Pre-Calc
Jeopardy Review
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your group!!
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may have out are:
scratch paper
calculators
writing apparatus
JEOPARDY
Sums
Formulas
Terms
Arithmetic Geometric
Misc
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Sums - 100
5
Evaluate
 4n
n1
Answer
Sums - 100
5
 4n  4(1)  4(2)  4(3)  4(4)  4(5)  60
n1
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Sums - 200
5
Evaluate
 3k
2
k 0
Answer
Sums - 200
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3k

3(0)

3(1)

3(2)

3(3)

3(4)

3(5)

k 0
165
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Sums - 300
Write the sum using sigma
notation
5
5
5
5


 ...
11 1 2 1 3
115
Answer
Sums - 300
15
5
1 n
n1
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Sums - 400
Write the sum using
sigma notation
1 1 1
1
1    ...
2 4 8
128
Answer
Sums - 400
 1 
 1 2n 
n 0
7
n
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Sums - 500
Evaluate


1 n
 2 4 
n1
Answer
Sums - 500
Since
r  4  4 1
there is no sum
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Formulas - 100
Write an equation for
2,7,12,17,...
Answer
Formulas - 100
an  2  5(n 1)  3  5n
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Formulas - 200
Write an equation for
27,9,3,1,...

Answer
Formulas - 200
n1
1 
an  27 
3
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Formulas - 300
Write an expression for
the following sequence:
1 2 4
8
, , , ,...
3 9 27 81
Answer
Formulas - 300
2


n1
an

n
3
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Formulas - 400
Write an expression
for the following terms
1 1 1 1
1, , , , ,...
3 5 7 9
Answer
Formulas - 400
1
n
an 
2n 1
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Formulas - 500
Write a recursive expression for
the following sequence;
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,..
Answer
Formulas - 500
a1  1
a2  1
an  an1  an2
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Terms - 100
Write the first 4 terms of
6
an  2 
n
(assume n starts at 1)

Answer
Terms - 100
8,5,4,3.5
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Terms - 200
1
n
What are the first 4 terms of an 
2n 1
(assume n starts at 0)
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Answer
Terms - 200
1 1
1,1, ,
3 5
1,1,0.333,.2
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Terms - 300
What are the first 4 terms of the
arithmetic sequence where the
first term is 3 and the common
difference is 4.
Answer
Terms - 300
3,7,11,15
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Terms - 400
a1  35
What are the first 4 terms of a  a  3
k 1
k

Answer
Terms - 400
35, 32, 29, 26
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Terms - 500
Write the first 4 terms of the
sequence where the first term
1
is 4 and the common ratio is  4
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Answer
Terms - 500
1 1
4,1, ,
4 16
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Arithmetic -100
Find the 100th partial sum of the sequence
5,16,27,38,49,...
Answer
Arithmetic - 100
100
S100 
5 1094  54,950
2
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Arithmetic - 200
An auditorium has 20 rows of seats.
There are 20 seats in the first row, 21
sets in the second row, 22 seats in the
third row and so on. How many sets
are there in all 20 rows?
Answer
Arithmetic - 200
20
S  20 39  590
2
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Arithmetic - 300
A small business sells $10,000 worth of
sports memorabilia during its first year. The
owner of the business has set a goal of
increasing annual sales by $7500 each year
for 19 years. Assuming this goal is met, find
the total sales during the first 20 years of
this business.
Answer
Arithmetic - 300
20
S20  10,000152,500 1,625,000
2
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Arithmetic - 400
500
Find the partial sum of
n  8
n1

Answer
Arithmetic - 400
500
S500 
9  508 129,250
2
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Arithmetic - 500
Find the sum of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, …
Answer
Arithmetic - 500
Can’t find the sum because this sequence
is arithmetic which means it will continue
to increase without leveling off.
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Geometric - 100
Find the sum of 3 + 0.3 + 0.03 + 0.003 + …
Answer
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Geometric - 100
3
S
 3.33
1 (0.1)
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Geometric - 200

Evaluate
 4.6
n1
n1

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Geometric - 200
4
S
10
1 0.6

Answer
Geometric - 300
Find the sum of 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, …
Answer
Geometric - 300
You can’t compute the sum of
this sequence because it is a
geometric sequence with a
common ration greater than 1
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Geometric - 400
Use summation notation to write the
sum 7 + 14 + 28 + …+ 896
Answer
Geometric - 400
7
 72
n1
n1
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Geometric - 500
Write the first 5 terms of the
geometric sequence when the first
term is 4 and the common ratio is 2
Answer
Geometric - 500
4, 8, 16, 32, 64
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Misc - 100
Write the sum using summation
notation
21  22  23  ... 29
2
2
2
2

Answer
Misc - 100
9
 2n 
2
n1

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Misc - 200
Use sigma notation to write
1 1 1
the sum 1    ...
3
9
27

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Misc - 200
n1
 1 
 3
n1


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Misc - 300
Find the 100th partial
sum of the arithmetic
sequence where the first
term is 15 and the 100th
term is 307
Answer
Misc - 300
100
S
15 307 16,100
2
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Misc - 400
When is Miss Miller’s
Birthday?
Answer
Misc - 400
March 26th
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Misc - 500
Find the partial sum of
100
 7n
n 51
Answer
Misc - 500
50
S  357 700  26,425
2
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