Sample Problem
1. Findthe 5th
term and 11th
terms of the
arithmetic sequence with the first term 3
and the common difference 4.
Answer:
Therefore, 19 and 43 are the 5th
and the 11th
4.
Give the commondifference and find the
indicated term in each arithmetic sequence.
1. 1,5,9,13,.. ( a10 )
2. 13, 9, 5, 1,… (a10 )
3. -8, -5, -2, 1,4,.. (a12 )
4. 5, 9, 13, 17,… (a15 )
5. 2, 6, 10,…(a6 )
6. 2,11, 20, … (a7 )
7. 9,6,3,… (a8 )
5.
Answer the following:
1.Find the 11th
term of the arithmetic
sequence 3,4,5,…
2. Find the 20th term of the arithmetic
sequence 17, 13, 9,…
3. Find the 42nd
term of the sequence
5,10,15,..
4. If a1 =5, an =395, and d=5, find the
value of n.
5. If a1 = 5 and a7 = 17, find the common
difference.
6.
6.The 4th
term ofan arithmetic sequence is
18 and the sixth term is 28. Give the first 3
terms.
7. Write the third and fifth terms of an
arithmetic sequence whose fourth term is 9
and the common difference is 2.
8. Write the first three terms of an arithmetic
sequence if the fourth term is 10 and d = -3
7.
Solve the ff.
1.2, 6, 10,…(a6 )
2. 2,11, 20, … (a7 )
3. 9,6,3,… (a8 )
4. Find the 42nd
term of the sequence
5,10,15,..
5. If a1 =5, an =395, and d=5, find the
value of n.
2. Find theformula for the nth term of an
arithmetic sequence whose common difference
is 3 and whose first term is 5. Find the first five
terms of the sequence.
3. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is
equal to 6 and the common difference is equal
to 3. Find a formula for the nth term of an
arithmetic sequence.
4. Find the formula for the nth term of an
arithmetic sequence whose common difference
is -18 and whose first term is 7. Find the first
five terms of the sequence.
16.
Test Yourself:
1. Findthe formula for the nth term of an
arithmetic sequence whose common
difference is 15 and whose first term is 3.
Find the first five terms of the sequence.
2. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 5
and the common difference is 5, find the nth
term of the sequence and its first 6th terms.
17.
Try this:
Find thenth term of the ff. sequence.
1. 17,13,9,… d= -4
2. 5,10,15,… d= 5
3. 2,11,20,.. d= 9
4. 9,6,3,… d= -3
5. 5,9,13,17,.. d= 4
1. Find threeterms between 2 and 34 of an
arithmetic sequence.
Guide Question:
1. Were you able to get the 3 terms in each
sequence?
21.
Arithmetic Mean
Theterms between and of an arithmetic
sequence are called arithmetic means of
and . Thus, the arithmetic means
between and are and
The arithmetic mean or the “mean”
between two numbers is sometimes
called the average of two numbers.
22.
Sample Problem
1. Findfour arithmetic means between 8 and -7.
Answer: Since we must insert four numbers between 8
and -7, there are six numbers in the arithmetic sequence.
Thus, and , we can solve for using the formula .
Hence,
Therefore, the four arithmetic means between 8 and -7
are 5, 2, -1, and -4.
23.
TEST YOURSELF
1. Insertseven arithmetic means between 3
and 23.
2. Insert four arithmetic means between 8
and 18.
3. Insert six arithmetic means between 16
and 2.
4. Insert five arithmetic means between 0
and -12.
5. Insert 5 arithmetic means between 7 and
70.
24.
EXAMPLES
1. Insert 4arithmetic means between 5 and
25.
2. What is the arithmetic mean between 27
and -3?
3. Insert three arithmetic means between 2
and 14.
4. Insert eight arithmetic means between 47
and 2.
25.
Summing Up
What isthe sum of the terms of each finite
sequence below?
1. 1,4,7,10
2. 3,5,7,9,11
3. 10,5,0,-5,-10,-15
4. 81,64,47,30,13,-4
5. -2,-5,-8,-11-14,-17
22
35
-15
231
-57
26.
The Secret ofKarl
What is 1+2+3+…+50+51+…+ 98 +
99+100?
A famous story tells that this was the
problem given by an elementary school
teacher to a famous mathematician to keep
him busy. Do you know that he was able to
get the sum within seconds only? Can you
know how he did it? Let us find out by doing
the activity below.
27.
Determine the answerto the above problem.
Discuss your technique (if any) in getting the
answer quickly. Then answer the question
below.
1. What is the sum of each of the pairs 1 and
100, 2 and 99, 3 and 98,…,50 and 51?
2. How many pairs are there in #1?
3. From your answer in #1 and #2, how do
you get the sum of the integers from 1 to
100?
4. What is the sum of the integers from 1 to
100?
Examples:
1. Find thesum of the first 10 terms of the
arithmetic sequence 5, 9, 13, 17,…
2. Find the sum of the first 20 terms 20
terms of the arithmetic sequence -2, -5, -
8, -11,…
3. Find the sum of the first ten terms of the
arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 16,…
30.
4.How many termsof the arithmetic
sequence 20, 18, 16,… must be added so
that the sum will be -100?
Therefore, the first 25 terms of the
sequence 20,18,16,… must be added to
get sum of -100.
5. Find the sum of integers from 1 to 50.
6. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to
100
7. Find the sum of even integers from 1 to
101.
31.
Test Yourself
Find thesum of the arithmetic sequence
wherein:
1. = 2; d=4, n=10
2. =10; d= -4; n=8
3. = -7; n=18; d= 8
4. Find the sum of multiples of 3 between 15
and 45.
5. Find the sum of the first eight terms of the
arithmetic sequence 5, 7, 9,…