PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MARIKINA

Nicanor St. San Roque, Marikina City

Senior High School Department

Series
ALJON I. INITAN

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OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lesson, the students

should be able to:
1. Define sequence and series.
2. Compare sequence and series.
3. Determine the terms of each defined
sequence and identify their associated
series.
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Drill

SER Do You Remember SEQ?

Directions: Read the concepts of series and sequence. Write
SEQ if the given item is a sequence, write SER if it is a series.

1. 1, 6, 36, 216, 1296... SEQ

2. 2. -1, -6, -36, -216, -1296… SEQ
3. 3. -4 + -12 + -36 + -108 + -324 SER
4. -3/2 + -3/10 + -3/50 + -3/250 + -3/1250 SER
5. 5. 32, 41, 50, 59, 68 ... SEQ
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Drill

All triangles “move” slightly counter-clockwise and outside. A good

solving tip would be to try and disassemble the complete figure to its
elements (triangles) and to focus each time on one of the elements.
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DRILL STANDARD FORM
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The sketch is built stage by stage and in each step an additional line is
added. This guideline eliminates answer choices 1, 2 and 4. Notice also
that the new line never touches the last line added, which eliminates
answer choice 5.
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?

A sequence is a function whose A series represents the sum of

domain is the set of positive the terms of a sequence.
integers or the set {1,2,3,…,𝑛}

A sequence is a list of numbers A series is a sum of numbers

(separated by commas ). (separated by “+ “or “- “
➢ If a sequence is finite, we will
refer to the sum of the terms of
the sequence as the series
associated with the sequence.
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?
Examples of a series
The sequence which has a limited 1. -11 + -13.8 + -16.6 + -19.4
or finite number of terms is called 2. -30 + -50 + -70 + -90 + -110
finite sequence. 3. 4 + 12 + 36 + 108 + 324

Examples of finite sequence ➢ The sequence with 𝑛th term

1. -11, -13.8, -16. 6, -19.4 is usually denoted by { }, and
2. -30, -50, -70, -90, -110 the associated series is given by
3. 4, 12, 36, 108, 324

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?

The sequence which has a limited

or finite number of terms is called 1. -11, -13.8, -16. 6, -19.4
finite sequence. is a sequence, its associated
series is -11 + -13.8 + -16.6 + -
Examples of finite sequence 19.4 = -60.8
1. -11, -13.8, -16. 6, -19.4 2. -30, -50, -70, -90, -110
2. -30, -50, -70, -90, -110 is a sequence, its associated
3. 4, 12, 36, 108, 324 series is -30 + -50 + -70 + -90 + -
110 = -350
3. 4, 12, 36, 108, 324
Is a sequence, its associated
series is 4 + 12 + 36 + 108 + 324
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?

The sequence which has The associated arithmetic series

unlimited number of terms or it with 𝑛 terms is given by
has no end is called infinite
sequence. (it has three dots)
Examples of infinite sequence: The associated geometric series
1. 3, 11, 19, 27, … with 𝑛 terms is given by
2. 29,23,2,4,6,18, …
3. 12,1,2,4,8 …

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?

An arithmetic sequence is a
sequence in which each term
after the first is obtained by
adding a constant (called the
common difference denoted as 𝑑 )
to the preceding term.
➢ If the 𝑛th of an arithmetic
sequence is 𝑎𝑛 and the common
difference is 𝑑, then

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
What is a sequence? What is a series?
A geometric sequence is a
sequence in which each term
after the first term is obtained by
multiplying the preceding term by
a constant (called the common
ratio)
➢ If the 𝑛th of a geometric
sequence is and the common
ratio is 𝑟, then

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example
I. Given the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence, find the
first five terms, identify the common difference and give their
associated series.

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example
I. Given the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence, find the
first five terms, identify the common difference and give their
associated series.

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II. Given the explicit formula for a geometric sequence, find the
first five terms give their associated series.

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example
II. Given the explicit formula for a geometric sequence, find the
first five terms give their associated series.

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Thank you !

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