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Paper1

10. The first term of an arithmetic progression

1. lf 27, 3k and 48 are three consecutive terms in a geometric

progression. Find the values of k.
[

k =12 ]

is

1 . The 5th term is 2 k 3, where k is a

constant. The sum of the first four terms is

20. Find the value of k.
[9]

2. 5l , 58 , 65 , ... 191 are the first n terms of an arithmetic

progression. Find the common different of the progression
and the value of n.
[ d = 7 and n = 21]

11. The first three terms of a geometric

progression are

4 x , 2 xx . Given that the

sum to infinity is 20, find the value of x.

5
10,5, ,
3. Given the geometric progression
2

[2.5]

Find the sum to infinity of the progression.

20
3 ]

Paper 2
1. Encik Ali and Encik Tan start to save money at the same
time.
(a) Encik Ali saves RM x in the first month and his saving
increases constantly by RM y every subsequent month.He

4. The nth term of an arithmetic progression is given by

Tn =11- 3n . Find the common difference of the progression.

[ 3 ]
5. Given that 12, 6, 3, ... is a geometric progression, find
the sum of the first 7 terms after the 3rd term of the

125
2
[
128

th

saves RM 200 in the 6 month and the total saving for 12

month is RM 2 520. Find the values of x and y.
(b) Encik Tan saves RM 200 in the first month and his
savings increases constantly by RM 10 every subsequent
month.Find the value of n when both of them save the same
th

month.
[a) y = 20, x = 100 b) n = 11]
2.98]
2. Syarikat Citra Jaya employed 200 workers on the first day
of a project and the number of workers is increased by 3
p
everyday until the project is completed. The project operated
0.471+0 . 000471+ 0 .000000471+=
6. Given
333 . 6 days a week and took 6 weeks to complete. Every worker
is paid RM30 per day.
Find the value of p.
[157]
Calculate
(a) the number of workers on the last day,
7. In a geometric progression, the first term is 6 and the sum (b) the total wages paid by the company.
[(a) 305(b) 272 700]
of the first two terms is 9. Find the sum to infinity of the
progression.
[12]
3. Diagram 3 shows a piece of wire which is bent to form a
8. Diagram 10 shows three rectangular cards.
number of semicircles. The first semicircle has a radius r cm
and the radius of each subsequent semicircle increases by 3
progression.

or

amount of money in n

cm. (circumference of circle =

2 r )

The perimeters of the cards form an arithmetic

progression. The terms of the progression are in
descending order.
(a) Write the first three terms of the progression.
(b) Find the common difference of the progression
(a) Show that the used to form semicircle form an arithmetic
[(a) 56, 48, 40 (b)8]
progression and hence, stste the commom difference.
=3.142 ,
9. The first three terms of a geometric progression are (b) Given that r=4 cm [use
x 2, x +4, 5 x+2.
(i) determine which semicircle has a wire of length 172.81
cm.
Find
(ii)find the sum of the length of wire for the first 10
(a) the value of x,
semicircles.
(b) the sum from the fourth term to the eighth term.
[Common difference, d = 3 (b) (i)18
(ii) 549.85]
[(a) 5 (b) 9801]
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4. Diagram 6 shows part of several squares formed from a
roll of wire of length 17.6 m.

Particle A travels 47 cm in the 1st second, 45 cm in

the 2nd second, 43 cm in the 3rd second, etc. Particle B travels
25 cm in the 1st second, 24 cm in the 2nd second, 23 cm in the
3rd second, etc. Find how long it takes for the two particles to
meet each other.
[24 s]

The side of the smallest square is 3 cm. The measurement of

the side of each subsequent
square increases by 2 cm of its previous square.
(a) Find the maximum number of squares that can be
formed.
(b) Determine which square has a perimeter of 108 cm.
(c) Find the perimeter of the largest square.

8. Diagram 2 shows a square with side of length a cm was

cut into four equal squares and then every square was cut
into another four equal squares for the subsequent stages.

n=20b n=13 c T =164

5. A roll of thread with 120 cm long is cut into six parts to

make up six circles as shown in the diagram 3.

Given that the sum of the perimeters of the squares in

every stage form a geometric progression.
The radius of the circles increase by 3 cm consecutively.
Calculate
(a ) the radius of the smallest circle,
(b) the circumference of the last circle,
(c) the number of circles obtained if the length of thread is
320.
[a) r=2.5 @

5
2

(a) If the sum of the perimeters of the squares cut in stage

10 is 10 240 cm, find the value of a.
(b) Calculate the number of squares cut from stage 5 until
stage 10.
[a)
a = 5, b) 349440]

b) 35 c) n=10]

6. A pump is used to extract certain type of liquid

from a container. The first extraction draws a volume of
36 cm3 of liquid , and the subsequent extractions
follow a geometric progression. The third draws a
volume of 20.25 cm3 of liquid.
(a) Determine the common ratio of the geometric
progression .
(b) Calculate the volume of liquid extracted in the
tenth extraction.
(c) If a container contains 140 cm3 of liquid, find the
number of extractions needed to empty the container.
b
3
[ a x= , T 10=2.703, c n=13 ]
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7. The diagram shows particles A and B projected
simultaneously towards each other from the opposite ends of
a tube of length 9 m.

9. a) The above
diagram shows a
pendulum released
from the position
OP. It swings freely
through the angle of 65, 52, 41.6 and so on.
Calculate the total angle
it covers in 8 swings.
b) The sequence -11, -5, 1,is an arithmetic
progression. State the three consecutive terms of this
arithmetic progression where the sum of these three
o
terms is 93.
[a) 270.47 , b 25,31, 37
10. Ravi and Hamid were given a piece of wire each, it
is to be bend into several parts successively as shown in
Diagram 3.

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The first part must be measured A cm and every part should
be shortened by D cm respectively.
Ravis wire which is 720 cm was bent exactly into 10 parts
and Hamids which is 1040 cm was bent exactly 20 parts.
Calculate,
(a) the value of A and of D,
(b) the difference of the length of the last part of the both
wire.
[a) A = 90 or D = 4, Difference = 40]

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