LET’S EXPLORE

Determine what comes next in the given set of patterns.

1. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

2. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, 486

3. 81, 27, 9, 3, 1

4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21

How did you find the next number?

 I find the next number by adding or subtracting two adjacent numbers in
the sequence.

Do the given sets of patterns above have the same way of getting the next
number?
 No because it has different types of a sequence.
Name: Jeralyn M. Vasquez Score: _________
Course & Year: BSED English 1A Date: ___________

Mathematics in the Modern World

EVALUATION

ACTIVITY: SEQUENCE

I. Find the nth term in the sequence.

1. 2, 10, 18, 26, 24,……. n=9

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)𝒅
𝒂𝒏 = 𝟐 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)(𝟖)
𝒂𝟗 = 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒏 − 𝟖
𝒂𝟗 = −𝟔 + 𝟖𝒏
𝒂𝟗 = −𝟔 + 𝟖 (𝟗)
𝒂𝟗 = −𝟔 + 𝟕𝟐
𝒂𝟗 = 𝟔𝟔 (𝟗𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)

2. 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, ….. n = 10

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)𝒅
𝒂𝒏 = 𝟖 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)(−𝟐)
𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟖 − 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟐
𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟐𝒏
𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟐 (𝟏𝟎)
𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟐𝟎
𝒂𝟏𝟎 = −𝟏𝟎 (𝟏𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)

3. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ….. n=8

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒏(𝒏 + 𝟏)/ 𝟐

𝒂𝟖 = 𝟖(𝟖 + 𝟏)/𝟐
𝒂𝟖 = 𝟖(𝟗)/𝟐
𝒂𝟖 = 𝟕𝟐/𝟐
𝒂𝟖 = 𝟑𝟔 (𝟖𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)
 4. 4, 10, 16, 22, …… n = 23

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)𝒅
𝒂𝒏 = 𝟒 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)(𝟔)
𝒂𝟐𝟑 = 𝟒 + 𝟔𝒏 − 𝟔
𝒂𝟐𝟑 = −𝟐 + 𝟔𝒏
𝒂𝟐𝟑 = −𝟐 + 𝟔 (𝟐𝟑)
𝒂𝟐𝟑 = −𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝟖
𝒂𝟗 = 𝟏𝟑𝟔 (𝟐𝟑𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)

II. Identify the common ratio r in the given sequence.

1. -5, 10, -20, 40,……..

𝟏𝟎 −𝟐𝟎 𝟒𝟎
Solution: = −𝟐, = −𝟐, = −𝟐
−𝟓 𝟏𝟎 −𝟐𝟎

= -2 is the common ratio

2. 0.3, 0.03, 0.003, ……

𝟎.𝟎𝟑 𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟑
Solution: = 𝟎. 𝟏, = 𝟎. 𝟏
𝟎.𝟑 𝟎.𝟎𝟑

= 0.1 is the common ratio

3. 2, 8, 32, 128, ……

𝟖 𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟐𝟖
Solution: = 𝟒, = 𝟒, =𝟒
𝟐 𝟖 𝟑𝟐

= 4 is the common ratio

III. What is the nth term an of the geometric sequence with the given
elements.

1. a1 = -3 and r = 5 n = 14

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏−𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟒 = (−𝟑)(𝟓)𝟏𝟒−𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟒 = (−𝟑)(𝟓)𝟏𝟑
𝒂𝟏𝟒 = (−𝟑)(𝟏𝟐𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟑𝟏𝟐𝟓)
 𝒂𝟏𝟒 = −𝟑𝟔𝟔𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟕𝟓
1
2. a1 = 4 and r = n = 12
2

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏−𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = (𝟒)(𝟎. 𝟓)𝟏𝟐−𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = (𝟒)(𝟎. 𝟓)𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = (𝟒)(𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟒𝟖𝟖𝟑)
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑

1
3. a1 = and r = - 4 n=8
2

Solution: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 𝒓𝒏−𝟏
𝒂𝟖 = (𝟎. 𝟓)(−𝟒)𝟖−𝟏
𝒂𝟖 = (𝟎. 𝟓)(−𝟒)𝟕
𝒂𝟖 = (𝟎. 𝟓)(−𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒)
𝒂𝟖 = −𝟖𝟏𝟗𝟐