PMMT100 – A Level Mathematics 1
Topic 5: Sequences and Series
Mr. M. Chipoka & Dr. J. Musonda
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Lusaka
March 4, 2024
This is an extract from the Edexcel C1/2 books. Go through and fully understand everything
After completing this topic, you should be able to:
1. generate a sequence from the nth term, or from a recurrence relationship,
2. know how to find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence, Un
3. know how to find the sum to n terms of an arithmetic series, Sn
4. solve problems on arithmetic series using the formulae for Un and Sn ,
X
5. know the meaning of the symbol ,
6. recognise a geometric sequence and state its common ration,
7. calculate the nth term of a geometric sequence,
8. find the sum of a geometric series,
9. solve problems involving growth and decay,
10. find the sum to infinity of a convergent geometric series.
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Chapter 6 Answers
Exercise 6A 3 a Uk1 Uk 2, U1 1
1 24, 29, 34 b Uk1 Uk 3, U1 5
Add 5 to previous term c Uk1 Uk 1, U1 3
2 2, 2, 2 d Uk1 Uk 12, U1 1
Multiply previous term by 1 e Uk1 Uk 2k 1, U1 1
3 18, 15, 12 f Uk1 Uk (1)k(2k 1), U1 1
Subtract 3 from previous term 4 a 3k 2 b 3k2 2k 2 c 130, 4
4 162, 486, 1458 5 a 4 2p b 4 6p c p 2
Multiply previous term by 3
5 14, 18, 116
Multiply previous term by 12
6 41, 122, 365 Exercise 6D
Multiply previous term by 3 then 1 1 Arithmetic sequences are a, b, c, h, l
7 8, 13, 21 2 a 23, 2n 3 b 32, 3n 2
Add together the two previous terms c 3, 27 3n d 35, 4n 5
8 59, 161, 173 e 10x, nx f a 9d, a (n 1)d
Add 1 to previous numerator, 3 a £5800 b £(3800 200m)
add 2 to previous denominator 4 a 22 b 40 c 39
9 2.0625, 2.031 25, 2.015 625 d 46 e 18 f n
Divide previous term by 2 then 1
10 24, 35, 48
Add consecutive odd numbers to previous term Exercise 6E
1 a 78, 4n 2 b 42, 2n 2
c 23, 83 3n d 39, 2n 1
Exercise 6B
e 27, 33 3n f 59, 3n 1
1 a U1 5 U2 8 U3 11 U10 32
g 39p, (2n 1)p h 71x, (9 4n)x
b U1 7 U2 4 U3 1 U10 20
2 a 30 b 29 c 32
c U1 6 U2 9 U3 14 U10 105
d 31 e 221 f 77
d U1 4 U2 1 U3 0 U10 49
3 d6
e U1 2 U2 4 U3 8 U10 1024
4 a 36, d 3, 14th term
f U1 13 U2 12 U3 35 U10 56
1 1 3 5 24
g U1 3 U2 2 U 3 5 U10 56
6 x 5; 25, 20, 15
h U1 1 U2 0 U3 1 U10 512
7 x 12, x 8
2 a 14 b 9 c 11 d 9
e 6 f 9 g 8 h 14
i 4 j 5
3 Un 4n2 4n 4(n2 n) which is a multiple of 4 Exercise 6F
4 Un (n 5)2 2 0 Un is smallest when n 5 (Un 1 a 820 b 450 c 1140
2) d 294 e 1440 f 1425
5 a 12, b 22
g 1155 h 21(11x 1)
6 a 1, b 3, c 0
2 a 20 b 25
7 p 12, q 512
c 65 d 4 or 14 (2 answers)
3 2550
Exercise 6C 4 i £222 500 ii £347 500
1 a 1, 4, 7, 10 b 9, 4, 1, 6 5 1683, 3267
c 3, 6, 12, 24 d 2, 5, 11, 23 6 £9.03, 141 days
