ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE
Examples handbook handbook pg4-6
Activity 1
(C) Determine which term is equal to 127
The 10th term of an arithmetic sequence is 31 and the 15th term is 46.
Determine the first three terms
Activity 2 HOMEWORK
The first three terms of a linear number pattern are :
(𝑚 + 1) ; (𝑚2 + 𝑚) ; 3𝑚2 − 𝑚 − 4)
1.1 Determine the value(s) of m
1.2 Determine the value of the first three terms , where m>0
6 − 𝑥 ; 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 √4𝑥 + 12 are the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence .
Calculate the value of the 10th term of this arithmetic sequence .
Consider the following arithmetic sequence : -11 ; 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 , 15 ; …
1.1 Determine the values of 𝑥 in the interval [00 , 900 ] for which the sequence
will be arithmetic
Geometric sequence
Examples handbook pg 4-6
Activity 3
Consider the geometric sequence : 2; 6; 18;...
1.1 Determine the general term of this sequence.
1.2 Calculate the value of the 8th term.
1.3 Which term in this sequence is equal to 1458?
Determine the general term of a geometric sequence with 2nd term = -4 and
4
5th term =
125
Activity 4 Homework
2. Determine the number of terms in the sequence 2 ; 6 ;18 ;...........;4374
Determine an expression for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term for a geometric sequence whose 3th
term is -20 and the 6th term is 160
1
Which term of the sequence : 8 ; 6; 412 will be the first to less than
100
Mixed patterns
Activity 5
The following sequence is a combination of an arithmetic and geometric
sequence : 2 ; 2 ; 4; 10; 6; 50 ; ........
2.1 Write down the next two terms
2.2 Calculate 𝑇13 − 𝑇12
Consider the sequence : 12 ; 4 ;14 ;7 ;18 ;10
1.1 Write down the next two terms if the given pattern continues
1.2 Calculate the value of the 50th term of the sequence
1.3 Write down the value of the 131th term of the sequence
SUM ARITHEMETIC PATTERN
OTHER EXAMPLES handbook pg 10-12
Activity 6
The sum of the first n terms of a series is given by 𝑆𝑛= 2𝑛2 +4𝑛
1.1 Calculate the sum of the first 200 terms of this series
1.2 Calculate the 100th term in this series
1.3 How many terms must be added for the sum to be 4230
Consider the arithmetic series: -4-1+2+...
1.1 calculate the smallest value of n for which 𝑆𝑛 > 300
1.2 Determine the greatest number of terms that can be added together if the
answer must be less than 100
Activity 7 Homework
The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic series is given by
𝑆𝑛 = −𝑛2 + 8𝑛
1.1 Calculate the sum of the first 15 terms
1.2 Calculate the value of 𝑇15
1.3 If the first term of the series is 7, which term of the series will have a value
of -169?
The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic series is given by
𝑆𝑛 = −𝑛2 + 8𝑛
1.4 Calculate the sum of the first 15 terms
1.5 Calculate the value of 𝑇15
1.6 If the first term of the series is 7, which term of the series will have a value
of -169?
Given the arithmetic series : 2+9+16+...(to 251 terms )
Calculate the sum of the terms divisible by 4 .
Given the arithmetic series : 18+24+30+...+300
1.1 Determine the number of terms in this series
1.2 Calculate the sum of the series
1.3 Calculate the sum of all the whole numbers up to and including 300 that
are not divisible by 6
Given the finite arithmetic sequence : 5; 1 ;-3...;-83 ;-87
1.1 Write down the fourth term (𝑇4 ) of the sequence
1.2 Calculate the number of terms in the sequence
1.3 Calculate the sum of all negative numbers in the sequence
1.4 Consider the sequence: 5; 1 ;-3...;-83 ;-87...;-4187
1.5 Determine the number of terms in this sequence that will be exactly
divisible by 5
SUM GEOMETRIC
Example sigma notation handbook pg 13-14
7+11+15+........(to 7terms )
𝑆7 =133
Activity 8
HOMEWORK
HOMEWORK
CLASSWORK
4,8181818181....=4+ 0,818181=4+0,81 +0,0081+0,000081
First part 0,81 second 0,0081 -fill 81 with zeros an so on
