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Math Pretest: Sequences
1. Find the 3rd term of the geometric sequence: 1, 3, 9, ...
o Answer: c. 9 2. Find the 4th term of the geometric sequence: 3, 9, 27, ... o Answer: b. 81 3. Find the next term in the arithmetic sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ... o Answer: a. 19 4. Find the next term in the geometric sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ... o Answer: b. 162 5. Find the 5th term of the arithmetic sequence: 5, 10, 15, ... o Answer: b. 25 6. If the 1st term of a geometric sequence is 5 and the common ratio is 2, find the 5th term. o Answer: a. 80 7. Find the sum of the first 5 terms in the arithmetic sequence: 2, 4, 6, ... o Answer: b. 25 8. If the 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 and the common difference is 3, find the 7th term. o Answer: c. 21 9. Find the arithmetic mean of 4 and 10. o Answer: c. 7 10. Find the geometric mean of 4 and 16. o Answer: a. 8 11. Find the sum of the first 4 terms in the geometric sequence: 4, 8, 16, ... o Answer: b. 60 12. Find the arithmetic mean of 7, 13, and 19. o Answer: b. 13 13. Find the 6th term of the arithmetic sequence: 7, 12, 17, ... o Answer: c. 37 14. In an arithmetic sequence, if the 3rd term is 15 and the 7th term is 35, what is the common difference? o Answer: a. 5 15. Find the 6th term of the geometric sequence: 5, 15, 45, ... o Answer: b. 1215 16. In a real-life scenario, if you save $5 on the first day and increase your savings by $5 each day, how much will you save on the 10th day? o Answer: c. $55 17. Find the sum of the first 3 terms in the geometric sequence: 3, 6, 12, ... o Answer: a. 21 18. Find the 10th term of the arithmetic sequence: 4, 9, 14, ... o Answer: c. 51 19. Find the geometric mean of 3 and 12. o Answer: b. 6 20. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 meters and bounces back to 75% of its previous height. How high does it bounce after the third bounce? o Answer: a. 8.4375 meters 21. Find the sum of the first 5 terms in the arithmetic sequence: 3, 8, 13, ... o Answer: c. 55 22. Find the sum of the first 4 terms in the geometric sequence: 2, 4, 8, ... o Answer: b. 30 23. If the 5th term of an arithmetic sequence is 22 and the 9th term is 38, find the 12th term. o Answer: b. 52 24. Find the 4th term of the geometric sequence: 2, 4, 8, ... o Answer: d. 32 25. In a geometric sequence, the sum of the first three terms is 26 and the sum of the first four terms is 62. Find the common ratio. o Answer: a. 2