Anchor Task
Observe the number of blocks needed to build each succeeding figure.
a. How many blocks will be needed to build the 5th figure? 6th figure? 7th figure?
b. What pattern do you see?
Anchor Task
Observe the number of blocks needed to build each succeeding figure.
SEQUENCES
A sequence is a function
whose domain in the set
of positive integers. It
also means an ordered
list of numbers. Each
number in a sequence is
called a term.
INFINITE SEQUENCE
FINITE SEQUENCE
Example
For each of the following sequences, state a rule and write down the next
two terms.
a) 42, 39, 36, 33, 30,…
b) -22, -18, -14, -10, -6,…
c) 256, 128, 64, 32, 16,…
d) 1, -2, 4, -8, 16,…
What pattern emerges?
1. A school sets a fine of ₱30.00 for the first littering offense. The fine
increases by ₱5.00 for each subsequent offense. How much will the
student be fined for the second offense? Third offense? Sixth offense?
2. The value of an antique coin appreciates by 5% every year. If the coin
was worth ₱50.00 in 1990, find its value in 2007.
3. A certain man put a pair of rabbits in a place surrounded on all sides by a
wall. How many pairs of rabbits can be produced from that pair in a year
if it is supposed that every month each pair begets a new pair which from
the second month on becomes productive?
What pattern emerges?
1. A school sets a fine of ₱30.00 for the first littering offense. The fine
increases by ₱5.00 for each subsequent offense. How much will the
student be fined for the second offense? Third offense? Sixth offense?
ARITHMETIC
SEQUENCES
A sequence in which a constant, d, is
added to the previous term to get the
next term is called an arithmetic
sequence/progression. The
constant term is called the common
difference.
What pattern emerges?
2. The value of an antique coin appreciates by 5% every year. If the coin
was worth ₱50.00 in 1990, find its value in 2007.
GEOMETRIC
SEQUENCES
A sequence is geometric if there
exists a number r, called the
common ratio, such that
multiplying the previous term by r,
results in the next term.
What pattern emerges?
3. A certain man put a pair of rabbits in a place surrounded on all sides by a
wall. How many pairs of rabbits can be produced from that pair in a year
if it is supposed that every month each pair begets a new pair which from
the second month on becomes productive?
Example
Find the 16th term of the sequence 1, 5, 9, 13,…
Find the 50th term of the sequence 80, 20, 5, …
Find the 12th term of the sequence 2, 6, 10, 14,…
Example
Find the 20th term of the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, …
Find the 20th term of the sequence 25, 23, 21, 19, 17,…
Find the 25th term of the sequence 2, -8, 32, -128, …
Example
A company offers Jeffrey a starting yearly salary of ₱240,000.00 with raises
of ₱20,000.00 per year. What will be his salary on the 10th year?
Example
During an initial phase of an outbreak of measles, the number of infections
can grow geometrically. If there were 4, 8, 16,… on the first three days of an
outbreak of measles, how many will be infected on the sixth day?
Example
A nanny’s monthly salary increases by ₱250.00 every six months. If a
certain nanny receives ₱4,000.00 in January 2011, how much will his or her
salary be 5 years later?
Example
The value of an antique coin appreciates by 5% every year. If the coin was
worth ₱50.00 in 1990, find its value in 2007.