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WorksheetsArithmetic and Geometric Series Word Problems
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2hrs 6mins
(Hint: Find a1, a10, and r)
You have $10 in you bank account. It doubles every month. How much money will you have after 5 months?
$50
$35
$310
$250
A theater has 32 rows of seats. If there are 26 seats in the 1st row, 30 in the 2nd, 34 in the 3rd, and so on, how many seats are there in all? Assume the pattern continues.
(a)
Viola makes gift baskets for Valentine’s Day. She has 13 baskets left over from last year, and she plans to make 12 more each day. If there are 15 work days until the day she begins to sell the baskets, how many baskets will she have to sell? (Sequence or Series)
193 baskets
205 baskets
156 baskets
181 baskets
A large asteroid crashed into a moon of a planet, causing several boulders from the moon to be propelled into space toward the planet. Astronomers were able to measure the speed of one of the projectiles. The distance (in feet) that the projectile traveled each second, starting with the first second, was given by the arithmetic sequence 26, 44, 62, 80, . . . . Find the total distance that the projectile traveled in seven seconds
(a)
Justine earned $17,000 during the first year of her job at city hall. After each year she received a 4% raise. Find her total earnings during the first five years on the job.
$3,541.44
$517,077.48
$72,189.89
$92,077.48
In June, Cory begins to save money for a video game and a TV he wants to buy in December. He starts with $20. Each month he plans to save 10% more than the previous month. How much money will he have at the end of December?
$154.31
$228.72
$251.59
$189.74
