SEQUENCE AND SERIES

LESSON 1 : ARITHMETIC SEQUENCES AND SERIES …………1

ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES PROBLEMS …………2
ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES ANWER ME ………..5
LESSON 2: GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES AND SERIES …………6
GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES PROBLEM ………….7
GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES ANWER ME ………..8

MADE BY:
JERICHO SILVA
CRISHA LANDOY
HAZEL ARROYO
 LESSON
ARITHMETIC SEQUENCES
1 AND SERIES

Arithmetic Sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive
members of the sequence is a constant

In other words, we just add the same value each time ... infinitely.

1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, ...

This sequence has a difference of 3 between each number.

We can write an Arithmetic Sequence as a rule: (F O R M U L A)

an = a1 + (n - 1)d

Arithmetic Series is the sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence.

Formula: or

The first term is a1, the common difference is d, and the number of terms is n. The sum of an arithmetic series
is found by multiplying the number of terms times the average of the first and last terms. The series created
by adding the first five terms of the sequence in the previous example can be found using another
method called subscript notation.

To find the sum of terms in an arithmetic sequence, use the following formula.

In this formula:
Sn is the sum of the first n terms in a sequence
n is the number of terms you are adding up
a1 is the first term of the sequence
an is the nth term of the sequence
The nth term is found by using the explicit formula for the sequence. So if you are not given
the explicit formula, you will need to find it before you can find the sum.

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PROBLEM:
Problem 1: A small business sells $10,000 worth of sports memorabilia during its first year. The owner of the
business has set a goal of increasing annual sales by $7500 each year for 19 years. Assuming that the goal is
met, find the total sales during the first 20 years this business is in operation.

G:
a1  10,000 d  7500 c  10,000  7500  2500 n = 20
𝑎1 +𝑎2
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛 ( )
2

E: a20 = ? ; 𝑆𝑛 =?
an  a1   n 1 d  a20  10,000  19  7500  152,500
S:

20
S20  10,000  152,500   10 162,500   1,625,000
2

A: So the total sales for the first 2o years is $1,625,000

Problem 2 : Regina earned $340 in the first week, $325 in the second week and $660 in the third week, How much
did he earn in the first 5 week?

G: a1= 340; a2= 325; a3= 660

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s5 = ? ; a5=?

S: a5=340+(5-1)15=400

Problem 340+400
3 5: (An a Zoo) has 740
𝑆5 = 2
= 40 Elephant,
𝑠5 = 5( 2 ) =30𝑠 tigers, 50 monkeys and so other animals are 60. How many animals are in
5 = 5(370) = 1,850
the zoo?
A: Regina earned $1,850 in the first week of 5 week

G: a1= 40; a2= 30; a3= 50

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s60 = ? ; a60=?

S: a60=40+(60-1)10=630

40+630 630
𝑆60 = 60 ( ) = 𝑠60 = 60 ( ) = 𝑠5 = 5(315) = 1,575
2 2

A: Zoo has 1,575 Animals

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Problem 4: A Student read a book with 890 words on the first day, 760 words on the second day and
630 words on the third day, How many words did the student read in a week?

G: a1= 890; a2= 760; a3= 630

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s7 = ? ; a7=?

S: a7=890+(7-1)130=110

890+110 1000
𝑆7 = 7 ( 2
) = 𝑠7 = 7 ( 2
) = 𝑠7 = 7(500) = 3,500

A: The student
Problem 5: There are 150 workers inside the office, 200 workers in the second room of office and
500 workers in the third room of the office. Whats the total amount of workers in office?(Five
ROOMS IN OFFICE)

G: a1= 150; a2= 200; a3= 500

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s5 = ? ; a5=?

S: a5=150+(5-1)50=350

150+350 500
𝑆5 = 5 ( ) = 𝑠5 = 5 ( ) = 𝑠5 = 5(250) = 1,250
2 2
Problem 6: A Lamborghini travels 745 m the first minute, 900 m the next minute, 1250 m the third
A: The total amount working in the office is 1,250 workers
minute, Whats the total distance of the Lamborghini travels in 5 minutes?

G: a1= 745; a2=900; a3= 1250

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s5 = ? ; a5=?

