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Number Sequences

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained by adding a constant d to the preceding term?

a)

Arithmetic

b)

Geometric

c)

Harmonic

d)

Fibonacci

2.

What do you call the terms between two nonconsecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence?

a)

Arithmetic Series

b)

Arithmetic Means

c)

Geometric Series

d)

Geometric Means

3.

What is the value of a1 in the sequence 4, 9, 14, 19,... ?

a)

19

b)

9

c)

5

d)

4

4.

In an arithmetic sequence defined as an = a1 + (n – 1)d, what do you call d ?

a)

first term

b)

nth term

c)

common difference

d)

distance

5.

It is a sequence where each term after the first is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by the same constant.

a)

Arithmetic

b)

Geometric

c)

Harmonic

d)

Fibonacci

6.

If the arithmetic sequence has a common difference, then the geometric sequence has a common ____:

a)

product

b)

difference

c)

ratio

d)

reciprocal

7.

What do you call special type of mean where we multiply the terms together and then take a square root (for two terms), cube root (for three terms) etc?

a)

Arithmetic Series

b)

Arithmetic Means

c)

Geometric Series

d)

Geometric Means

8.

What is the next term in geometric sequence 5,10,20,__?

a)

50

b)

40

c)

30

d)

25

9.

What is the next term of the sequence 1,4,9,16,...?

a)

21

b)

25

c)

30

d)

31

10.

Determine the 5th term of the sequence given the nth term an = 3n – 4.

a)

-4

b)

3

c)

11

d)

15