Showing posts with label Arithmetic Progression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arithmetic Progression. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Study Arithmetic Test Prep


Introduction to study of arithmetic test prep:

Here we will study arithmetic progression for test prep

An Arithmetic Progression study prep, or AP, is a series where each new term after the first is obtained by adding a constant d, called the common difference study, to the preceding term.If the starting term of the sequence is 'a', then the arithmetic progression  is, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, . . .where the nth term is a + (n - 1)d.Few test problems prep for study arithmetic is given in the following sections.


Study example problems for arithmetic test prep:


Arithmetic Sequence Problem:

Problem:Find the sum of all positive integers, from 7 to 1764 inclusive, which are divisible by 7.

Solution:study the Sequence of first few elements positive integers divisible by 7 are given by 7, 14, 21...
The above sequence has a first element equal to 7 and a common difference d = 7. We need to know the rank of the term 1764. We use the following formula for the nth term
an = a1 + (n - 1 )d

1765 = a1 + (n - 1 )d
Substitute a1 and d by their values

1764 = 7 + 7(n - 1)
Solve for n to obtain ,      n = 252
1764 is the 252th term, we can use the following formula to find sum
sn = `(n(a_(1) +a_(n)))/(2)`
s252 = `(252 (7 + 1764)) / 2`
= 223146

Study to solve arithmetic word problem for test prep:

Problem:Three apples and four oranges cost $400. The cost of the orange is half the cost of the apple. What is the cost of apple?

Solution: Take cost of the apple is x and cost of the orange is y then test.
From the statement has given we can test as follows
3x + 4y = 400              (1)
x (`1/2` ) = y or x = 2y    (2)
Solving these two equations and test
3(2y) + 4y = 400
6y + 4y = 400
y = 40
Substitute  value and study  y in equation (2) and test
x = 80
Therefore, cost of the apple is $80.

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Study practice problems for Arithmetic Test prep:


Pro1: Find a21 given that a4 = 12 and a9 = 27

Ans: a20 = 63

Pro 2:A factory makes 4249 number of bulbs. There were three kinds of bulbs – serial, power saver, and fancy. The number of fancy was 715 more than the number of power saver. The number of serial was 5 times the number of power saver. How many fancy did the company make test?

Ans: 607