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GENERATING PATTERNS

ACTIVITY 1
A. Find the next 3 numbers from a given pattern by multiplication or division.

1. -2, 4, -8, 16, ___, ____, ____

2. 4, 16, 64, 256, ___, ____, ____

3. 48, 24, 12, 6, 3, ___, ____, ____

4. 2, -3, -8, -13, ___, ___, ____

5. 5x, x, 𝑥/5, 𝑥/25, ___, ____, ____

ACTIVITY 2
B. Supply the missing numbers.
1. 15, 7, ___, -9, ___

2. 7, 11, ___, ___, 23

3. ___, 5x, 8x, ____, 14x

4. ___, 17, 15, 13, 11, ___

5. 3y + 1, 3y + 2, 3y + 3, _______, 3y + 5, ________

ACTIVITY 3
A. Write the first five terms of the sequence with the given rule.
1. 𝑎𝑛=3𝑛

2. 𝑎𝑛=4𝑛2

3. 𝑎𝑛=2(𝑛+3)

B. Find the indicated term for the given rule.

1. 𝑎𝑛=−2𝑛+1; 10th term

2. 𝑎𝑛=14𝑛+3; 16th term

3. 𝑎𝑛=𝑛2−9; 8th term


ACTIVITY 4
Write an equation that describes the sequence
1. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, …

2. -5, -9, -13, -17, …

3. 1, 4, 9, 16, …

4. 12, 7, 2, -3, -8, …

5. 1/2,1/4,,1/8,1/16,…

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
A. Write the equation that describes the sequence.
1. −5,−9,−13,−17,…

2. 9, 6, 3, 0,−3,…

3. 1,2,3,4,5,…

B. Write the first five terms of the sequence given the nth term.
1. 𝑎𝑛= −2𝑛−3

2. 𝑎𝑛= 14𝑛+ 12

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