Arithmetic Sequences (Skills Check Practice)

Create the formula for the sequence:
2, 8, 14, ...

• a_n=2+6n
• a_n=-6+6n
• a_n=6n-4
• a_n=4-6n

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Identify the common difference.
-21, -18, -15, -12, ...

• 4
• 3
• -4
• -3

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Identify the common difference.
97, 86, 75, 64, ...

• 8
• 11
• -11
• -8

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Given the sequence:
 25, 21, 17, 13,...
Write the explicit equation that models the sequence.

• a_n = 4n + 29
• a_n = -4n + 25
• a_n = -4n + 29
• a_n = 4n + 25

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Is the sequence geometric or arithmetic?
6, 18, 54...

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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What is the common ratio for the sequence:
3, 15, 75...

• 12
• 1/5
• 5

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What is the common difference of this sequence?

• 4
• 3
• 7
• 1

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Find the 22nd term of the following sequence:
5, 8, 11, ...

• 14
• 68
• 63
• 71

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Which formula is used to find the explicit equation for arithmetic sequences?

• a_n = a_n-1 + d
• a_n = a_n-1 * r
• a_n = a₁ + d(n-1)
• a_n = a₁ * r^n-1

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What is the explicit formula the following arithmetic sequence?

• 3(2)^n-1
• 2(3)^n-1
• 3 + 3n
• 3n

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