Summative test #1 – Sequence and Arithmetic Sequence

I. Multiple Choices. . Choose the letter of your answer

_____ 1. Find the next term of the sequence 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, ....
A. 29 B. 34 C. 39 D.44
_____ 2. What is the general rule that describes the sequence 5, 10, 15, 20...
A. n – 5 B. 5 – n C. 5n D. 5n - 1
_____ 3. What is the 7th term of the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...?
A.8 B. 13 C. 21 D. 34
_____ 4. Following the pattern 3, 9, 15, 21, 30, ... the next term in the sequence will be _____.
A. 34 B. 35 C. 36 D. 37
_____ 5. In the sequence 5, 3, 1, -1, -3, ... what is the 15th term?
A. -21 B. -23 C.-25 D. -27
_____ 6. The number sequence is defined by an = 3n - 1, find its 6th term.

_____ 7. The 𝑛th term in the sequence -2, 3, 8, … is 68. What is the value of 𝑛?
A. -17 B. 8 C. 17 D. 19

A. 18 B. 15 C. 12 D. 9
_____ 8. Which of the following is the arithmetic mean of 10 and 14?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13
_____ 9. Find the missing terms in arithmetic sequence 15, ___, ___, ___, 27?
A. 17, 20, 23 B. 17, 21, 24 C. 18, 21, 24 D. 18, 22, 25
_____ 10. An arithmetic sequence has 5 as first term and -7 as the common difference. What is the sum of the 5 terms?

_____ 11. Find the sum of the first 7 terms of the arithmetic sequence in which 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛 – 5.
A. -65 B. -55 C. -45 D. -35

A. 18 B. 20 C. 21 D. 22
_____ 12. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence having first term 3 and common difference -2?
A. -40 B. -60 C. -80 D. -100
_____ 13. What is the sum of the integers between 301 to 400 inclusive that are multiples of 4?
A. 8400 B. 8800 C. 48 900 D. 49 900
_____ 14. In the sequence 13, 7, 1, -5, ..., find its 10th term.
A. 41 B. 43 C. -43 D. -41
_____ 15. Find the arithmetic mean between 8 and 20.
A. 5 B. 8 C. 11 D. 14
_____ 16. Find the sum of the first 20 positive even integers.
A. 1600 B. 640 C. 510 D. 420
_____ 17. Which of the following is NOT an example of an arithmetic sequence?
A. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 B. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 C. 5, 20, 35, 50, . . . D. 6, 1, -4, -9, . . .
_____ 18. Insert three arithmetic means between 4 and 16.
A. 8, 13, 18 B. 9, 15, 21 C. 5, 11, 17 D. 7, 10, 13
_____ 19. Give the arithmetic sequence of terms if the first term is 3 and the last term is 19?
A. 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 B. 3, 4, 5, 6, 19 C. 3, 5, 20, 35, 19 D. 3, 6, 1, -4, 19
_____ 20. The Philippines is experiencing runway inflation wherein the cost of gasoline is increasing by Php0.05 each passing day. On
August 1, 2019, a liter of gasoline costs Php44.00. What formula will you consider to find the amount of gasoline on August 20?
A. an = 44 + (20 - 1 )(0.05) C. an = 44 + (19 - 1 )(0.05)
B. an = 0.05 + (20 - 1 )(44) D. an = 0.05 + (19 - 1 )(44)
_____ 21. The elements of a sequence are denoted by a1, a2, a3, …, an-1, an and its domain is {1, 2, 3, …, (n-1), n}. Describe the domain
of the sequence.
A. It is the set of integers. C. It is the set of real numbers.
B. It is the set of whole numbers. D. It is the set of natural numbers.
2 5 8
_____ 22. Which of the statements below describes the terms in the sequence , , , …?
5 7 9
I. The numerator has the nth term 3n – 1
II. The denominator has the nth term 2n + 3
III. The sequence is an arithmetic sequence
A. I, II, and III B. I and II C. II and III D. I and III
_____ 23. Which of the following rule describes the sequence {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, …}?
A. an = n + 4 B. an = 4n C. an = 2n D. a = 4n-1
_____ 24. What are the first five terms generated by the sequence an = 4n – 3?
A. 1, 5, 9, 13, 17 B. 1, 5, 9, 12, 17 C. 1, 5, 10, 16, 23 D. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
_____ 25. Which of the following is the nth term of an arithmetic sequence whose a1 = 3 and d = 4?
A. an = n + 4 B. an = 4n – 1 C. an = 1 – 4n D. an = 4n
_____ 26. Which of the arithmetic sequence below has a term value of 212?
A. 1, 3, 5, … B. -3, 2, 7, … C. 6, 12, 24, … D. -2, 3, 8, …
_____ 27. In the sequence 75, 90, 105, 120, 135, what are the arithmetic means between 75 and 135?
A. 90, 105, 120 B. 90, 120 C. 105, 120 D. 105
For nos. 28 – 29, an arithmetic series has the data below.
I. First term: a1 = 32
II. Last term: an = 344
III. Sum of the first nth terms: Sn = 7520
_____ 28. Which of the given data must be used to find the number of terms (n)?
A. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
_____ 29. What is the value of n?
A. 35 B. 38 C. 40 D. 42
_____ 30. Evaluate: 3 + 6 + 9 + . . . + 600
A. 60200 B. 60300 C. 60320 D. 60400