Arithmetic Sequences Worksheet #1 Name: _______________________ Hr:____

Write the equation for the arithmetic series below.

1. 6,9,12,15... 2. 10, 100, 190, 280… 3. 12, 11, 10, 9...

4. 4, 1, -2, -5… 5. 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5... 6. 10, 8, 6, 4, ….

7.
a1  3 and d  7 8.
a1  20 and d  9 9.
a2  24 and d  6

a3  14 and d  2 a6  11 and d  4 a9  15 and d  5

10. 11. 12.

a6  15 and a8  19 a12  5 and a14  3 a1  1

and a3  3
13. 14. 15. 2 2

a20 in # 1 a38 in # 2 a1 in #11.

16. Find 17. Find 18. Find

an  3n  1 . Find: d= _______. a1  _____ a9  _____

19. Given
an  9 n  5
20. Write the first 5 terms of the sequence
Geometric Sequences Worksheet #1 Name: _______________________

Write the equation for the Geometric series below.

1. 4, 12, 36, 108, 324,… 2. 2, -6, 18,-54, 162,… 3. 2, 8, 32, 128,…

1 1 1 1 5. 375, -75, 15, -3, … 7 7

4. , , , ,… 6. -28, 14, -7, ,- ,…
2 4 8 16 2 4

7. r = 3, a1 = 2 8. r = -2, a1 = 6 9. r = -3, a1 = 12

1 1 12. a2 = 28, a5 = -1792

10. a1 = ,a =6 , 11. a2 = 5, a4 =
4 3 5
 Investigating Sums of Arithmetic Sequences

STEP 1: Add the given terms of the sequence to find the sum for those terms.

STEP 2: Calculate the average of the first and last terms of the sequence.

STEP 3: Multiply the average found in step 2 by the number of terms in the sequence.

STEP 4: Record your answers in a table.

Sequences Sum Average of Multiply Avg. by

1 and last term
st
number of terms
2, 5, 8, 11, 14

1, 8, 15, 22

-1, 1, 3

2, 11, 20, 29, 38, 47, 56

-25, -29, -33, -37, -41

20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 0

Draw Conclusions:
1. Compare your answers from Steps 1 and 3. What do you notice?

2. Write a sentence that explains how to calculate the sum of the first n terms of a sequence
without adding all of the terms.

3. Write a formula for the explanations you gave in Exercise 3. Use a1 to represent the first term,
an to represent the last term, and n to represent the number of terms.

5. Use your formula to find the sum of the terms in each of the following sequence:
a. 3, 9, 15, 21 b. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Arithmetic Series: Worksheet #2 Name:__________________________ Period:______

Use the series formula and show your work.

Given the series 5, 8, 11, 14….
S8
1. Find the sum of the first 4 terms. 2. Find .

Given the series 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2….

S12
3. Find the sum of the first 7 terms. 4. Find .

a  4n  1
Given n
5. Find the sum of the first 12 terms. 6. Find the sum of the first 20 terms.

a  5n  2
Given n
7. Find the sum of the first 9 terms. 8. Find the sum of the first 11 terms.

a  3n  1
Given n
9. Find the sum of the first 99 terms. 10. Find the sum of the first 200 terms.
Geometric Series: Worksheet #2 Name:__________________________ Period:______

Use the series formula and show your work.

Given the series 1, 4, 16, 64, …
1. Find the sum of the first 14 terms. 2. Find Sn = 341

Given the series 7, -21, 63, -189, ….

S12
3. Find the sum of the first 18 terms. 4. Find .

Given the series -90, 30, -10, 10/3, …

5. Find the sum of the first 16 terms. 6. Find Sn = -66.67

Given the series 1, 9, 81, 729

7. Find the sum of the first 10 terms. 8. Find the sum of the first 11 terms.

Given an = 8(3)n−1
9. Find the sum of the first 99 terms. 10. Find the sum of the first 200 terms.
Sigma Notation Name:_______________________

Write the following in sigma notation.

1. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, … 2. 20, 14, 8, 2, -4, -10, …

3. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,… 4. 5, 10, 15, …

5. 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, … 6. 81, 27, 9, 3, 1, …

7. -8, -12, -18, -27, … 8. 1, -6, 36, -216, …

Write out the series represented below.

5 4 6

 3n  1 n 7  2 n  5
7. n 1 8. n 1 9. n 1

6 9 2

 3n  n  10 10n  8
10. n 3 11. n 5 12. n2

10 8 9
−1 i−1
13. ∑ 6(2)i−1 14. ∑ 5 (4)i−1 15. ∑ 12( 2
)
i=1 i=1 i=0
 10 6 12
3 i−1 3 i
16. ∑ 4)8( 17. ∑ 2)4( 18. ∑ (−2)i−1
i=1 i=0 i=1

Graphing Geometric Sequences Name:____________________

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.