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VOCAB ARITHMETIC SEQUENCES GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES WORD PROBLEMS 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

What does the d stand for? Difference an = a1 + (n – 1)d What does the d stand for? Row 1, Col 1

What is the common difference? -8 −15, −23, −31, −39, ... What is the common difference? 1,2

Geometric sequences are limited to 100 terms maximum. FALSE TRUE or FALSE Geometric sequences are limited to 100 terms maximum. 1,3

After knee surgery, your trainer tells you to 9 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? 1,4

What does the z represent? zero term of a sequence Given the formula T = dn + z What does the z represent? 2,1

Find the next three terms for -60, -91, -122 Find the next three terms for 64, 33, 2, -29, ………….

Find the next three terms. 24, 8, 8/3 1944 ,648, 216, 72……. Find the next three terms. 2,3

A culture of bacteria doubles every hour. If there are 500 bacteria at 2,048,000 A culture of bacteria doubles every hour.  If there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, how many bacteria will there be after 12 hours? Note 500 is not the first term of the sequence(it is at zero hours) 2,4

What does the n stand for in the number of the sequence What does the n stand for in the formula below? 3,1

Write a formula for the sequence T = 6n – 10 −4, 2, 8, 14, ... Write a formula for the sequence To find any given term. 3,2

225, 45, 9, 1.8, . . What number term in the geometric sequence Never will be 0 225, 45, 9, 1.8, . . What number term in the geometric sequence will be 0? 225 is 1st term, 45 is 2nd term, etc. 3,3

3,4 62 Allen is on the football team this year but he has poor time management skills. His mother told him that he is off the team if he fails anything in school. On his first math quiz he earned a 90, then he earned an 86 and an 82 on his next two quizzes. If his grades continue at this rate, what will his quiz grade be after the 8th quiz? 3,4

What is another word that Exponential What is another word that could best describe a geometric sequence? 4,1

Find the 37th term of this sequence. 684 −36, −16, 4, 24, ... Find the 37th term of this sequence. 4,2

Write a geometric formula for the above sequence to find An = 2 • 4n – 1 2, 8, 32, 128, . Write a geometric formula for the above sequence to find any term. 4,3

4,4 Sam has purchased a $30,000 car for his business. 19,683 Sam has purchased a $30,000 car for his business. The car depreciates 10% every year. Depreciation means the value of the car goes down by that percent each year. What will be the value of the car after the 4th year? Note: The car is 0 years old when purchased. 4,4

stands for given the following formula about geometric sequences? Sum What do you THINK the S stands for given the following formula about geometric sequences? 5,1

If the above sequence has exactly 10 terms in it, what is the sum of 355 −5, 4, 13, 22, ... If the above sequence has exactly 10 terms in it, what is the sum of the sequence? 5,2

Determine a8 given the geometric 0.004882815 -80, 20, -5, 1.25, . . . Determine a8 given the geometric sequence above. 5,3

How many terms are in the geometric sequence having a 11 How many terms are in the geometric sequence having a first term 2, a last term 2048, and a common ratio −2? 5,4

FINAL JEOPARDY 1st Correct = 1000 2nd Correct = 750 3rd Correct = 500 4th Correct – 250 Your answer MUST BE A MIXED NUMBER. Find the 50th term for the following: -7⅓, -5⅔, - 4……………. Answer is 74⅓.

FINAL JEOPARDY 1st Correct = 1000 2nd Correct = 750 3rd Correct = 500 4th Correct – 250 How many total terms are in the sequence below? 5, 7, 9, ……..99, 101 Answer is 49.