
esul
tofaddi
ngt
oget
herei
ghtar
eascor
rect
ly.

(
c) Sum t
oinf
ini
ty= (
A1)

= (
A1) 2
[
11]

17. (
a) (
i) Nei
ther
(
ii
) Geomet
ri
cser
ies
(
ii
i) Ar
it
hmet
icser
ies
(
iv) Nei
ther (
C3)
Not
e:Award(
A1)f orgeomet
ri
ccorr
ect
,(A1)forar
it
hmeticcor
rectand(A1)f
or
bot
h“nei
ther
”.Thesemaybei mpl
i
edbyblanksonlyifGPandAPcor r
ect.

(
b) (
Ser
ies(
ii
)isaGPwi
thasum t
oinf
ini
ty)
Commonr
ati
o (
A1)

S∞ = (
M1)

=4 (
A1) (
C3)
Not
e:Donotal
l
owf
tfr
om ani
ncor
rectser
ies.
[
6]

18. (
a) (
i) $11400,
$11800 (
A1)1

(
ii
) Tot
alsal
ary (
A1)

=$128000 (
A1)
(
N2) 2

9
(
b) (
i) $10700,
$11449 (
A1)
(A1)
(
ii
) 10thy
earsal
ary (
A1)
=$18384.
59or$18400or$18385 (
A1) (
N2)4

(
c) EI
THER

SchemeA (
A1)

SchemeB (
A1)

Sol
vi
ng (
accept ,
giv
ing )(
maybei
mpl
i
ed) (
M1)
Mini
mum v
alueofnis7y
ear
s.
(
A1) (N2)
OR
Usi
ngt
ri
alander
ror (
M1)

Ar
tur
o Bi
l
l
6y
ear
s $72000 $71532.
91
7y
ear
s $85400 $86540.
21
(
A1)
(A1)
Not
e:Awar
d(A1)f
orbot
hval
uesf
or6year
s,and(
A1)f
orbot
hval
uesf
or7year
s.
Ther
efor
e,mi
nimum numberofy
ear
sis7. (
A1)(
N2)4
[
11]

19. (a) RecognizinganAP (

M1)
u1=15 d=2 n=20 (A1)4
subst
it
uti
ngi ou20=15+(
nt 20—1)×2 M1
=53(thati
s,53seatsinthe20t
hrow) A1

(
b) Subst
it
uti
ngi
ntoS20= (
2(15)+(
20—1)
2)(
ori
nto (
15+53)
)M1
=680(
thati
s,680seat
sint
otal
) A12
[
6]

n
20. (
a) 5000(
1.063) A11
5
(
b) Val
ue=$5000(1.063) (
=$6786.
3511.
..
)
=$6790t
o3sf(Accept$6786,or$6786.
35) A11

n n
(
c) (
i) 5000(
1.063) >10000or(
1.063) >2 A11
(
ii
) Attempt
ingt
osol
vet
hei
nequal
i
ty«
log(
1.063)>l
og2 (
M1)
n>11.
345.
.. (A1)

10
12y
ear
s A1 3
Note:Candidatesarel
ikel
ytouseTABLEorLIST
onaGDCt ofindn.Agoodwayofcommuni cati
ng
t
hisissuggest edbel
ow.
Lety=1.063x (
M1)
Whenx=11,y=1. whenx=12,
9582, y=2.
0816 (A1)
x=12ie12year
sA1 3
[
6]

21. (
a) (
A1)(
C1)
(
b)
(
A1)
(
M1)
(
A1)(
C3)

(
c) (
M1)
(
A1)(
C2)
[
6]

11
 2
ngu3=u1r
22. Forusi =8 (
M1)
2
8=18r (
A1)

2
r=

r= (
A1)
(A1)

(
A1)
(A1)(
C3)
(C3)
[
6]

23. (
a) Fort
aki
nganappr
opr
iat
erat
ioofconsecut
ivet
erms (
M1)

r= A1N2

(
b) Forat
tempt
ingt
ouset
hef
ormul
af hentht
ort erm ofaGP (
M1)
u15=1.
39 A1 N2

(
c) Forat
tempt
ingt
ousei
nfi
nit
esum f
ormul
aforaGP (
M1)
S=1215 A1 N2
[
6]

24. (
a) (
i) r=2 A1N1
14
(
ii
) u15=3(
2) (
A1)
=49152(
accept49200) A1N2

(
b) (
i) 2,
6,18 A1N1
(
ii
) r=3 A1N1

12
(
c) Set
ti
ngupequat
ion(
orasket
ch) M1

(
orcor
rectsket
chwi
thr
elev
anti
nfor
mat
ion) A1

x2+2x+1=2x2+2x24 (
A1)
x2=25
x=5 or x=5
x=5 A1N2
Not
es: If“t
rialanderror”isused,workmustbe
document edwit
hseveralt
rial
sshown.
Awardf ullmarksforacorr
ectanswerwit
hthi
s
approach.
Ift
hewor ki snotdocumented,awardN2fora
corr
ectanswer .

