Activity Sheets for MELCs 1st Quarter Week 5_Day 2

NAME OF STUDENT:_____________________________ YR. & SECTION:______________

DATE: ______________________________ SCORE:_______________

ACTIVITY 1: What is the World’s Fastest Insect?

Answer the following problems on geometric sequence to find out. Cross out the boxes
that contain an answer. The remaining boxes will spell out the name of the world’s fastest
insect, which can travel at a speed of around 60 kilometers per hour. Really amazing!

1. What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence 81, 243, 729, . . . ?
2. What is the missing term of the sequence 5, 15, 45, ____, 405, . . .?
3. What are the next two terms of the sequence 7, 49, 343, . . . ? What is the common ratio of
3 6 12
, , ,...
the sequence 4 12 36 ?
3 6 12
, , , ...
4. Give the next two terms of the sequence 5 25 125 .
5 10 40
, ,
5. Find the missing term of the sequence 6 18 ___, 162 , . . .?
6.

B D U R T

3 9 20 3 2401;16807
54 2

A G T R O

24 48 1 2 135 27
1625 ; 3125 2 3

N F A L Y

12401; 16807 3 24 48 20 125

4 625 ; 3125 56

Answer: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
ACTIVITY 2
A. DIRECTION: Find the geometric mean of each pair of numbers.

1. 3 and 12

2. 4x and 9x, x >0

2 27
3. and
3 8

4. -4x3 and –x3

5. x + y and x – y, where x >y>0.

B. DIRECTION: Find the indicated number of geometric means between each pair of numbers.
1. -2 and 486 [4]

1 8
2. and [3]
2 81

3. 4 and 0.25 [3]

4. 3 and 192 [5]

C. DIRECTION: Solve the following.

1) Find 3 geometric means between 3 and 48.

2) Find 3 geometric means between 2 and 32.

3) Find 2 geometric means between 40 and 5.

4) Find 2 geometric means between 2 and 128.

5) Find 2 geometric means between 4 and 108.