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Progression Past Year

The document provides examples of past year mathematics questions from the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) exam. Some key examples summarized: - A 2003 question involving finding the value of k and sum of terms in an arithmetic progression. - A 2003 question calculating the height and cost of bricks used to build a wall based on an arrangement pattern. - A 2006 question finding the value of p given information about the 9th term and sum of 4 terms in an arithmetic progression. - A 2008 question finding the least value of n if the nth term of an arithmetic progression is negative. The document serves as a reference of different types of mathematics problems previously tested in the SPM exam over

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Progression Past Year

The document provides examples of past year mathematics questions from the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) exam. Some key examples summarized: - A 2003 question involving finding the value of k and sum of terms in an arithmetic progression. - A 2003 question calculating the height and cost of bricks used to build a wall based on an arrangement pattern. - A 2006 question finding the value of p given information about the 9th term and sum of 4 terms in an arithmetic progression. - A 2008 question finding the least value of n if the nth term of an arithmetic progression is negative. The document serves as a reference of different types of mathematics problems previously tested in the SPM exam over

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Past year questions

1.SPM 2003 P1Q7 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are k-3, k+3, 2k+2. Find a) the value of k b) the sum of the first 9 terms of the progression. [3 marks] [ans: 7, 252] 2.SPM 2003 P1Q8 In a geometric progression, the first term is 64 and the fourth term is 27. calculate (a) the common ration,

The diagram above shows part of an arrangement of bricks of equal size. The number of bricks in the lowest row is 100. For each of the other rows, the number of bricks is 2 less than in the row below. The height of each brick is 6 cm. Ali builds a wall by arranging bricks in this way. The number of bricks in the highest row is 4 , calculate (a) the height, in cm, of the wall. [3marks] (b) the total price of the bricks used if the price of one brick is 40 sen. [3marks] [ 49, 294, 2548, RM1019.20 ] 12.SPM 2006 P1 Q9 The 9th term of an arithmetic progression is 4+5p and the sum of the four terms of the progression is 7p-10, where p is a constant. Given that common difference of the progression is 5, find the value of p. [3 marks] [ans: 8] 13.SPM 2006 P1 Q 10 Answer :14

16 SPM 2007 P1 Q 11 The first three terms of a geometric progression are 27, 18,12. Find the sum to infinity of the geometric progression. Answer : 81 17.SPM 2007 P2 Q 6

[3 marks]

Diagram shows the side elevation of part of stairs built of cement blocks. The thickness of each block is 15 cm. The length of the first block is 985 cm. The length of each subsequent block is 30 cm less than the preceding block as

(a) If the height of the stairs

[3marks]

19. SPM 2008 P1 Q10 The first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 46, 43 and 40. the nth term of this progression is negative. Find the least value of n. [3marks] [ans 17] 20 SPM 2008 P1 Q 11 In a geometric progression, the first term is 4 and the common ratio is r. Given that the sum to infinity of this progression is 16, find the value of r. [2marks] [ ans : ] 21. SPM 2008 P2Q3 Muthu started working for a company on 1 January 2002 with an initial annual salary of RM18,000. Every January, the company increased his salary by 5% of the previous years salary. Calculate (a) his annual salary, to the nearest RM, for the year 2007 [3marks] (b) the minimum value of n such that his annual salary in the nth year will exceed RM36,000 [2marks] (c) the total salary, to the nearest RM, paid to him by the company, for the years 2002 to 2007. [2marks]

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