Formulating Rules in

Finding the nth Term

Quarter 3: Week 2
How do you go from 98 to 720
using just one letter?
What has you stop on
green and go on red?
A sport with love and service
played by singles and pairs.
Try to find the missing term in
the given sequence.
1) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
__
9 , 12 , 15
2) 3, 6, __
25
3) 1, 4, 9, 16 , __
16 , 13 , 10
4) 19, __
5) 23, 22, 20 , __
17 , 13
A Sequence is a set of
things (usually numbers)
that are in order.
Each number in the
sequence is called a term
(or sometimes "element"
or "member")
To find a missing number, first we must have
a Rule behind the sequence. Sometimes it
helps to find the differences between each
pair of numbers ... this can often reveal an
underlying pattern.
We can see that each term is 2 larger than the previous
term. We say the term- to-term rule is "add 2”
Fill in the blanks with the correct
missing terms of each given
sequence.
1) 8 , 11 , __ , 17 , 20
2) 35 , 29 , 23 , 17 , __
3) 1 , 2 , 4 , __ , 16
4) x , 2x , 3x , 4x , __
5) 2 , 4 , 12 , __ , 240
Study the pattern and give the next number in each
sequence. Then write the rule in finding the nth term on the
space provided.
1) 1, 4, 9, 16 , _____ Rule: ______________
2) 0, 3, 8, 15, _____ Rule: ______________
3) 10, 15, 20, 25, _____ Rule: ______________
4) 1,2,4,7,11,16,22,_____ Rule: ______________
5) -3, -1, 1, 3, _____ Rule: ______________
DONATION for families under ECQ
A. The first five terms of a number sequence are given as
follows. Study the pattern and answer the questions that
follow.
7, 9, 11, 13, 15
1) Write down the next term in the sequence. ______
2) Is 24 a term in this number sequence? (Yes or No)
_______
3) What is the 10th term in the sequence? _______
4) 33 is the 15th term in the sequence. (True or False)
_____
5) Write the rule in finding the nth term in the sequence.
__________
 B. Answer the questions below based on the following number
sequence.
-7, 2, 17, 38, 65
1) Write down the next term in the sequence.______
2) What is the 10th term in the sequence? _______
3) Write down the 7th term in the sequence. ______
4) James says 233 is in the sequence. Is James correct? (Yes or No)
______
5) Write the rule in finding the nth term of the sequence.
______________
A. Write the letter of the correct rule in finding the nth term
of the given sequence.
_____1) 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.....
A) n+2 B) 2n+2 C) 2n-2 D) n-2
_____2) 7, 9, 11, 13, 15.....
A)2+5n B) 2-5n C) 5-2n D) 5+2n
_____3) 9, 13, 17, 21, 25 .....
A)5+4n B) 5-4n C) 4+5n D) 4-5n
_____4) 8, 12, 16, 20, 24.....
A)4n+4 B) 4n-4 C) 4n x 4 D) 4n ÷ 4
_____5) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.....
A)2n+1+2 B) 2n+1-2 C) 2n-1+2 D) 2n-1-2