S: a5=745+(5-1)155=1,365
Problem 7 : There are 50 people live in the ground floor , 74 on the second floor , 130 on the
𝑆 = third floor, What
𝑠 =is5 (the total
) = 𝑠 number of people
= 5,275living in the apartment?
745+1365 2110
5 5( ) =
2 5 2
= 5(1055)
5

A: The Lamborghini has 5,275 distance in 5 minutes

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 G: a1= 50; a2= 74; a3= 130

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( )
𝟐

E: s5 = ? ; a5=?

S: a5=50+(5-1)24=146

50+146 196
𝑆5 = 5 ( 2
) = 𝑠5 = 5 (2
) = 𝑠5 = 5(98) = 490

A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

Problem 8 : There are 500 books in the first book shelf in the library, 700 in the second shelf,
1000 books in the third shelf , what is the total of the books in the library?

G: a1= 500; a2=700; a3= 1000

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( 𝟐
)

E: s4 = ? ; a4=?

S: a5=500+(5-1)200=1,300
500+1300 1800
𝑆5 = 5 ( 2
) = 𝑠5 = 5 ( 2
) = 𝑠5 = 5(900) = 4500

A: There are 4500 book per four shelves in the library

Problem 9 : There are 300 Highschool student in colegio de santa ana, 590 students in elementary, 120
nursery, What is the total Amount of the Student in Colegio de Santa Ana?

G: a1=300; a2=590; a3= 120

𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( 𝟐
)

E: s6 = ? ; a6=?

S: a6=300+(6-1)290=1,750
300+1750 20450
𝑆6 = 6 ( 2
) = 𝑠6 = 6 ( 2
) = 𝑠6 = 6(1025) = 30,750

A: 30,750 is the total amount of student in Colegio De Santa Ana

Problem 10: Nyzzah Earned 500php in first week, 900 in the second week, and 2000 on the third week, So
how much Nyzzah earn in 4 week?

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 G: a1= 500; a2=900; a3= 2000
𝒂𝟏 +𝒂𝟐
R: an = a1 + (n - 1)d; 𝑺𝒏 = 𝒏 ( 𝟐
)

E: s5 = ? ; a5=?

S: a4=500+(4-1)400=1,700
500+1700 2200
𝑆4 = 4 ( 2
) = 𝑠4 = 4 ( 2
) = 𝑠5 = 5(1100) = 4,400

A: Nyzzah Earned 4,400 php after 4 week

ANSWER ME!
A. NAME THE NEXT FOUR TERMS OF EACH ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE.

1. 5,9,13, …. 1.__________________
2. 2,-3,-8,….. 2.__________________
1 3 5
3. , , , … ..
2 2 2
3.__________________
4. 21,15,9, … 4.__________________

B. FIND THE MISSING TERMS IN EACH ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE.

5. 55, ____, _____, _____, 155 5.__________________

6. _____, 49, _____, ______, 28 6.__________________

7. -10, ____, ______, _____, 2 7.__________________

8. THE LAST TERM OF AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE IS 207, THE COMMON 8.__________________

DIFFERENCE IS 3, AND THE NUMBER OF TERM IS 14. WHAT IS THE FIRST TERM?

9: THE THIRD TERM OF AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE IS 14 AND THE NINTH 9.__________________

TERM IS -1, FIND THE FIRST FOUR TERMS OF THE SEQUENCE.

10. DURING A FREE FALL, A SKYDIVER FALLS 16 FEET IN THE FIRST SECOND, 10.___________________

48 FEET IN THE SECOND AND 80 FEET IN THE THIRD SECOND. IF SHE CONTINUES

TO FALL AT THIS RATE, HOW MANY FEET WILL SHE FALL DURING 8 SECOND?

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 LESSON
GEOMETRIC SEQUENCES
2 AND SERIES

Geometric Sequence is a sequence of numbers that follows a pattern were the next term is found by
multiplying by a constant called the common ratio, R.

:
GEOMETRIC FORMULA 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−𝟏

Three dots means goes on

3rd Term forever (infinite)
1st Term

4th Term (
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, ...
2nd Term

Example:
This sequence has a factor of 2 between each number.

Each term (except the first term) is found by multiplying the previous term by 2.

To fin the Common Ratio (r) , Just Divide any term from one that follows:

2, 6, 18, 54, 162

SERIES:
3 3 3 3

A geometric series is a series whose related sequence is geometric. It results from adding the terms of
a geometric sequence .

