MERCEDARIAN SCHOOL, INC.

Blk. 89 Lots 29-30 Greater Lagro, Novaliches, Quezon City │939 7684

Junior HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

AY: 2022 – 2023

Subject Mathematics 10
Grade Level Grade 10
Quarter 1st Quarter
Number of Days 2 days
Date of Implementation
Content Standards: The students will be able to demonstrate
understanding of key concepts of sequences,
polynomials and polynomial equations.
Performance Standards: The students will create Kandinsky artwork
with applied concept of patterns and
sequence.
Prepared by: Mr. Kim Lambert L. Caubalejo I

I. LEARNING COMPETENCIES
Determines arithmetic means, nth term of an arithmetic sequence and sum of the terms of a
given arithmetic sequence.
II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Understand the concept of arithmetic means, nth term of an arithmetic sequence, and sum
of terms of an arithmetic sequence.
2. Realize the importance of arithmetic sequence by connecting its concept to real-life
experiences.
3. Solve arithmetic means, nth term of an arithmetic sequence and sum of the terms of a
given arithmetic sequence.
III.CONTENT
1. Subject Matter: Arithmetic Sequence and Series
2. References: Next Century Mathematics 10 (2 ed.). Phoenix.
3. Materials: Laptop and Power Point Presentation
4. Institutional Core Values: Freedom
5. 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking
IV. LEARNING EXPERIENCE
A. Activity
Drill and Review

Use the sequence to answer the following questions.

30, 26, 22, …

Questions:
1. Is the sequence arithmetic?
2. What do you think is the 4th term in the given sequence?
3. How about the 15th term?

B. Analysis
Concept Notes
Nth Term of an Arithmetic Sequence
 a n=a1 + ( n−1 ) d

Where a n is the nth term, a 1 is the first term, n is the number of terms and d is the common
difference.

Ex#1. Find the 20th term of the arithmetic sequence 17, 13, 9,…
Soln.
a 1=17, d=−4 , n=20, a 20 =?
a n=a1 + ( n−1 ) d
a 20=17+ ( 20−1 )(−4 )
a 20=17+ ( 19 ) (−4 )
a 20=17+ (−76 )
a 20=−59
Ex#2. Find the 50 term of the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, …
th

Soln.
a 1=1 ,d =3 , n=50 , a50=?
a n=a1 + ( n−1 ) d
a 50=1+ ( 50−1 ) ( 3 )
a 50=1+ ( 49 ) ( 3 )
a 50=1+ 147
a 50=148

Arithmetic Means
The term of an arithmetic sequence that are between two given terms are called arithmetic
means.
5, 8, 11, 14, 17

Ex#1. Insert three arithmetic means between 17 and 1.

17, a 2, a 3, a 4, 1
Find
a 2=? , a3 =? , a 4=?
Soln.
a 1=17 , a5=1 , n=5 ,d =? Consider the sequence,
a n=a1 + ( n−1 ) d 17, a 2, a 3, a 4, 1
a 5=17+ ( 5−1 ) d a 2=17+ (−4 ) =13
1=17+ ( 5−1 ) d a 3=13+ (−4 ) =9
−17+1=( 4 ) d a 4=9+ (−4 )=5
−16=4 d
−16 4 d
= 17 , 13 , 9 ,5 , 1
4 4
−4=d
Or
d=−4

Ex#2. Insert six arithmetic means between 16 and 2.

16 , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , a6 , a7 , 2
Find:
a 2=? a 5=?
a 3=? a 6=?
a 4=? a 7=?
Soln.
a 1=16 a 8=2 n=8 d=? Consider the sequence
a n=a1 + ( n−1 ) d 16 , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , a6 , a7 , 2
a 8=16+ ( 8−1 ) d a 2=16+ (−2 ) =14 a 5=10+ (−2 ) =8
2=16 + ( 7 ) ( d ) a 3=14+ (−2 )=12 a 6=8+ (−2 )=6
−16+2=7 d a 4=12+ (−2 )=10 a 7=6+ (−2 )=4
−14=7 d
−14 7 d
= 16 , 14 , 12 ,10 , 8 , 6 , 4 , 2
7 7
−2=d
Or
d=−2

Sum of Terms of an Arithmetic sequence

Find the sum of the first ten terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 16, ….
Soln.
4 + 10 + 16 + 22 + 28 + 34 + 40 + 46 + 52 + 58 = 310

Defined by,
n
Sn=
2
[ 2 a1+ ( n−1 ) d ]
Where
Sn is the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence.
a 1 is the first term.
n is the number of terms.
d is the common difference.

Ex#1. Find the sum of the first ten terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 16, ….
Soln.
a 1=4 n=10 d=6 S10 =?

n
Sn=
2
[ 2 a1+ ( n−1 ) d ]
10
S10= [ 2( 4)+ ( 10−1 ) (6) ]
2
S10 =5 [ 8+ ( 9 ) (6) ]
S10 =5 ( 8+54 )
S10=310

Ex#2. What is the sum of the first twenty terms of the sequence 4, 11, 18, …?
Soln.
a 1=4 n=20 d=7 S20=?

n
Sn=
2
[ 2 a1+ ( n−1 ) d ]
20
S20= [ 2(4)+ ( 20−1 ) (7) ]
2
S20=10 [ 8+ (19 ) (7) ]
S20=10 ( 8+133 )
S20 =1,410

Questions:
1. How to find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
2. What is arithmetic means and how to solve it?
3. How to calculate the sum of terms of an arithmetic sequence?

C. Abstraction
Going Further
Answer this.
n
Can you find the sum of the first 62 terms using Sn=
2
[ 2 a1+ ( n−1 ) d ], if the given sequence is -1,
6, -36, 216, …?

D. Application
Math Connect
What experiences you or your friend have, that seems arithmetic sequence is applied?
V. ASSESSMENT
Quiz#2
Solve the following.
1. Find the 20th term of the arithmetic sequence 17, 13, 9,…
2. Find the 42nd term of the sequence 5, 10, 15,...
3. Insert eight arithmetic means between 47 and 2.
4. Find the sum of the first eight terms of the arithmetic sequence 5, 7, 9,…
5. What is the sum of the first twenty five terms of the arithmetic sequence 1, 6, 11, 16, 21,…
VI. AGREEMENT
Assignment#2
Define the following.
1. Geometric Sequence
2. Common Ratio