e 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25 f 2, 3, 8, 63 7 d 12, 5.5
g 3, 5, 13, 31 8 a 6, d 2
2 a Uk1 Uk 2, U1 3
b Uk1 Uk 3, U1 20
c Uk1 2Uk, U1 1
Exercise 6G
U
d Uk1 k , U1 100 10 30
4 1 a (3r 1) b (3r 1)
e Uk1 1 Uk, U1 1 r1 r1
f Uk1 2Uk 1, U1 3 11 16
g Uk1 (Uk)2 1, U1 0 c 4(11 r)
r1
d 6r
r1
Uk 2 2 a 45 b 210
h Uk1 , U1 26
2 c 1010 d 70
i Uk2 Uk1 Uk, U1 1, U2 1 3 19
j Uk1 2Uk 2(1)k1, U1 4 4 49
Chapter 6 Answers
Mixed exercise 6H
1 5, 8, 11
2 10
3 2, 9, 23, 51
4 a Add 6 to the previous term, i.e. Un1 Un 6
(or Un 6n 1)
b Add 3 to the previous term, i.e. Un1 Un 3
(or Un 3n)
c Multiply the previous term by 3,
i.e. Un1 3Un (or Un 3n1)
d Subtract 5 from the previous term,
i.e. Un1 Un 5 (or Un 15 5n)
e The square numbers (Un n2)
f Multiply the previous term by 1.2,
i.e. Un1 1.2Un (or Un (1.2)n1)
Arithmetic sequences are:
a a 5, d 6
b a 3, d 3
d a 10, d 5
5 a 81 b 860
6 b 5050
7 32
8 a £13 780
c £42 198
9 a a 25, d 3 b 3810
10 a 26 733 b 53 467
11 a 5 b 45
12 a 4k 15
b 8k2 30k 30
c 14, 4
13 b 1500 m
15 a U2 2k 4, U3 2k2 4k 4
b 5, 3
16 a £2450
b £59 000
c d 30
17 a d5
b 59
11k 9
18 b
3
c 1.5
d 415
Chapter 7 Answers
Exercise 7A 7 4
1 a Geometric r 2 b Not geometric 8 40 m
c Not geometric d Geometric r 3 9 r 0 because S S3, a 12, r 12
Geometric r 12 Geometric r 1
e f 2
10 r
g Geometric r 1 h Geometric r 14 3
2 a 135, 405, 1215 b 32, 64, 128
c 7.5, 3.75, 1.875 d 1, 1, 1
64 256 1024
Mixed exercise 7F
e p3, p4, p5 f 8x4, 16x5, 32x6
1 a Not geometric b Geometric r 1.5
3 a 33 b 93
c Geometric r 12 d Geometric r 2
e Not geometric f Geometric r 1
Exercise 7B 2 a 0.8235 (4 dp), 10 (0.7)n1
1 a 486, 39 366, 2 3n1 b 640, 5 2n1
25 25 100 c 4, 4 (1)n1
b , , n 3 1 n1
8 128 2 1 d
128, 3 (2)
c 32, 512, (2)n1 3 a 4092 b 19.98 (2 dp)
d 1.610 51, 2.357 95, (1.1)n1 c 50 d 3.33 (2 dp)
2 10, 6250 4 a 9 b 8
3
3 a 1, r 2 16
c Doesn’t converge d 3
4 18
5 b 60.75 c 182.25 d 3.16
5 6 (from x 0), 4 (from x 10)
6 b 200 c 33313 d 8.95 104
7 a 76, 60.8 b 0.876 c 367 d 380
Exercise 7C 8 a 1, 13, 19
1 a 220 b 242 c 266 d 519 9 a 0.8 b 10 c 50 d 0.189 (3 sf)
2 57.7, 83.2 10 a V 2000 0.85a b £8874.11
3 £18 000, after 7.88 years c 9.9 years
4 34 11 a 12 b 34, 2 c 14 d 867.62
5 11th term 12 b £12 079.98
6 59 days 13 a 1 hour 21 mins c 3 hours 25 mins
7 20.15 years 14 a 136 litres c 872
8 11.2 years 15 b 2015 c £23 700 (£23 657)
16 25 years
Exercise 7D
1 a 255 b 63.938 (3 dp)
c 728 d 54623
e 5460 f 19 680
g 5.994 (3 dp) h 44.938 (3 dp)
5
, 9
2 4 4
3 264 1 1.84 1019
4 a £49 945.41 b £123 876.81
5 a 2.401 b 48.8234
6 19 terms
7 22 terms
8 26 days, 98.5 miles on the 25th day
9 25 years
Exercise 7E
1 a 190 b Doesn’t exist
c 623 d Doesn’t exist
e Doesn’t exist f 412
g Doesn’t exist h 90
1 1
i if r j if x 1
2
1r 1 2x
2 23
3 23
4 20
40
5
3 1313
23
6 99
