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Geometric seriesAQA A-Level Maths: Mind map

What this mind map covers

  • Sequence
  • Finite sum
  • Sum to infinity
  • Modulus and x
  • Exam tips

Exam questions on Geometric series

  1. A geometric sequence has first term 22 and common ratio 33.
    Find the least value of nn for which the sum of the first nn terms exceeds 10610^6.2 marks
  2. A geometric series has first term 4040 and common ratio 0.60.6.
    Find the least value of nn for which S∞−Sn<0.001S_\infty-S_n<0.001.2 marks
  3. A geometric series has second term 1212 and fifth term 1.51.5.
    Find the common ratio and the first term.3 marks
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Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).