Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided before each
number
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1. Which of the following shows a pattern?
A. 6,5.3.7.4,Z
C. B, D, G, 2, M, 3
B. 9,7,9,7,9,7
D. small, medium, dance, long
2. Which of the following does NOT define a finite sequence?
A Second Monday of the month
C teenage life
B. every other day
D hours of the day
3. What is the 7th term of the sequence -2,3,-12, 15,...?
A 32
B-41
C. 44
D. 54
4. Which is the next ordered pair in the pattern (3,6), (5,8), (7,11)?
A. (9.14) B. (10.14) C. (9,15) D. (12,15)
5. Find the first three terms of the sequence an-5n-1.
A. 4,8,12 B. 4.9.13 C. 4,10,14 D. 4.9.14
6. What is the common difference in the sequence -5,4,13,22,...?
A. -9
B. 9
C. 10
D.-11
7. Which of the following is the missing term of the arithmetic sequence; 26,19,12,5,
-9, -16,...?
A.-2
B. 12
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D. -13
8. Find the three arithmetic means between 13 and 25.
A. 15,19,25
B. 16.18,22
C. 16,19,22 D. 17,19,23
9. If three arithmetic means are inserted between -25, and 7, find the third term of these
arithmetic means.
A-9
B. 17
C. -17
D. -1
10. What is the 13th term of the arithmetic sequence 6,14,22,30,...?
A. 96
B. 102 C. 104 D. 106
11. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 3,1,-1,-3,... IS -33?
A. 15th term
B. 16th term
C. 17th term
D. 18th term
12. Insert 4 arithmetic means between 11 and -4.
A. 8,6,2,-1
B. 9,5,2,1
C. 8,5,2,-1
D. 10,6,2, -3
13. Find the 58th term of the arithmetic sequence 9, 12, 15, 18,
A. 180 B. 183 C. 186 D. 190
14. If a, = -5 and a6 = 5, find a 12?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 15
D. 17
15. Find the value of x if the arithmetic mean of 3 and 3x+5 is 8.
A. 4/3
B. 7/3
C. 8/3
D. 10/3
16. What are the first and last terms of an arithmetic sequence when its arithmetic means are
35,15 and -5?
A. 75 and -20 B. 55 and -25 C. 50 and -30 D. -75 and 25​