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JAMB Mathematics · Algebra

Progression: JAMB Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Progression

Our summary: Number patterns where each term follows a rule, and adding up their terms (A.P. and G.P.).

  • nth term of a progression
  • Sum of A.P. and G.P.

Objectives

  • Determine the nth term of a progression
  • Compute the sum of A.P. and G.P.
  • Sum to infinity of a given G.P.

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JAMB Mathematics questions on Progression

  1. JAMB 2025The second and fifth terms of a G.P are 1 and 1/8 respectively. Find the common ratio
  2. JAMB 2025Given the progression 3, 5, 7, 9, … . . . find an expression for the (n - 2) ^ th term of the progression.
  3. JAMB 2024Find the 7 ^ th term of the sequence -10, 50, -250 …
  4. JAMB 2024The sum to infinity of a GP is 100, find its first term if the common ratio is - 1/2
  5. JAMB 2023The third term of an A.P is 6 and the fifth term is 12. Find the sum of its first twelve terms
  6. JAMB 2023What is the general term of the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, … ?
  7. JAMB 2023The second term of a geometric series is ^ -2 / 3 and its sum to infinity is ^3/ 2 . Find its common ratio.
  8. JAMB 2022If 8, p, q and 26 is an A.P. Find the values of p and q
  9. JAMB 2022The 10th term of an AP is 32. If the first term is 3/2, what is the 4th term?
  10. JAMB 2021What is the n-th term of the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20 … ?
  11. JAMB 2020Three consecutive terms of a geometric progression are give as n - 2, n and n + 3. Find the common ratio
  12. JAMB 2019The nth term of a sequence is given by 2 ^ 2n - 1 . Find the sum of the first four terms.
  13. JAMB 2019If the 3rd and 7th terms of a G.P are 9 and 1/9 respectively. Find the common ratio.
  14. JAMB 2018A man's initial salary is N540.00 a month and increases after each period of six months by N36.00. Find his salary in the eight month of the third year.
  15. JAMB 2017Find the sum to infinity of the series 1/4 , 1/8 , 1/16 , …
  16. JAMB 2017What is the next number in the series 2, 1, 1/2 , 1/4 …
  17. JAMB 2016If the 2nd term of a G.P is 8/9 and the 6th term is 4 1/2 . Find the common ratio.
  18. JAMB 2016The nth term of the sequence 3, 9, 27, 81 … is
  19. JAMB 2015Determine the third term of a geometrical progression whose first and second term are 2 and 54 respectively
  20. JAMB 2015The first and last term of a linear sequence (AP) are 6 and 10 respectively. If the sum of the sequence is 40. Find the number of terms
  21. JAMB 2014What is the common ratio of the G.P. (√10 + √5) + (√10 + 2√5) + … ?
  22. JAMB 2014The 4th term of an A.P. is 13 while the 10th term is 31. Find the 24th term.
  23. JAMB 2013The nth term of the progression 4/2 , 7/3 , 10/4 , 13/5 is …
  24. JAMB 2012The nth term of a sequence is n2 - 6n - 4. Find the sum of the 3rd and 4th terms.
  25. JAMB 2012The sum to infinity of a geometric progression is -1/10 and the first term is -1/8 . Find the common ratio of the progression.
  26. JAMB 2011The seconds term of a geometric series is 4 while the fourth term is 16. Find the sum of the first five terms
  27. JAMB 2010The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is -9 and the 7th term is -29. Find the 10th term of the progression
  28. JAMB 2010Find the sum to infinity of the following series. 0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005 + 0.0005 + …

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