Department of Education

Pagangan High School –Dungguan Extension

Pagangan,Aleosan,Cotabato
A Detailed Lesson Plan for Mathematics Grade 10

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard:
Understanding of key concepts of sequences, polynomials and polynomial equations.
B. Performance Standard:
Solve problems involving sequences, polynomials and polynomial equations in different
disciplines through appropriate and accurate representations.
C. Learning Competency
Finds the sum of the terms of a given arithmetic sequence.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. TOPIC: Arithmetic Sequence
B. REFERENCES: Teacher’s Guide M10AL-Ic-2
C. MATERIALS: laptop
III. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
 Initiatory Phase
 Opening Prayer
Class, kindly stand for our opening The students will stand.
prayer.

May I call on________ to lead us the Oh, God our father we praise you and adore you for
prayer. everything in this world……….Amen.

 Greetings
Good morning class and peace be with Good morning maam and peace be with you.
you.

 Classroom Standard Listen to the teacher

What are the classroom standards that
Do not talk while the teacher is talking.
we are going to follow while the class is
going on?

Yes maam..
Is that clear and I will expect that you
class.

The class secretary will list down the names of his

 Checking of Attendance or her classmates who are absent in the class.
Is everybody present today?
May I request the class secretary to list
 down the names of his or her classmates
who are absent today?

 Assignment
Kindly submit your assignment, Please! The students will submit their assignment.

 Review
Class before we will start our next topic.
Who can recall our last topic?
Yes maam. Our last topic is all about determines
John can you recall our last topic?
arithmetic means and nth term of an arithmetic
sequence.
The nth term, an, of an arithmetic sequence with first
term, a1, and common difference, d, is given by an=
a1+ (n-1)d.
Okay, very good!

 Lesson Proper
Activity

Before we will start our discussion for this morning,

we will have first
Problem of the day! Students will do the activity.
A conference hall has 20 rows of seats. The first
row contains 20 seats, the second row contains 22
seats, the third row contains 24 seats, and so on.
How many seats are there in the last row? How
many seats are there in the conference hall?

Solution:
a) We know that n=20,a1=20, a2=22,a3=24, and
d=2
an=a1+(n-1)d
a20=20+ (20-1)2
a20= 20+(19)2
a20=20+38
a20= 58
Thus, there are 58 seats in the last row.
b) Find the sum of 20,22,24,…,58.
n
Using the formula Sn= (a1+a2)
2

20
S20= (20+58)
2
S20= 10 (78)

S20= 780
Analysis Therefore, there are 780 seats in conference hall.

From the activity class, we learned that an

arithmetic sequence is a sequence whose
consecutive terms have a common difference. The
common d is the common difference in arithmetic
sequence.

Formula
 Finding for nth term of an arithmetic
sequence
 an = a1 + (n -1)d
 Finding for the sum of a given arithmetic
sequence
n
 Sn = ( a1 + an ).
2

Example 1:
Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the
arithmetic sequence 17,22,27,32,37,… .

Solution: Finding the 25 terms of the arithmetic

sequence.
st
1 : First, find a25 with a1 = 17, d = 5, and n = 25 -
Given
nd
2 : a = a + (n -1)d - Write the formula
n 1
rd
3 : a = 17 + (25 -1)5 - Substitute all the
25

known
values
th
4 : a25 =17 + (24)5 - Simplify
a25 = 17 + 120
a = 137
25

Solve for Sn:

n
Sn = ( a1 + an ) - Sum of the n terms of an
2
arithmetic sequence.
25
S25 = ( 17 + 137 ) - Substitute the known
2
values. Answer:
S25 = 1,925 - Simplify SOLUTIONS:
Therefore, the sum of the first 25 terms of the 1. 6,9,12,15,…, a11
arithmetic sequence is 1,925. 1st : First, find a11 with a1 = 6, d = 3, and n = 11
2nd: an = a1 + (n -1)d
Practice: 3rd: a11 = 6 + (11 -1)3
Instructions: Find the sum of the terms of the 4th: a11 =6 + (10)3
following arithmetic sequence. a11 = 6 + 30
1) 6,9,12,15,…, a11 a11 = 36
2) 15,20,25,30,…, a20 Solve for Sn:
n
Sn = ( a 1 + a n )
2
11
S11 = ( 6 + 36 )
2
S11 = 5.5 (42)
S11 = 231

2. 15,20,25,30,…, a20
1st : First, find a20 with a1 = 15, d = 5, and
n = 20
2nd: an = a1 + (n -1)d
3rd: a20 = 15 + (20 -1)5
4th: a20 =15 + (19)5
a20 = 15 + 95
a20 = 110

Solve for Sn:

n
Sn = ( a 1 + a n )
2
20
S20 = ( 15 + 110 )
2
S20 = 10 (125)
S20 = 1,250

Example 2
Intructions: Find the sum of the first 38 terms of
the arithmetic sequence if the first term is 21 and
the twentieth term is 154.
Solution:
Solve for d using the formula an = a1 + (n -1)d.
a20 = a1 + (n -1)d
154 = 21 + (20 -1)d
154 = 21 + 19d
154 - 21 = 19d
7=d
Find a38
a38 = 21 + (38 -1)7
a38 = 21 + 259
a38 =280
38
Thus S38 = ( 21 + 280)
2
=19 (301)
S38 = 5,719 Students will do the activity.
Answer.
Try this! 1. a1 = 9 and d = 7
Instructions: Find the sum of the first 10 terms of 1 step:
st

each arithmetic sequence. an = a1 + (n -1)d

1. a1 = 9 and d = 7 a10 = 9 + (10 -1)7
2. a1 = 11 and a10 = 38 a10 = 9 + (9)7
a10 = 9 + 63
a10 = 72
2nd step:
Solve for Sn:
n
Sn = ( a 1 + a n )
2
10
S10 = ( 9 + 72 )
2
S10 = 5 (81)
S10 =405
2. a1 = 11 and a10 = 38
1st step:
an = a1 + (n -1)d
38 = 11 + (10 -1)d
38 = 11+ (9)d
38-11 = 11-11 + 9d
27 = 9d
3=d
2nd step:
Solve for Sn:
n
Sn = ( a 1 + a n )
2
10
S10 = ( 11 + 38)
2
S10 = 5 (49)
S10 = 245

Abstraction

 What is arithmetic sequence?

Answer:
 What is the formula in finding the nth term
Arithmetic sequence is a sequence that have a
of a sequence?
common difference.
 What is the formula in finding the sum of an
arithmetic sequence? The formula of nth term is:an = a1 + (n -1)d
 How can you relate this to real life situation? The formula of finding the sum is:
n
Sn = ( a 1 + a n )
2

Application

Directions: Find the sum of the terms of the

following arithmetic sequence Write your answer in
your activity notebook.
1. 15,19,23,27,31,35
2. 16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51
 Find the sum of the first 10 terms of each arithmetic
sequence.
1. a1=9∧d =7
2. a 1=10∧a10 =55

Students will do the given activity.

Prepared by:

JOVIE MAE E.SABAN

Teacher-I

Checked by: ISIDRO C. CALAMBRO JR.,TIII

Teacher In Charge