NECO Mathematics · Number and Numeration

Sequence and Series: NECO Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Sequence and Series

Our summary: Spotting patterns in lists of numbers and working with arithmetic and geometric progressions.

  • Patterns of sequences
  • Arithmetic progression (A.P.) Geometric Progression (G.P.)

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NECO Mathematics questions on Sequence and Series

  1. NECO 2008If the 3rd and the 5th terms of an A.P are 6 and 10 respectively, find the 1st term and the common difference respectively.
  2. NECO 2004The 4th term of a G.P is 3 and its first term is 81. What is its common ratio?
  3. NECO 2004If the first term of an AP is 1.2 and the common difference is also 2, what is the mean of the first five terms?
  4. NECO 2004The first term of an A.P is equal to thrice the common difference, what is the sixth term of the A.P, if the common difference is 8?
  5. NECO 2001Find the 19th term of the A.P. 5/6 , 8/6 , 11/6 …
  6. NECO 2001The first term of a G.P is 7. Find its 4th term, if its common ratio is 3.

Years with Sequence and Series questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2008
  • 2004
  • 2001