QUEEN ANNE SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS 10
Week 1

Reference Number:202010E1-01
Name: Grade and Section:
Subject Teacher: Ms. Monica Joyce B. Naperi LRN:
I. OBJECTIVES
1. generates patterns. *** M10AL-Ia-1
2. illustrates an arithmetic sequence M10AL-Ib-1
Learning Targets
 I CAN define pattern and sequence.
 I CAN find a possible formula for the n th term of a sequence
 I CAN find the first five terms of the sequence
II. SUBJECT MATTER
TOPIC: Patterns and Sequences
CONTENT:
1. Sequences
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
Our World of Math 10 by: Jose Rosario, Richard Eden, Arnold Eniego and Leah Lundag pp. 3-8
IV. PROCEDURE
 Study the definition of sequence.
 observe the pattern of the sequence
 observing the pattern of the sequence
 study how to find the terms of a sequence
 answer worksheets
V. ASSESSMENT
Day 1. Finding the possible formula for the nth term of a sequence.
Day 2. Write the first five terms of the given sequence
Day 3. Problem Solving
VI. AGREEMENT ENRICHMENT
Read and answer the given activities & assessment for the week. Submit your output on specified date of retrieval

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DAY 1
CHAPTER 1. PATTERNS and SEQUENCES
Lesson Outline
1.1. Patterns and Sequences
Sequence – is a list of numbers. The numbers in a sequence are called terms and are often written as:
a 1 , a2 , a3 , .. . , an ,. . . . where the group of three dots is called ellipsis and no term following it indicates
that the sequence continues on and on. The first term of the sequence is a 1 , the second term is a 2 , and the third
term is a 3 and so forth. The nth term or general term sequence is denoted by a n .
If the sequence does not have a last term, the sequence is said to be infinite. The sequence
2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 ,. . . ,2 n , . .. is an example of an infinite sequence, which maybe represent by { a n }= {2 n } or simply
by a n=2 n . If the sequence has a n as the last term for some positive integer n ,then the sequence is said to be
finite. For example, the sequence 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , 25 ,36 , 49 ,64 is a finite sequence.
An infinite sequence has ellipsis after the n th term, while a finite sequence has none.
Given the first few terms of a sequence, we can never be certain about the general term. However, we
may be able to construct one possible general term by looking at a pattern in the given terms of the sequence.
Such pattern may be expressed by a formula explicitly. In the following example, we are interested in looking at a
pattern and finding general term of a sequence given the first few terms.

Example 1. Find the possible formula for the n th term of a sequence whose first terms are 5 , 9 , 13 ,17 , . .. .
Solution.
By observing the pattern of the sequence, two consecutive terms differ by 4 . Also, we observe that
a 1=4 ( 1 ) +1 a 2=4 ( 2 ) +1 a 3=4 (3 )+ 1 a 4=4 ( 4 ) +1
Notice that a i=4 i+1 for i=1 , 2, 3 , 4. Thus, one possible formula is a n=4 n+1.
Example 2. Find the first three terms and the 11thterm of a sequence defined by each formula.
n+1
a . an =3 n2 +1 c . c n= n
2
2 n−1
b . bn =2 ( 3n ) d . d n= 2
n +2 n
Solution.
a . an =3 n2 +1 b . bn =2 ( 3n )
a 1=3(1)2+1 b 1=2 ( 31 )
¿ 3(1)+1 ¿ 2 (3)
¿ 3+1 b 1=6
a 1=4
a 2=3 ( 2 )2+1 b 2=2 ( 32 )
¿ 3( 4)+1 ¿ 2 (9)
¿ 12+1 b 2=18
a 2=13

a 3=3(3)2 +1 b 3=2 ( 33 )
¿ 3( 9)+1 ¿ 2 ( 27 )
¿ 27+1 b 3=54
a 3=28
Thus, the first three terms are 4 , 13∧28 . Thus, the first three terms are 6 , 18∧54
2
a 11=3(11) +1 b . b11 =2 ( 311 )
¿ 3(121)+1 ¿ 2 ( 177,147 )
¿ 363+1 b 11=354,294
a 11=364

DAY 2

CONTINUATION
 Thus, the 11thterm is 364. Thus, the 11thterm is 354,294 .

n+1 2 n−1
c . c n= d . d n=
2n n2 +2 n
1+1 2 ( 1 )−1
c 1= 1 d 1= 2
2 1 +2 ( 1 )
2 2−1
¿ ¿
2 1+ 2
1
c 1=1 d 1=
3

