Arithmetic & Geometric Sequences Review

1.  Given the sequence  2 , 8 , 14 , 20 , 26 , … What is the common difference ?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

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What is the next term in the geometric sequence -2 , 6 , -18 

• 54
• -54
• 9
• -9

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What is the first term in the arithmetic sequence __ , 9 , __ , 33 , 45

• -1
• 3
• -3
• 6

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What is the common ratio in the sequence 12, -18, 27, …. ?  

• 2/3
• 3/2
• -2/3
• -3/2

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Find the 5th term for the following arithmetic sequence. -12, -20, -28, …

• 36
• -36
• 44
• -44

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Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence?

• 11, 2, -8, -19, ...
• 4, 7, 10, 13, ...
• 57, 51, 45, 39...
• -3, -5, -7, -9, ...

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Find the next three terms. 4, 8, 16, 32, ...

• 64, 128, 256
•  128, 256, 512
•  –64, 128, –256
• 34, 36, 38

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Find the next three terms. 13, 15, 17, 19, 

• 23, 25, 27
• 38, 76, 152
•  17, 15, 13
• 21, 23, 25

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Choose arithmetic, geometric or neither for the following sequence. 64, 55, 46, 37, ...

• arithmetic
• geometric
• neither

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Choose arithmetic, geometric or neither for the following sequence. 27, 9, 3, 1, ...

• arithmetic
• geometric
• neither

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