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Maths Question
Question 5

If the population of a town was 240,000 in January 1998 and it increased by 2% each year, what will be the population of the town in January 2000

Question 17

The 3rd term of an A.P is 4x – 2y and the 9th is 10x – 8y. Find the common difference. 

Question 18

Evaluate $\tfrac{1}{2}-\tfrac{1}{4}+\tfrac{1}{8}-\tfrac{1}{16}+---$

Question 11

A man saves N100.00 in his first year, saves N20.00 more than in the preceding year. In how many years will he save N5,800.00

Question 19

The sixth term of arithmetic progression is half of its twelfth term. The first term is equal to

Question 19

If the 9th term of an AP is fives times the 5th term, find the relationship between a and d

Question 25

The sum to infinity of the series $1+\tfrac{1}{3}+\tfrac{1}{9}+\tfrac{1}{27}+---$ is

Question 18

Three consecutive term of a geometric progression are given as n – 2, n, n + 3. Find the common ratio

Question 22

The sum of the first term of an arithmetic progression is 252, if the first term is –16 and the last term is 72. Find the number of terms in the series.

Question 32

Given that the first and fourth term of a G.P are 6 and 162 respectively. Find the sum of the first three term of the progression

Question 36

The nth term of two sequences are ${{Q}_{n}}=3\cdot {{2}^{n+2}}$ and ${{U}_{m}}=3\cdot {{2}^{2m-3}}$. Find the product of Q2 and U2

Question 39

Find the sum to infinity $\tfrac{1}{2},\tfrac{1}{6},\tfrac{1}{18}---$

Question 42

Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the terms 8, 12, 16,-----,96

Question 44

If the term of an AP is twice the third term and the sum of first terms is 42, find the common difference.

Question 27

How many terms of the series 3 – 6  + 12 – 24  + - - -  are needed to make a total 1 – 28

Question 36

The sum of first n positive is

Question 18

The nth term of the sequence $\tfrac{3}{2},3,7,16,35,74,-,-,-$ is

Question 19

Find the sum to infinity of the series $2+\tfrac{3}{2}+\tfrac{9}{8}+\tfrac{27}{32}+---$

Question 20

The fifth term of AP is 24, and eleventh term is 96. Find the first term

Question 18

The sum of the first n term of the arithmetic progression 5,11,17,23,29,35, –, –,–

Question 19

Find to infinity, the sum of the sequence $1,\tfrac{9}{10},{{(\tfrac{9}{10})}^{2}},{{(\tfrac{9}{10})}^{3}}\cdot \cdot \cdot $

Question 21

Find the sum to infinity 0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005 +0.0005 +….

Question 22

The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is  – 9 and the 7th  term is –29. Find the 10th term of the progression

Question 21

Find the sum of the first 18 terms of the series 3, 6, 9, -, -, -, 36.

Question 22

The second term of a geometric series is 4, while the fourth term is 16. Find the sum of the first five terms

Question 19

The nth term of a sequence ${{n}^{2}}-6n-4$. Find the sum of the 3rd and 4th terms.

Question 20

The sum to infinity of a geometric progression is $-\tfrac{1}{10}$and the first term is $-\tfrac{1}{8}$.Find the common ratio of the progression.

Question 19

$\begin{align}  & \text{If the sum of the first term of G}\text{.P is 3, and the sum of the second  and} \\ & \text{the  third term is }-6,\text{ find the sum of the first term and the common ratio} \\ & \text{(A) 5 (B) }-2\text{  (C) }-3\text{  }(D)\text{ }-5 \\\end{align}$

Question 20

$\begin{align}  & \text{The }nth\text{ term of the progression }\tfrac{4}{2},\tfrac{7}{3},\tfrac{10}{4},\tfrac{13}{4},\cdot \cdot \cdot \text{ is} \\ & (A)\text{ }\tfrac{3n-1}{n+1}\text{ }(B)\text{ }\tfrac{1-3n}{n+1}\text{ }(C)\text{ }\tfrac{3n+1}{n+1}\text{  (D) }\tfrac{3n+1}{n-1} \\\end{align}$

Question 19

The 4th term of an AP is 13 while the 10th term is 31. Find the 24th term

Question 20

What is the common ratio of the G.P $(\sqrt{10}+\sqrt{5})+(10+2\sqrt{5})+\cdot \cdot \cdot $ ?

Question 6

Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the A.P, 3+10+17+….

Question 8

Find the sum of the first 11 terms of an A.P. with first term 2 and the common difference 3

Question 5

If the 2nd term of a G.P is $\tfrac{8}{9}$ and the 6th term is$4\tfrac{1}{2}$. Find the common ratio 

Question 35

The nth term of the sequence 3, 9, 27, 81 …… is

Question 13

Find the sum to infinity of the series$\tfrac{1}{4},\tfrac{1}{12},\tfrac{1}{36},\cdot \cdot \cdot $

Question 40

Find the common difference respectively of an A. P whose 4th term is 24 and the 11th term is 52.

Question 10

A man saves N100.00 in his first year, saves N20.00 more than in the preceding year. In how many years will he save N5,800.00

Question 18

If the 9th term of an AP is fives times the 5th term, find the relationship between a and d

Question 29

The nth term of a sequence is given by ${{2}^{2n-1}}$ . Find the sum of the first four terms.