JEOPARDY!
JEOPARDY!
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Sequences
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Geometric
Sequences
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Daily Double!!!
Daily Double Graphic and
Sound Effect!
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Write a rule for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence.
3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, …
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Write a rule for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence.
1, 7, 13, 19, 25, …
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Write a rule for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence, then find a8.
d = 5, a1 = 3
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Write a rule for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence, then find a25.
d = -2, a9 = 3
Write a rule for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence.
a1 = 4, a4 = 13
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Find the sum of the first 20
terms of the arithmetic series.
(-6) + (-2) + 2 + 6 + …
Find the sum of the first 14 terms
of the arithmetic series.
8 + 20 + 32 + 44 + …
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Find the sum of the first 40 terms
of the arithmetic series.
0.5 + 0.9 + 1.3 + 1.7 + …
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Find the sum:
7
∑ − 8 + 5(n − 1)
n =1
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Write a rule for the nth term of
the geometric sequence, then
find a8.
Find the sum:
9
∑ − 3n + 11
6, 12, 24, 48, …
n=4
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Write a rule for the nth term of
the geometric sequence, then
find a8.
r = 6, a3 = 72
Write a rule for the nth term
of the geometric sequence,
then find a8.
64, 32, 16, 8, 4, …
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Write a rule for the nth term of the
geometric sequence
a2 = 50, a6 = 0.005
(Find r and a1 first)
Write a rule for the nth term of
the geometric sequence.
a2 = 6, a4 = 54
(Find r and a1 first!!)
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Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the
geometric series:
Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the
geometric series:
4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + …
10 + 5 + 2.5 + 1.25 + …
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Find the sum :
6
∑ 20(0.2)
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Find the sum :
8
∑11(−3)
i −1
n =1
i −1
n =1
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Find the sum :
Find the sum :
5
1
∑ − 8(− 4 )
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∞
2
15 
∑
9
n =1
i −1
n =1
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n −1
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Find the sum :
∞
Find the sum :
∞
∑ 4(− 0.2)
∑ 5(0.8)
n −1
n =1
n −1
n =1
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Find the sum of this sequence:
1,2,4,8,….
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Find the sum of this sequence:
90,30,10,….
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Tell whether the sequence is
arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
If arithmetic, find d;
if geometric, find r.
-5, -3, -1, 1, …
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Tell whether the sequence is
arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
If arithmetic, find d;
if geometric, find r.
12, 6, 3, 3/2, …
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Write the first six terms of the
sequence.
Find the first 4 terms of the recursive
function:
a1 = −5
an = n 2 + 1
an = (an−1 ) 2 + 3
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Tell whether the sequence is
arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
If arithmetic, find d;
if geometric, find r.
If neither, write a rule for the sequence.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ….
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