WorksheetsU3 Arithmetic Sequences Application
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 45mins
After knee surgery, your trainer tells you to return to your jogging program slowly. He suggests jogging for 12 minutes each day for the first week. Each week thereafter, he suggests that you increase that time by 6 minutes per day.
What are the first term and the common difference?
the first term 6 and common difference 12
the first term 12 and common difference 6
the first term 6 and common difference -6
the first term 12 and common difference 12
After knee surgery, your trainer tells you to return to your jogging program slowly. He suggests jogging for 12 minutes each day for the first week. Each week thereafter, he suggests that you increase that time by 6 minutes per day.
How long would you be running each day in week 3?
24 minutes
30 minutes
20 minutes
36 minutes
After knee surgery, your trainer tells you to return to your jogging program slowly. He suggests jogging for 12 minutes each day for the first week. Each week thereafter, he suggests that you increase that time by 6 minutes per day.
How many weeks will it be before you are up to jogging 60 minutes per day?
7 weeks
8 weeks
9 weeks
10 weeks
A theater has 60 seats in the first row, 68 seats in the second row, 76 seats in the third row, and so on in the same increasing pattern.
What are the first term and the common difference?
a1=60, d=68
a1=60, d=8
a1=60, d= -8
a1=8, d=60
A theater has 60 seats in the first row, 68 seats in the second row, 76 seats in the third row, and so on in the same increasing pattern.
If the theater has 20 rows of seats, how many seats are in the 20th row of the theater?
172 seats
180 seats
188 seats
212 seats
A display of cans on a grocery shelf consists of 20 cans on the bottom, 18 cans in the next row, and so on in an arithmetic sequence, until the top row has 4 cans.
What are the first term and the common difference?
a1=20 d=2
a1= 20 d= -2
a1= -20 d= 18
a1= 20 d= - 18
A display of cans on a grocery shelf consists of 20 cans on the bottom, 18 cans in the next row, and so on in an arithmetic sequence, until the top row has 4 cans.
How many rows are there on the display?
7 rows
8 rows
9 rows
10 rows
A pile of bricks has 97 bricks in the first row, 91 bricks in the second row, 85 bricks in the third row, and so on until there is only one brick in the top row.
What explicit formula is used to calculate number of bricks in the nth row?
an=97+91(n-1)
an=97-91(n-1)
an=97 - 6(n-1)
an=97 + 6(n-1)
A pile of bricks has 97 bricks in the first row, 91 bricks in the second row, 85 bricks in the third row, and so on until there is only one brick in the top row.
How many bricks are in the 15th row?
0 bricks
1 brick
7 bricks
13 bricks
Amara has to stack her neighbor's wood. She starts by putting 15 logs in the bottom row (row 1), 13 logs in the second row (row 2), 11 in the third row (row 3) and continues in the same pattern. She can only stack as high as her head, at 8 rows. How many logs are in the 8th row?
0 logs
1 log
29 logs
31 logs
In his piggy bank, Denzel dropped $1.00 on May 1, $1.75 on May 2, $2.50 on May 3 and so on until the last day of May. How much did he drop in his piggy bank on the last day of the month?
$22.75
$23.50
$24.25
$25.00
Starting May 1, a new store will begin giving away 500 posters as a promotion. Each day, 4 posters will be given away.
Which explicit formula would you use to find the number of posters the store will have left after n days?
an=500 + 4 (n-1)
an=500 - 4 (n-1)
an=4 - 500 (n-1)
an=4 + 500 (n-1)
Starting May 1, a new store will begin giving away 500 posters as a promotion. Each day, 4 posters will be given away.
If the store is open 7 days a week, how many posters will the store have left when it opens for business on May 14?
476 posters
452 posters
448 posters
440 posters
