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1. 1990/II/6 Let a > b > 0.

1 ab

If a and b are respectively the 1st and 2nd terms of a geometric progression, the sum to infinity
a 1 b ab ba a2 a+b a2 ab

of the progression is A.
B. C. D. E.

2. 1990/II/38
Let a, x1, x2, b and a, y1, y2, y3, b be two arithmetic progressions. A. 3 4 B. 3 4 C. 1 D. 4 5 E. 5 4

x2 x1 = y3 y2

3. 1991/II/40 If the sum to n terms of an A.P. is n2 + 3n, find the 7th term of the A.P. A. 16 B. 18 C. 54 D. 70 E. It cannot be found 4. 1991/II/41 If x, y, z are in G.P, which of the following must be true? I. x + 3, y + 3, z + 3 are in G.P. II. 3x, 3y, 3z are in G.P III. x2, y2, z2 are in G.P. A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. II and III only 5. 1992/II/35
If the quadratic equation ax 2 2bx + c = 0 has two equal roots, which of the following is/are true? I. a, b, c form an arithmetic progression.
II. III. A. a, b, c form an geometric progression. Both roots are I only B. b . a II only C. III only D. I and II only E. II and III only

6. 1992/II/42
1 Find the (2n )th term of the G.P. , 1, 2, 4,... . 2 A. 2 2n B.

2 2n

C.

2 2 n 3

D.

2 2 n2

E.

2 2 n2

7. 1993/II/10 If 3, a, b, c, 23 are in A.P., then a + b + c =

A. 13 B. 26 C. 33 D. 39 E. 65

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8. 1993/II/37 Given that the positive numbers p, q, r, s are in G.P., which of the following must be true? I. kp, kq, kr, ks are in G.P., where k is a non-zero constant. II. a p , a q , a r , a s are in G.P., where a is a positive constant. III. log p, log q, log r , log s are in A.P.
A. I only B. II only C. I and II only D. I and III only E. I, II and III only

9. 1994/II/12
If the sum to infinity of a G.P. is A. 81 and its second term is 9, the common ratio is 4 4 4 C. D. E. 3 3

1 3

B.

1 3

4 9

10. 1994/II/41 If the product of the first n terms of the sequence 10, 10 2 , 10 3 , , 10 n exceeds 10 55 , find the minimum value
of n. A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12 E. 56

11. 1995/II/42 In an A.P., the sum of the first 2 terms is 3 and the sum of the first 3 terms is 2. The common difference is 5 5 7 A. B. 1 C. 1 D. E. 3 3 3 12. 1996/II/12 Find the n-th term of the A.P. 4, 2, 0, 2, . A. 2 + 2n B. 4 2n C. 4 + 2n 13. 1996/II/13
The sum to infinity of a G.P. is 2 . If the first term is A. 3 , find the common ratio. 2 1 3 E. 2 2

D.

6 2n

E.

(5 n) n

1 2

B.

1 4

C.

1 4

D.

14. 1996/II/42 If the common difference of the A.P. a1 , a2 , a3 , is d , then the common difference of the A.P. 2a1 + 3 , 2a2 + 3 , 2a3 + 3 , is A. 2 B. 3 C. d D. 2d E. 2d + 3 15. 1997/II/35 The n-th term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 + 2n . Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the sequence. A. 103 B. 2575 C. 2700 D. 2750 E. 5400

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16. 1997/II/36
The first term of a geometric sequence is a . If the sum to infinity of the sequence is ratio is A. 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 4 3 a , then its common 4

B.

C.

D.

E.

17. 1997/II/37 a , b , c , d are 4 consecutive terms of a geometric sequence. Which of the following must be true?
I. A. b = ac II only
2

II. B.

b d = a c I and II only

d c III. = a b C. I and III only

3

D.

II and III only

E.

I, II and III

18. 1998/II/13 If a , b , c , d are consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence, which of the following must be true? I. ba=dc d , c , b , a are consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence II.
III. A.

a<b<c<d
I only B. I and II only C. I and III only D. II and III only E. I, II and III

19. 1998/II/43
Find the sum to infinity of the geometric sequence 1, A.

1 x 1

B.

