Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Review

Which kind of sequence has a common ratio?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

Which kind of sequence has a common difference?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

Is this sequence arithmetic, geometric, or neither?
{26, 22, 18, 14, ...}

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

Is this sequence Arithmetic, Geometric, or Neither?
{2, 9, 7, 14, 12, 19, ... }

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

What kind of sequence is illustrated below?
 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, ...

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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

• 8
• 11
• -11
• -8

Find the 25th term of the sequence if a₁ = 5 and d = 0.5

• 18
• 17
• 15
• 14

You have $10 in you bank account.  It doubles every month.  How much money will you have after 5 months?

• $50
• $35
• $320
• $250

What is a₅ in the sequence defined as follows?
a_n = 5 ⋅ 2^(n-1) 

• a₅ = 160
• a₅ = 40
• a₅ = 10
• a₅ = 80

What is the 8th term in the sequence below?
3, 9, 27, 81, ...

• 19,683
• 6,561
• 2,187
• 729