Edexcel C1 2012 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicArithmetic Sequences and Series

6. A boy saves some money over a period of 60 weeks. He saves 10 p in week 1 , 15 p in week \(2,20 \mathrm { p }\) in week 3 and so on until week 60 . His weekly savings form an arithmetic sequence.
  1. Find how much he saves in week 15
  2. Calculate the total amount he saves over the 60 week period. The boy's sister also saves some money each week over a period of \(m\) weeks. She saves 10 p in week \(1,20 \mathrm { p }\) in week \(2,30 \mathrm { p }\) in week 3 and so on so that her weekly savings form an arithmetic sequence. She saves a total of \(\pounds 63\) in the \(m\) weeks.
  3. Show that $$m ( m + 1 ) = 35 \times 36$$
  4. Hence write down the value of \(m\).