Arithmeticseriesintro
Arithmeticseriesintro
2 6 10 14 18
Level 1 – 2
a) 1 2 3 4 …………………………………………………………
b) 2 5 8 11 14 …………………………………………………………
c) 10 6 2 ( 2) …………………………………………………………
d) 8 13 18 ... 33 …………………………………………………………
e) 10 12 14 ... 30 …………………………………………………………
2. In each of the following, write down how many terms are being added together. For example, in the
series 2 5 8 11 14 17 there are 6 terms being added together. In the series 3 5 7 9 there
are 4 terms being added together.
a) 9 7 5 3 1 …………………………………………………………
b) 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 …………………………………………………………
d) 7 11 15 ... 51 …………………………………………………………
e) 3 10 17 ... 45 …………………………………………………………
f) 1 7 13 ... 37 …………………………………………………………
3. If the first term is t1 and the last term is t n show that the number of terms in a series is equal to
tn t1
n 1.
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4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25
c) Write down a simple multiplication which represents the value of this series. Calculate this value.
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(2) 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42
c) Write down a simple multiplication which represents the value of this series. Calculate this value.
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Level 5 – 6
a) 1 2 3 ... 10 i) …………………………………………
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b) 3 9 15 ... 45 i) …………………………………………
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Level 7 – 8
S = 4 + 8 + 12 + … + 400 + 404
c) Write down an equation involving only S. Solve the equation to find the value of S.
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8. Using the same method as the previous question show that the sum S n of the first n terms of an
arithmetic sequence with common difference d is
S n 2t1 (n 1)d
n
2
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9. Show that an alternative formula for the sum S n of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is
n
Sn (t1 tn )
2
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10. Calculate
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b) The sum of the first 200 even numbers greater than 10.
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