Quiz about Common Difference or Common Ratio

Question 1

Identify the common difference.
3, 7, 11, 15, ...

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

6

Answer

-4

Answer

5

Question 2

Find the common ratio: 4, -16, 64, -256, ...

Accepted Answer

r = -4

Answer

r = 2

Answer

r = -2

Answer

r = 4

Question 3

The next two terms of the sequence 4,7,10,13 are

Accepted Answer

16 and 19

Answer

15 and 19

Answer

16 and 18

Answer

15 and 18

Question 4

The next term of the sequence 2,4,8,16 are

Accepted Answer

32

Answer

64

Answer

108

Answer

20

Question 5

The next term of the series 11,8,5,2 are

Accepted Answer

-1

Answer

-2

Answer

1

Answer

2

Question 6

What is the common difference in an arithmetic sequence?

Accepted Answer

The number that you + or - by.

Answer

The number you x or divide by.

Answer

The first number.

Answer

The last number.

Question 7

What is the common difference:
2, 6, 10, 14...

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

-4

Answer

1/4

Answer

2

Question 8

What is the common difference:
-6, -1, 4, 9...

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

-5

Answer

-6

Answer

1/5

Question 9

What kind of sequence is the pattern 15, 17, 20, 24, 29, ...?

Accepted Answer

Neither

Answer

Arithmetic

Answer

Geometric

Question 10

What kind of sequence is the pattern 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, ...?

Accepted Answer

Geometric

Answer

Arithmetic

Answer

Neither

Question 11

Is the sequence 7, 9, 12, 16,... geometric?

Accepted Answer

no

Answer

yes

Question 12

Find the next three terms: 3, -18, 108, -648

Accepted Answer

3888, -23328, 139968

Answer

-6480, -3880, -233280

Answer

6480, -38880, 233280

Answer

5184, -31104, 186624

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

$320

Answer

$50

Answer

$35

Answer

$250

Question 14

Which formula represents this sequence:
2, 8, 14, ...

Accepted Answer

n + 6

Answer

4n

Answer

3n + 2

Answer

5n - 2

Question 15

What is the common ratio for the sequence:
28, 14, 7, 3.5...

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2

Answer

-14

Answer

-7

Question 16

Which kind of sequence has a common difference?

Accepted Answer

Arithmetic

Answer

Geometric

Question 17

Each individual number in a sequence of numbers is called what?

Accepted Answer

Term

Answer

Common difference

Answer

Successive term

Answer

Geometric term

Question 18

What is the common difference? 111, 84, 57,

Accepted Answer

-27

Answer

-17

Answer

17

Answer

27

Question 19

Is the sequence geometric or arithmetic?
6, 18, 54...

Accepted Answer

Geometric

Answer

Arithmetic

Answer

Neither

Question 20

A _____________sequence is a sequence of numbers in which the ratio between any two consecutive terms is a constant.

Accepted Answer

Geometric Sequence

Answer

Arithmentic Sequence

Question 21

Is this sequence arithmetic, geometric, or neither:
3, 6, 12, 24, ...

Accepted Answer

geometric

Answer

arithmetic

Answer

neither

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