Find the ratio of the

“ Divide second number to the

and first number.

Conquer” 1. 2, 8 6. 16, 32
2.-3, 9 7. -49, 7
3.1, ½ 8. ¼, ½
4.-5, -10 9. 2/3, ¾
5.12, 4 10. ½, 1
 If the area of the original isosceles right triangle is
1 square unit , what will be the area of the
isosceles right triangle after the 5th fold and cut.
Form the resulting sequence. Complete the table of
values.
“ FOLD- AND
Fold -Cut Area of
-CUT” 1st _______
2nd _______
3rd _______
4th _______
5th _______
 A geometric sequence or
geometric progression is a
GEOMETRIC sequence in which each new
term is obtained by multiplying
SEQUENCE the preceding term by a
constant number called
common ratio r. The nth term
of geometric sequence is =
Complete the table
Geometric sequence Pattern

Illustrate the pattern

of the following 4, 8, 16, 32, …
geometric sequences.
81, 27, 9, 3, ….

-10, 5, -5/2, 5/4, …

Find the common
ratio in each 1. 7, -21, 63, -189, . . . -3
geometric
sequence. 2. -40, 20, -10, 5, . . . -1/2

3. 1/3, 1/6, 1/12,

1/24, . . .
1/2
Determine whether
each sequence is
1. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, . . .
geometric or not. If Geometric Sequence
geometric, give the
common ratio.
2. 3, 9, 27, 81,..
Geometric Sequence

3. -3, 2, 7, 12,
17, . . . Not
 “ The Sequence In Venn
Differentiating Geometric Diagram “
Sequence from an
Arithmetic Sequence
Direction: Using the Venn diagram, write the
following: Arithmetic Sequence Geometric Sequence
On circle A, write all the things you learned
on arithmetic sequence
On circle B, write all the things you learned
on geometric sequence
On A∩B, write the similarity of arithmetic and
geometric sequence
 The Grade 9 students took the
READ AND NCAE. There were 30 students in
each room. Can you guess the

ANALYZE number of students when there are

12 rooms used?
Determine whether each of
the following sequences is
arithmetic or geometric.
Write the common
1) 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 …
difference for arithmetic 2) 2, 6, 18, 54, 162 …
and the common ratio for
geometric sequence. 3) 7, 14, 28, 56, 112 …
4) 6, 24, 96, 384 …
5) 9√4, 7√4, 5√4, 3√4…
 “ Complete Me”.
Determine if the following is
arithmetic, or geometric
sequence. If it is arithmetic
sequence, find the common
difference, if it is geometric
find the common ratio.
Finding the 1st term
Number of terms
Nth Term of
a Geometric =
Sequence
nth term Common ratio
Simplify the
following.
3. 2 .
4.

5.
 Find the 6th term of
Example 1 the geometric
sequence 4,12,36,
…
 2. Find the 9th term
Example 2 of the geometric
sequence 6, -12, 24,
…
Find the indicated
term of the given 1. 7th term of 2, 6, 18, . . .
geometric
sequence. Apply 2. 8th term of 9, 27, 81, . . .
the formula.
3. 10th term of 5, 10, 20,…

4. 12th term of 3, 6, 12, . . .

Two of the students
in Class A show
their own solution
on the board in the
problem “What is
the 8th term in the
sequence 4, 12, 36,
…?”
Ancestral Family Tree.

If the tracing is
continued , how
many ancestral
parents would you
have in the 7th
generation ?
Solve the
1.What is the 1st term
following. of the sequence if the
4th term is 72 and 7th
term is 576?
Solve the 2.If the 2nd term and
following. 5th term of the
geometric sequence
are -12 and 768
respectively, then
what is the r?
 Given the Geometric Sequence:
GEOEMETRIC 4, __, __, __, 324
MEAN/S
Using an = a1rn-1 , what is the
value of r? How did you find it?
is/are the number
inserted between What are the three geometric
non-consecutive means inserted between 4 and
324?
terms in a given
geometric sequence.
Find the geometric
means of the following 1. 3, __, __, __, 1875
geometric sequence:
2. 6, __, __, 2058

3. 224, __, __, __, __, 7

4. ____, ________,
Solve the
following. 1. Insert 3
geometric means
between 4 and
1024.
Solve the
following. 2. What is the
geometric mean
between 96 and
6?