PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF QUEZON CITY
ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES
NAME_________________________________SECTION_______________DATE_______________SCORE________
Test I. True or False. Write the word true if the statement is true, otherwise write false.
________1. Every sequence is a relation, but some sequences are not functions.
________2. A general term for the sequence is
________3. A general term for the sequence -1, 4, -9 16,… is . There could be others.
________4. The sixth term of the sequence whose general term is is 64.
________5. The range of an infinite sequence is the set of integers
________6. It is possible to find the 51st term of a sequence without knowing all 50 preceding terms.
________7. There is no formula for the general term of a sequence 5,8,11,14 and 17.
________8. The general term of the sequence -1, -4,-9,-16, -25,… is
________9. The symbol represents sums and products.
________10. There are 10 terms in the series
________11. The sum of a series can never be negative
________12. The sequence is the indicated sum of the terms of a series
________13. The sequence 3,6,3,0,3,6,3,0,… is an arithmetic sequence
________14. If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is -3, and the 3rd term is -2, then the 4th term is -1.
________15. The nth term of an arithmetic sequence whose 1st term is and whose common difference is d is
Test II. Solve the following problems, show your complete solution and box your final answer. Every correct and
complete answer is worth 3 points
1. How many terms are there in arithmetic sequence with a sum of 12 when its first term is 1 while the last term
is 3
2. What is the 14th term of an arithmetic sequence whose sum is 42, given that the first term is 2
3. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are divisible by 7?
4. What is the sum of the arithmetic sequence given in number 3?
5. What is the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence whose nth term is given by 3n-2.
