Class 11 Mathematics Chapter 9 Sequences And Series Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which formula would determine the SUM of the first 8 terms of the following sequence?
2. Find the next term of this sequence:10, 8, 5, 1, .....
3. Given the following two terms of a geometric sequence, write the explicit formula. $a_4=80;\\a_7=640$
4. What is the 7th term in the sequence7, 11, 15, ..... ?
5. Find the sum of the arithmetic series where a$_{21 }$=145, d = 5, a$_{1}$ = 45
6. Evaluate S$_{n}$ for the series 34 + 29 + 24 + 19 + ..... , for the first 80 terms (i.e., n = 80).
7. Jenny has $ 40 in her savings account. She adds $ 10 per week. How many weeks will it take for her to have $ 100 in her savings account?
8. What is geometric mean of 4 and 9?
9. Which sequence is NOT an arithmetic sequence?
10. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series, if it exists. $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}8\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{n-1}$
11. Write the recursive formula for 4, 8, 12 .....
12. A theater has 60 seats in the first row, 68 seats in the second row, 76 seats in the third row, and so on in the same increasing pattern. What are the first term and the common difference?
13. This classifies a polynomial with 2 terms .....
14. Find the common ratio:64, -16, 4, -1, .....
15. Is the sequence 2, 4, 12, 48, ..... geometric?
16. The next two terms of the sequence 12, 17, 22 are
17. What is the explicit formula for the sequence? 4, -20, 100, -500, .....
18. Does this sequence converge or diverge? $\frac{1}{3}, 1, 3, 9, ..... $
19. There were originally 1400 alligators in the Florida Everglades. Since then, the population of alligators has increased by 5% each year. How long will it take for the population to be more than 2000?
20. Choose the correct recursive formula for the following sequence:2, 8, 14, 20, .....
21. Evaluate the geometric series described below.
22. Tyler has 15 fantasy football points at the beginning of Sunday's games. His players earn 18 points each per game. How many points will Tyler have after his players have played 5 games?
23. What do you call the terms between any two given nonconsecutive terms of a geometric sequence?
24. How do you proceed to the next term in this sequence 1, 3, 9, 27
25. Find a$_{18}$ for the following geometric sequence, -3, 6, -12, 24, , ,
26. The sum of the terms in a sequence
27. In a grocery, the cans of milk are stacked in such a way that there is one can less in the upper row. How many cans of milk are there in a stack of 18 rows with 2 cans on the topmost row?
28. A culture initially contains 200 bacteria. If the number of bacteria doubles every 2 hours, how many bacteria will be in the culture at the end of 12 hours?
29. What is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence below?-6, -1, 4, 9 .....
30. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series.36-12 + 4-4/3 + ..... (This is infinite.)
31. Find the sum of the first 6 terms of the geometric sequence 2, 8, 32, 128, .....
32. Most automobiles depreciate as they get older. Suppose an automobile that originally costs $ 14, 000 depreciates by 20% of its value every year. What is the value of this automobile after 5 years?
33. Consider the arithmetic sequence 1000, 993, 986, ..... Find the greatest sum of the first k terms, where k is a positive integer.
34. A geometric sequence has a common ration(r) of 3 and the 8th term (a$_{8}$) is 13, 122. What is the first term of the sequence (a$_{1}$)?
35. The sequence $\left(a_n\right)$ $a_1=\sqrt{k}$ $a_{n+1}=\sqrt{k+a_n}$
36. Determine the sum of the first 10 terms in the arithmetic series:5 + 8 + 11 + ..... .
37. Given the recursive formula, find the explicit forma$_{n}$ = a$_{n-1}$ + 5a$_{1}$ =-16
38. Evaluate the geometric series
39. Find the sum:4 + 4.8 + 5.76 + 6.912 + .....
40. The second and Fifth terms of a geometric series are 750 and-6 respectively, find the first term (a$_{1}$)?
41. Find the sum.24+48+72+ ..... +480*Hint:Find out what term number 480 is first. Then find the sum.*
42. Find S$_{9}$4, -16, 64, -256 .....
43. Find the pattern:-34, -29, -24, -19, .....
44. Find the explicit formula for the given geometric sequence and then solve for $a_{10}$ $\left\{-4, -12, -36, -108, \ ..... \right\}$
45. The first day a Instagram video is out it gets 20 views. The number of views triples every day for the rest of the week. How many views does the video get?
46. Find the 11th term of the sequence:
47. If you use Pascal's triangle to expand the binomial (x + y)$^{4}$, which row of coefficients do you use?
48. What is the explicit form of the following equation?a$_{n}$ = a$_{n-1}$-3; a$_{1}$ = 4
49. What kind of sequence is illustrated below?400, 200, 100, 50, 25, .....
50. Find the first term of a sequence given the following:a$_{14 }$= 68 and d = 3
51. The nth term of a G.P is 128 and the sum of its n terms is 225. If its common ratio is 2, then its first term is
52. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series, if it exists.
53. $\left|r\right|<1$
54. Which of the given formulas for the general term of the sequence-9, -1, 7, 15, 23, ..... is correct?
55. COnvert to sigma notation-4 + 8-16 +32-64 + ..... + 2048
56. Expand:$\sum_{k=3}^6\left(2k-1\right)$
57. All series have a sum.
58. What is the general term of the sequence whose first term is $\frac{25}{4}$ $\frac{-3}{4}$
59. Which recursive formula best describes the sequence2, -6, 18, -54 .....
60. What are the next three terms of the sequence:2, 4, 8