The Formula of Geometric Series

𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
𝑠𝑛 =
1−𝑟

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PROBLEMS:
Problem 1 : A Lamborghini cost 1,800,000 php depreciates 15% in the value each year for the first
6 year. What is its cost after 6 years?

G: a1= 1800000; r= 85% or .85

R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏
E: a6=?

S:𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟔 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟔−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟔 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟓 = 𝒂𝟔 =

𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟒𝟒𝟒) = 𝒂𝟔 = 𝟕𝟗𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟎
A: After 6 years, The Lamborghini will cost 799,200 php due to depreciation of its value
Problem 2 : The first Orange Buyer Bought 8 Oranges, The second Buyer bought 48 Oranger, And the
third one bought 81 Orangers, If the Pattern Continue. How many Orangers will be sold after the 7
A: There are 490 people living in the apartment
buyer?

G: a1= 8; r=6; n=7

𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
R: 𝑠𝑛 =
1−𝑟
E: s7=?

𝒂 (𝟏−𝒓𝒏 ) 8(1−67 ) 8(1−279,936) 8(279,935) 2,239,480

S: 𝒔𝒏 = 𝟏 −𝒓 = 𝑠7 = −6 = 𝑠7 = = 𝑠7 = = 𝑠7 = =
𝟏 1 −5 −5 −5
𝑠7 = 447,896
Problem 3: During the“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Campaign”, 12 Students joined on the first 3 day
of the campaign, 30 on the next three days and 90 on the second three days. If the pattern
A: After the 7th buyer the total number of orange sold are 447,896 piece
continues, How Many student have joined the campaign after first 1 month
A
A: After 6 years, The Lamborghini will cost 799,200 php due to depreciation of its value

A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

G: a1= 12; r=4; n=10

𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
R: 𝑠𝑛 =
1−𝑟
E: s10=?

𝒂𝟏 (𝟏−𝒓𝒏 ) 12(1−410 ) 12(1−1,048576) 12(1048575)

S: 𝒔𝒏 = = 𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 = =
𝟏−𝒓 1−4 −3 −3
12,582,912
𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 = 4,194,304
−3
A: There were 4,194,304 who joined the campaign

A
A: After 6 years, The Lamborghini will cost 799,200 php due to depreciation of its value

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Problem 4 : Rico saves 100php in january, and that each month thereafter he manages to save one-
half more than of what he saved the precious month. How much is Rico savings after 10 months?

𝟑
G: a1= 100; r= ;n=10
𝟐

𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
R: 𝑠𝑛 =
1−𝑟
E: s10=?

3 59049 58025
𝒂𝟏 (𝟏−𝒓𝒏 ) 100(1−( )10 ) 100(1− ) 100(− )
2 1024 1024
S: 𝒔𝒏 = = 𝑠10 = 3 = 𝑠10 = 1 = 𝑠10 = 1 =
𝟏−𝒓 1− − −
2 2 2
58025
𝑠10 = 100 (
1024
) (2) = 𝑠10 = 11 333.01 A: After 10 months Ricos Saving is 11
Problem 5 : pIf there are 1200 bacteria at the end of the first day, how many bacteria will there
333.01ph
be after 15 days ifthe bacteria double in number everyday?after n days
== 𝑠10 = 4,194,304
A: There were 4,194,304 who joined the campaign

A
G: a1= 1200; r=2
A:
After 6 years, The Lamborghini will cost 799,200 php due to depreciation of its value
𝒏 ⋅𝟏
R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓) −

A:
E: There
a15=? are 490 people living in the apartment

S:𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟏𝟓 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎(𝟐)𝟏𝟓−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟏𝟓 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎(𝟐)𝟏𝟒 = 𝒂𝟔 =

𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎(𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟒) = 𝒂𝟔 = 𝟏𝟗, 𝟔𝟔𝟎, 𝟖𝟎𝟎
A: After
Problem 6: 15:days, the cost
A House bacteria would bephp
2,800,000 already be 19,660,800
depreciates 15% in the value each year for the first 8
year. What is its cost after 8 years?
A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

G: a1= 2800000; r= 85% or .85

R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏
E: a8=?

S:𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟖−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟕 = 𝒂𝟖 =

𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟑𝟐𝟏) = 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟖𝟗𝟖, 𝟖𝟎𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎
A: After 8 years, The House will cost 898,800,000 php due to depreciation of its value

A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

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Problem 7 : A land cost 4,000,000 php depreciates 15% in the value each year for the first 10
year. What is its cost after 10 years?