1 x +1

C.

x x 1

1 1 1 , 2 , 3 , , where x > 1 . x x x x x D. E. x +1 x +1

20. 1999/II/10 The n-th term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 + 5n . Find the sum of the first 100 terms of the sequence. A. 502 B. 12450 C. 25200 D. 25450 E. 25700 21. 1999/II/44 The sum of the first two terms of a geometric sequence is 3 and the sum to infinity of the sequence is 4. Find the common ratio of the sequence. 1 1 1 1 1 1 A. B. C. D. E. or 7 7 4 2 2 2 22. 2000/II/15 The 1st and 10th terms of an arithmetic sequence are 2 and 29 respectively. The 20th term of the sequence is A. 56 B. 58 C. 59 D. 60 E. 62

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23. 2000/II/16 Which of the following could be a geometric sequence/geometric sequences? I. 3, 33, 35, 37, II. 9, 99, 999, 9999,
III. 10, 100, 1000, 10000, A. III only B. I and II only C. I and III only D. II and III only E. I, II and III

24. 2001/II/14 The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is n2. Find the 10th term of the sequence.
A. 19 B. 21 C. 28 D. 31 E. 100

25. 2001/II/15
The nth term of a geometric sequence is first term A. B. C. D. E.
1 2 1 2 1 2
1

1 . Find the first term and the common ratio. 2n common ratio

1
1 2 1 2 1 2

1 2

26. 2002/II/11 The 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 29 and the sum of the first 10 terms is 155. The 2nd term of the
sequence is A. 2 B. 4.7 C. 5 D. 43

27. 2002/II/43 If the geometric mean of two positive numbers a and b is 100, then the arithmetic mean of log a and log b is 1 A. B. 1 C. 2 D. 10 2 28. 2003/II/10
The sum of the 4th term and the 5th term of a geometric sequence is 4. If the sum of the first two terms is 32, find the first term of the sequence. 1 A. 6 B. C. 19 D. 64 2

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29. 2004/II/11 Let a n be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. If a1 = 10 and a 2 = 13 , then a 21 + a 22 +
A. 765 B. 835 C. 865 D. 1605

+ a 30 =

30. 2004/II/44 If 81, a, b, 3 is a geometric sequence, then b a =

A.

18

B.

18

C.

26

D.

26

31. 2005/II/11
If the 2nd term and the 5th term of a geometric sequence are 3 and 192 respectively, then the common ratio of the sequence is A.

B.

C.

D.

32. 2005/II/42 If four arithmetic means are inserted between 12 and 27, then the sum of the four arithmetic means is A. 78 B. 90 C. 105 D. 117 33. 2006/II/12 In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 3 dots. For any positive integer n , the (n + 1) th pattern is formed by adding (2n + 3) dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 6th pattern.

A.

35

B.

37

C.

48

D.

50

34. 2006/II/42 The first negative term in the arithmetic sequence 2006 , 1998 , 1990 , is
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2

35. 2006/II/43
Let a , b and c be positive integers. If b = ac , which of the following must be true? I. loga2 , logb2 , logc2 is an arithmetic sequence. II. III. A.
a3 , b3 , c3 is a geometric sequence.

4a , 4b , 4c is a geometric sequence. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III

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36. 2007/II/9 In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 4 dots. For any positive integer n , the (n + 1) th pattern is formed by adding 4 dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 9th pattern.

A.

36

B.

40

C.

81

D.

100

37. 2007/II/44 Let an be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. If a1 = a2 6 and a1 + a2 + + a28 = 1624 , then a1 = A. 52 B. 26 C. 23 D. 139 38. 2007/II/45 The sum of all the positive terms in the geometric sequence 4 , 2 , 1 , is
A. 8 B. 8 3 C. 16 3 D. 16 5

39. 2008/II/11 In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 10 dots. For any positive integer n , the (n + 1) th pattern is formed by adding (2n + 5) dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 7th pattern.

A.

50

B.

65

C.

82

D.

101

40. 2008/II/43 Let a , b and c be positive integers. Which of the following must be arithmetic sequences?
I. II. III. A.
a + 10 , 2a + 7 , 3a + 4 , 4a + 1

8b 1 , 82b 2 , 83b 3 , 84b 4 logc3 , logc8 , logc13 , logc18 I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III

41. 2008/II/44 If a 6 , a , a + 5 is q geometric sequence, then the common ratio of the sequence is
A. 30 B. 5 6 C. 6 5 D. 6

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