| Exam Board | WJEC |
| Module | Further Unit 1 (Further Unit 1) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Sequences and series, recurrence and convergence |
10. Gareth is investigating a series involving cube numbers. His series is
$$1 ^ { 3 } - 2 ^ { 3 } + 3 ^ { 3 } - 4 ^ { 3 } + 5 ^ { 3 } - 6 ^ { 3 } + 7 ^ { 3 } - \ldots$$
Gareth continues his series and ends with an odd number.
Find and simplify an expression for the sum of Gareth's series in terms of \(k\), where \(k\) is the number of odd numbers in his series.