2+1 2 ( 2 )−1
c 2= d 2=
22 22 +2 (2 )
3 4−1
c 2= ¿
4 4+ 4
3
d 2=
8
3+1 2 ( 3 ) −1
c 3= d 3= 2
23 3 +2 ( 3 )
4 6−1
¿ ¿
8 9+6
1 5
c 3= d 3=
2 15
1
d 3=
3
3
∧1 1 3 1
Thus, the first three terms are 4 Thus, the first three terms are , ,
1, . 3 8 3
2

11+ 1 2 ( 11 ) −1
c 11 = d 11 =
211 11 2+ 2 ( 11 )
13 22−1
¿ ¿
2,048 121+22
13 21
c 11 = d 1=
512 143
13 21
Thus, the 11thterm is . Thus, the 11thterm is .
512 143
DAY 3

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

Example 3. Find the first five terms of the sequence defined by a 1=3and a n=2 an−1 +5 for n ≥ 2

Solution.

Since n ≥ 2 the values of n are 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

a 1=3

a n=2 a(n−1 )+5 a n=2 a(n−1 )+5

a 2=2 a(2−1) +5 a 3=2 a(3−1 )+5

¿ 2 a1 +5 ¿ 2 a2 +5

¿ 2(3)+5 ¿ 2(11)+5
¿ 6+5 ¿ 22+5
 a 2=11 a 3=27

a n=2 a(n−1 )+5 a n=2 a(n−1 )+5

a 4=2 a( 4−1 )+5 a 5=2 a(5−1 )+5

¿ 2 a3 +5 ¿ 2 a4 +5

¿ 2(27)+5 ¿ 2(59)+5
¿ 54+5 ¿ 118+5
a 4=59 a 5=123

Thus, the first five terms of the sequence are3 , 11,27 ,59 , 123

DAY 3

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

Example 4. Find the first five terms of the sequence defined by a 1=−10 , a 2=8 and a n+1=a n−a (n−1).

a 1=−10

a 2=8

To get the third term a 3 from a n+1=a n−a (n−1)we need to use 2 , as the value of n .

a n+1=a n−a (n−1) a n+1=a n−a (n−1)

a 2+1=a 2−a( 2−1 ) a 3+1=a 3−a( 3−1)
a 3=a2−a1 a 4=a3−a 2
¿ 8−(−10 ) ¿ 18−8
¿ 8+10 a 4=10
a 3=18

a n+1=a n−a (n−1)

a 4+1 =a4 −a( 4−1 )

a 5=a 4−a 3

¿ 10−18
a 3=−8

Thus, the first five terms of the sequence are −10 , 8 , 18 , 10 ,−8
 Self-learning activities/Assessment in Mathematics 10
Quarter 1/Week /August

Name: _____________________________ Grade and Section: __________________

Subject teacher: Ms. Monica Joyce B. Naperi Score:
DAY 1
Activity 1. Find the possible formula for the nth term of a sequence whose first five terms are given, and use this formula
to write the next three terms of the sequence.
1 1 1 1
1. 4 , 7 ,10 , 13 , 16 ,. . . 5. 1 , , , , ,...
2 4 8 16
2. 37, 33, 29, 25, 21, . . . 6. 0 , 3 , 8 ,15 , 24 , . . .
3. 3 , 6 , 12, 24 , 48, . . . 7. 3 , 8 , 15 ,24 , . . .
1 1 1 1
4. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, . . . 8. 1 , , , , ,...
2 3 4 15
Activity 2. Write the first five terms of the given sequence defined by the following formulas.
2n
1. a n=7 n+ 4 4. a n=
n2
2(−1) n +1
2. a n=2017−4 n 5. a n=
n+1
n
n(3 n−1) 1
3. a n=
2 ( )
6. a n= 1+
n
DAY 2
Activity 3. Write the first five terms of the sequence defined recursively.
1. a 1=5 ; an=3 ( an−1−2 ) for n ≥ 2

2. a 1=1; an=2 an−1 +1 for n ≥ 2

3. a 1=2; a2=3 ; an =3 an−1−2 an −2 for n ≥ 3
4. a 1=1; an=a n−1+ 4 n−1 for n ≥ 2
DAY 3

Activity 4. Problem solving

1. The first four terms of the sequence whose n th term is a n=n2 +n+ 41are 43 , 47 ,53 , and 61.Notice that these
four numbers are prime numbers. Is this sequence a sequence of prime numbers? If not, determine a value of n for
which a n is not prime.

2. Find the first 8 terms of the sequence

n n
a n=
1
√5 [( ) ( ) ]
1+ √ 5
2
−
1−√ 5
2

3. Mr. Dela Cruz invested P 100,000 AT 4.5 % compounded annually. The value of the investment after n years is
given by the sequence;

a n=P100,000 ¿ for n ≥ 1.

a. Find the first five terms of the sequence.

b. Find the value of the investment after 25 years.

Write your answer and complete solution on a separate yellow paper.