(
d) (
i) r= A1N1

(
ii
) Forat
tempt
ingt
ousei
nfi
nit
esum f
ormul
aforaGP (
M1)

S=

S=16 A1 N2
Not
e: Awar
dM0A0ifcandi
dat
esuseaval
ueofr
wher
er>1,
orr<1.
[
12]

25. (
a) (
i) S4=20 A1N1
(
ii
) u1=2,
d=2 (
A1)
At
tempt
ingt
ousef
ormul
aforSn M1
S100=10100 A1 N2

13
(
b) (
i) M2= A2N2

(
ii
) Forwr
it
ingM3asM2M orM M2 M1

M3= A2

M3= AG N0

(
c) (
i) M4= A1N1

(
ii
) T4= (
M1)

= A1A1N3

(
d) T100= (
M1)

= A1A1N3

[
16]

26. Not
e:Throughoutthi
squest
ion,
thef
ir
standl
astt
ermsar
e
i
nterchangeabl
e.
(a) Forrecogni
zi
ngthear
it
hmet
icsequence (
M1)
u1=1,n=20, u20=20(u1=1,n=20,d=1) (A1)
Evi
denceofusingsum ofanAP M1

S20= A1

S20=210 AG N0

14
(
b) Lett ebencansi
her nbot
tom r
ow
Ev
i ngSn=3240
denceofusi (
M1)

eg

n2+n6480=0A1
n=80orn=81(
A1)
n=80 A1N2

(
c) (
i) Ev
i ngS=
denceofusi (
M1)

2S=n2+n A1
n2+n2S=0 AGN0
(
ii
) METHOD1
Subst
it
utngS=2100
i

egn2+n4200=0, 2100= A1

EI
THER
n=64.
3,n=65.
3 A1
Anyv
ali
dreasonwhi
chi
ncl
udesr
efer
encet
oint
egerbei
ngneeded, R1
andpoi
nti
ngoutt
hati
ntegernotpossi
bleher
e. R1N1
egnmustbea(
posi
ti
ve)i
nteger
,thi
sequat
iondoesnothav
e
i
ntegersol
uti
ons.
OR
Di
scr
imi
nant=16801 A1
Val
i
dreasonwhi
chi
ncl
udesr
efer
encet
oint
egerbei
ngneeded, R1
andpoi
nti
ngoutt
hati
ntegernotpossi
bleher
e. R1N1
egthi
sdiscr
imi
nanti
snotaper
fectsquar
e,t
her
efor
eno
i
ntegersol
uti
onasneeded.
METHOD2
Tri
alanderror
S64=2080, S65=2145A1A1
Anyvali
dreasonwhichincl
udesr
efer
encet
oint
eger
beingneeded, R1
andpointi
ngoutthati
ntegernotpossi
bleher
e. R1N1
[
14]

15
27. (
a) (
0.2) A1N1

(
b) (
i) (
M1)

=0.
0000128 A1N2

(
ii
) A1N1

(
c) Forat
tempt
ingt
ousei
nfi
nit
esum f
ormul
aforaGP (
M1)

S= A1N2
[
6]

28. (
a) Fort
aki
ngt
hreer
ati
osofconsecut
ivet
erms (
M1)

A1

hencegeomet
ri
cAG N0

(
b) (
i) r=3 (
A1)
un=183n1 A1 N2

(
ii
) Forav
ali
dat
temptt
osol
ve183n1=1062882 (
M1)
egt
ri
alander
ror
,logs
n=11 A1N2
[
6]

29. (
a) 3,
6,9 A1N1

16
(
b) (
i) Ev
idenceofusi
ngt
hesum ofanAP M1

eg

A1 N1

(
ii
) METHOD1

Cor
rectcal
cul
ati
onf
or (
A1)

eg

Ev
idenceofsubt
ract
ion (
M1)
eg15150630

A1 N2

METHOD2
Recogni
singt
hatf
ir
stt
ermi
s63,
thenumberoft
ermsi
s80 (
A1)
(A1)

eg

A1 N2

[
6]

30. ( a) d=3 (A1)

evidenceofsubst
it
uti
oni
ntoun=a+(
n1)d (
M1)
egu101=2+1003
u101=302 A1 N3

(b) corr
ectappr
oach (
M1)
eg152=2+( n1)3
corr
ectsi
mplif
icat
ion (
A1)
eg150=(n1)3, 50=n1,152=1+3n
n=51 A1N2
[
6]

17
31. (
a) ev
idenceofdi
vi
dingt
wot
erms (
M1)

eg

r=0.
6 A1 N2

(
b) ev
idenceofsubst
it
uti
ngi
ntot
hef
ormul
af he10tht
ort erm (
M1)
9
egu10=3000(
0.
6)
u10=30.
2(acceptt
heexactv
alue30.
233088) A1N2

(
c) ev
idenceofsubst
it
uti
ngi
ntot
hef
ormul
afort
hei
nfi
nit
esum (
M1)

S=1875 A1 N2
[
6]

18