CHAPTER TEST I

Mathematics 10
Name: ______________________________________________ Section: _________________ Score: ____________
I. Multiple Choice: Write the letter on the space provided before the number.
____1. A succession of numbers formed according to some fixed rule.
a. Arithmetic sequence c. Geometric sequence
b. Sequence
____2. A sequence of quantities called terms for which any element, except the first element, can be
obtained by adding a constant called common difference.
a. Arithmetic sequence c. Geometric sequence
b. Sequence
____3. A sequence in which each term is obtained by multiplying the preceding term.
a. Arithmetic sequence c. Geometric sequence
b. Sequence
____4. Give the first five terms of the sequence whose first term is 2 and whose common ration is 6.
a. 2,12,63,432,2594 b. 2,12,72,432,2592 c. 2,8,14,20,26
____5. Find the sum of the first 30 consecutive even integers.
a. 60 b. 930 c. 650
𝟏 𝟏
____6. Find the sum for which first term is 125 and last term is and the common ratio is .
𝟓 𝟓
3124 781 1
a. b. c. 156
5 5 5
____7. Find the nth term of 20,14,8,2.
a. 6n+26 b. -6n+26l c. 26n+6
____8. Find the sum of the first 20 terms 5,7,10,13,16……………….
a. 650 b. 680 c. 660
____9. Write the first 3 terms whose sequence is given by 𝑛6 + 6
a. 3,9,15 b. 3,66,731 c. 3,18,48
____10. Find the 7 term of a sequence if the third term is 5 and the fifth termis11.
th

a. 13 b. 11 c. 12
____11. If 𝑎13 = 15 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑 = 4, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑆13
a. 351 b. 513 c. 51
____12. What kind of sequence is 5,7,9,11,13?
a. 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 b. 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 c. 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐
____13. Find the 12th term of the arithmetic sequence 2𝑎 − 𝑏, 3𝑎 − 3𝑏, 4𝑎 − 3𝑏
a. 9𝑎 − 10𝑏 b. 13𝑎 − 12𝑏 c. 13𝑎 + 12𝑏
____14. Find the 99th term of a sequence in which 𝑎𝑛 = 7 + (𝑛 − 1)(3)
a. 301 b. 294 c. 394
____15. Find the 7th term of a sequence 1,2,6,24……
a. 720 b. 120 c. 5040
____16. A brick wall has 60 bricks in the first row, but each row has 3 fewer bricks than the previous one. How
many bricks are in the 12th row?
a. 33 b. 30 c. 24
____17. If a2 = 5 and a8 = 35, what is the value of a30?
a. 140 b. 145 c. 150
____18. A number 13, 15, 17, 19, ... find next three terms
a. Add 2; 23, 25, b. Multiply by 2; c. Add –2; 17, 15,
27. 38, 76, 152 13.
____19. Suppose you drop a tennis ball from a height of 15 feet. After the ball hits the floor, it rebounds to
85% of its previous height. How high will the ball rebound after its third bounce? Round to the nearest
tenth?
a. 9.2 b. 10.8 c. 7.8
____20. Find the sum of the arithmetic series −4 − 1 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 + 14
a. 42 b. -28 c. 35
Find the first six terms of the sequence. Encircle your correct answer
21) a1 = -6, an = 4 ∙ an-1
A) -6, -24, -96, -384, -1536, -6144 C) 0, 4, -24, -20, -16, -12
B) -6, -24, -20, -16, -12, -8 D) -24, -96, -384, -1536, -6144, -24,
22) a1 = 3, an = an-1 + 9
 A) 12, 21, 30, 39, 48, 57 C) 3, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45
B) 3, 12, 21, 30, 39, 48 D) 0, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45

23) a1 = 9, a2 = 9; for n ≥ 3, an = an-1 + an-2

A) 9, 9, 18, 18, 27, 27 C) 9, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45
B) 9, 9, 18, 27, 45, 72 D) 9, 9, 81, 729, 59,49,

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