Arithmetic and Geometric Series Word Problems

Front

You are sitting in row 23 and notice there are 65 seats in your row. The row in front of you has 63 seats and the row behind you has 67 seats. There are 42 rows in the auditorium. How many seats does the auditorium contain?

Back

2604

Front

Back

42

Front

If you paid a total of $1031.60 for power last year and the local power company plans to raise rates by 4.2% per year for the next 10 years, what would you expect to pay for power over the next 10 years?

Back

$13,020.97

Front

A bouncing ball reaches heights of 16 cm, 12.8 cm, and 10.24 cm on three consecutive bounces. If the ball was originally dropped from 25 cm, how much total distance in the downward direction has the ball traveled after five bounces?

Back

84.04 cm

Front

You have $10 in your bank account. It doubles every month. How much money will you have after 5 months?

Back

$310

Front

A theater has 32 rows of seats. If there are 26 seats in the 1st row, 30 in the 2nd, 34 in the 3rd, and so on, how many seats are there in all?

Back

2816

Front

Viola makes gift baskets for Valentine’s Day. She has 13 baskets left over from last year, and she plans to make 12 more each day. If there are 15 work days until the day she begins to sell the baskets, how many baskets will she have to sell? (Sequence or Series)

Back

181 baskets

Front

Find the total distance that the projectile traveled in seven seconds: 26, 44, 62, 80, . . . .

Back

560 feet

Front

Justine earned $17,000 during the first year of her job at city hall. After each year she received a 4% raise. Find her total earnings during the first five years on the job.

Back

$92,077.48

Front

How much money will Cory have at the end of December if he starts with $20 and saves 10% more each month?

Back

$189.74