General Sequences and Series
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
Geometric Sequences and Series
100
True or False: Sequences have a pattern.
What is true.
100
The difference between successive terms in an arithmetic sequence is called:
What is common difference.
100
The ratio between successive terms in a geometric sequence is called:
What is common ratio.
200
Find the next 3 terms of the following sequence: 1, -3, 9, -27, 81
What is -243, 729, -2187
200
State the common difference of the following: 17, 12, 7...
What is d = -5.
200
State the common ratio of the following: 2, 4, 8...
What is r = 2.
300
When you are given a formula, but not the first term, you are given the ________formula.
What is explicit.
300
What is the 38th term of the following: -29, -2, 25...
What is 970.
300
State the common ratio of the following geometric sequence: 64x, 16x, 4x...
What is r = 1/4.
400

Using the given formula, state the fourth term of the sequence. an = 2n + 1 n3

What is 9/64.

400

What are the missing terms of the following sequence: 4.8, ____, _____, ____, _____, 12.8?

What are 6.4, 8, 9.6, 10

400
What is the difference between sequences and series?
What is sequences are patterns of numbers, series are the sums of those numbers.
500
Find the indicated sum of the arithmetic series: -5 + 2 + 9 +...+ 317.
What is 7332.
500
Find the sum of the following geometric series: 18 + (-27) + 40.5 +...
What is no sum.
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