CHAPTER 5

PROGRESSIONS
• A progression is a sequence of numbers that is
occurring in a particular repeated pattern
• There are two types of progression
 Arithmetic progression
 Geometric progression
 Arithmetic Progression
•   and are three consecutive terms in an arithmetic
Let,
progression
is the term, where,
So, , and
Arithmetic progression is a sequence of numbers where
the difference between consecutive terms is a constant.
(Common difference)
Common difference, is the difference between any
consecutive terms in the sequence.

where,
Since is a constant
Therefore, .
•  
Determine whether each of the following sequences is
an arithmetic progression.
1)

2)

3)

4)

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The th Term of Arithmetic Progression,
•In  an arithmetic progression
is the first term
is the common difference
is the th term

Thus, to find the th term,

where,
•   Given an arithmetic progression , find the 4th term
1)

2) Find the th term of the arithmetic progression

•   Given that the 5th term and 19th term of an
3)
arithmetic progression is 4 and 16 respectively. Find
the 1st term, common difference and the 15th term.

4) Given an arithmetic progression is . Find the largest

value of such that the th term is less than .
•  Given an arithmetic progression is . Find the smallest
5)
value of such that the th term is more than .

6) Given and are three consecutive terms of an

arithmetic progression. Find the value of . Hence,
find and .
•   Find the number of terms in the arithmetic
7)
progression .

8) Given the first three terms of an arithmetic

progression are and . find the value of and the
common difference of the progression.
•   The diagram shows part of a series of semicircles drawn on a
10)
straight line . The diameter of the smallest circle is cm. The
diameter of the semicircle increases by cm.
a) Find the perimeter of the first three semicircles and show
that the perimeter form an arithmetic progression.
b) If , find the semicircle which has a perimeter of cm
11) A bakery has 128 kg of sugar and 160 kg of flour. The bakery
used 3 kg of sugar and 5 kg of flour in a day. After how many
days would the remainder mass of sugar and flour be the
same.