G: a1= 4000000; r= 85% or .85

R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏
E: a10=?

S:𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟏𝟎−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟗 = 𝒂𝟏𝟎 =

𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟐𝟑𝟐) = 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟖𝟗𝟖, 𝟖𝟎𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎
A: After 10 years, The House will cost 92,800,000 php due to depreciation of its value

Problem 8 : A Gold Chocolate cost 100,000php depreciates 15% in the value each year for the first
1 A:
year.
ThereWhat is its
are 490 cost
people after
living in the1 apartment
years?

G: a1= 100000; r= 85% or .85

R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏
E: a8=?

S:𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓)𝟏−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓) = 𝒂𝟖 =

𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎(. 𝟖𝟓) = 𝒂𝟖 = 𝟖𝟓, 𝟎𝟎𝟎
Problem 9: If there are 2000 bacteria at the end of the first day, how many bacteria will there
A: After 8 years, The House will cost 898,800,000 php due to depreciation of its value
be after 10 days ifthe bacteria double in number everyday?after n days

A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

G: a1= 2000; r=2

R: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏
E: a10=?

S: 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 (𝒓)𝒏−⋅𝟏 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟐)𝟏𝟎−𝟏 = 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟐)𝟗 = 𝒂𝟏𝟎 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎(𝟓𝟏𝟐) =

𝒂𝟏𝟎 =10:
Problem 𝟏, 𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝟎𝟎𝟎 Banana Buyer Bought 9 Banana , The second Buyer bought 63 Banana, And the
The first
third one bought 81 Banana, If the Pattern Continue. How many Banana will be sold after the 10
A: After 10 days, the bacteria would be already be 1,024,000
buyer?

A: There are 490 people living in the apartment

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 G: a1= 9; r=7; n=10

𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
R: 𝑠𝑛 =
1−𝑟
E: s10=?

𝒂𝟏 (𝟏−𝒓𝒏 ) 9(1−710 ) 9(1−282,475,249) 9(282,475,248)

S: 𝒔𝒏 = = 𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 = = 𝑠10 =
𝟏−𝒓 1−7 −6 −6
2,542,277,232
= 𝑠10 = 423,712,872
−6

A: After the 10th buyer the total number of Banana sold are 423,712,872piece
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ANSWER
A: After 6ME!
years, The Lamborghini will cost 799,200 php due to depreciation of its value

A. Write G if the statement is geometric and give the common ratio, N if Not.
____1.
A: There 4,8,16,32,..
are 490 people living in the apartment
____6. 10,-11,-12,13,..
____2. 3,10,54,90,..
____7. 80,40,20,10,..
____3. 1,-8,-9,10,..
____8.50,90,120,200,..
____4. 100,-50,25,-12.5,..
____9.6,18,54,162,..
____5. 1,8,30,79,..
1 1
____10. , , 1, 2
4 2

B. Answer Each Problem.

If there are 8000 bacteria at the end of the first day, how many bacteria will there be after
15 days ifthe bacteria double in number everyday?after n days?

A Luxury Car cost 5,800,000 php depreciates 15% in the value each year for the first 5 year.
What is its cost after 5 years?

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ANSWER Key:

PAGE 5 ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES

A. Arithmetic Sequence and Series

1. 17, 21, 25, 29 6. 56, 42, 35
2. -13,-18,23,-28 7. -7,-4, -1
2 9 1 13
3. , , , 8. 𝑡1 = 168
2 2 2 2
4. 3,-3,-9,-15 9. 20, 17,14,11
5. 70, 85, 100 10. 𝑡8 = 240

B. Geometric Sequence and Series

G 1. 4,8,16,32,.. r=0.5 N 6.
10,-11,-12,13,..
N 2. 3,10,54,90,.. N
7. 80,40,20,10,..
N 3. 1,-8,-9,10,.. N
8.50,90,120,200,..
G 4. 100,-50,25,-12.5,.. r=1/2 G
9.6,18,54,162,.. d= 3
N 5. 1,8,30,79,.. G
1 1
10. , , 1, 2 d = 2
4 2

Word Problems:

After 15 days, the bacteria would be already be 131,072,00

After 5 years, The House will cost 3, 027, 600, 00 php due to depreciation of its value

MADE BY
JERICHO SILVA
HAZEL ARROYO
CRISHA LOUISE LANDOY

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