Wednesday, January 25, 2006

EXTRA SPICY NTH TERM PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Find the value of the 50th term of the following sequences:
  1. 2, 9, 20, 35, 54, 77
  2. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35
  3. 4, 10, 18, 28, 40, 54
  4. 6, 21, 40, 63, 90, 121
  5. -3, 8, 25, 48, 77, 112
  6. 6, 25, 56, 99, 154, 221
  7. 5, 40/3, 77/3, 42, 187/3
  8. -10, -6, 0, 8, 18
  9. 3, 1, 0,0, 1, 3, 6

Find the next term:

  1. 4, -8, 16, -32, 64
  2. 18, -3, -6, 1/2, -12, -1/24

Find the sum of the:

  1. first 90 even integers.
  2. first 85 odd integers.
  3. 150 consecutive integers.
  4. 55 + 56+ 57+...+240=?
  5. 66+68+70+...+248=?
  6. 71+73+75+...+153=?
  7. 1+2+3+...+917=?
  8. 555+556+557+...+900=?
  9. 1+3+5+...+559=?
  10. 333+335+337+...763=?
  11. 2+4+6+...+1672=?
  12. 444+446+448+...+888=?

You MUST either:

  1. post a question
  2. post an answer

for credit this evening.

Have fun!