CHAPTER 10: INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA

LESSON 1 SEQUENCE

LET’S SOLVE

A. identify the sequence as finite or infinite. Then, classify as arithmetic of geometric

sequence.
1. 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 … _______________ ______________
2. 6, 24, 96, 384, 1536 _______________ ______________
3. 20, 29, 38, 47, 56, 65 _______________ ______________
4. 134, 136, 138, 140, … _______________ ______________
5. 7, 14, 28, 26, 112, … _______________ ______________

B. Complete the table by finding the missing data.

Page Number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of Stamps 3 11 19
Rule

Page Number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of Stamps 5 20 80
Rule

Page Number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of Stamps 5 15 405
Rule

Page Number 1 2 3 4 5
Number of Stamps 173 188 203
Rule

C. Find the missing data in the table.

Common
Term Value Formula
Difference
1 7
2 13
3 19
… …
15 n

Common
Term Value Formula
Difference
1 10
2 18
3 26
… …
57 n

Term Value Common Formula

 Difference
1 3
2 12
3 21
… …
100 n

Common
Term Value Formula
Difference
1 4
2 16
3 64
… …
9 n

Common
Term Value Formula
Difference
1 17
2 34
3 68
… …
20 n

D. Find the value of n.

1. 21, 23, 25, n, 29
2. 7, 21, 63, 189, n
3. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, n
4. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, n, 49, …
5. n, 18, 162, 1 458, 13 222

E. Supply what is asked in each item.

1. How many dots will there be on the 12th figure?

2. Draw Figure 10.

3. In what Figure will there be 90 matchsticks?

4. Find the number of dots on Figure 25.

 5. A sequence of Figures is shown below. In what Figure will there be 33
squares?

F. Solve.
1. Elmor observes a set of numbers 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, ___. What number goes
into the blank?

2. Observe the sequence, 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, … What term has a value of 59?

3. A cube number is multiplied by itself three times. Examples are 1, 8 and 27.
One is obtained by 1 x 1 x 1. Eight is obtained by 2 x 2 x 2. Twenty-seven is
obtained by 3 x 3 x 3. Square numbers form a sequence. Find the eight cube
number.

4. Maureen arranges stickers in her album. She arranges 5 stickers on the first
page, 9 stickers on the second page, 13 stickers on the third page, and so on.
What is the rule that Maureen follows in arranging her stickers on the pages
of her album?

5. In a school gym, chairs are arranged in this order: 6 chairs in the first row, 8
chairs in the second row, 10 chairs in the third row and so on. If there are 10
rows of chairs in the gym, how many chairs are arranged in all?

LESSON 2 NUMBER SENTENCES

LET’S SOLVE

A. Fill in the missing value in each number sentence as fast as you can.
Time Started: ________ Time Ended: _________ Score: _________

1. 3 + 7 = ___ 11. 9 – 2 = ___ 21. 4 x 3 = ___ 31. 9 ÷ 3 = ___

2. ___ + 6 = 10 12. 7 - ___ = 7 22. ___ x 8 = 16 32. 4 ÷ ___ = 4
3. 8 + ___ = 15 13. ___ - 8 = 1 23. 7 x ___ = 0 33. 16 ÷ 2 = ___
4. ___ 9 + = 17 14. 12 – 9 = ___ 24. ___ x 8 = 8 34. 20 ÷ ___ = 4
5. 2 + 0 = ___ 15. 17 – 8 = ___ 25. 6 x 5 = ___ 35. ___ ÷ 9 = 5
6. 3 + ___ = 12 16. ___ - 4 = 9 26. 9 x ___ = ___ 36. ___÷ 7 = 6
7. ___ + 1 = 8 17. 16 -7 = ___ 27. ___ x 4 = 39 37. 81 ÷ 9 = ___
8. ___ + 4 = 13 18. 13 - ___ = 5 28. 8 x ___ = 56 38. ___ ÷ 6 = 8
9. 7 + ___ = 14 19. ___ - 5 = 6 29. 2 x 7 = ___ 39. 21 ÷ 3 = ___
10. 8 + 6 = ___ 20. 6 - ___ = 3 30. 8 x __ = 40 40. 0 ÷ ___ = 0

B. Complete the number sentence by filling in the correct value.

1. 1 + 7 = 3 + ____ 6. 4 + 5 + 6 = 30 ÷ ____
2. 8 - 3 = 7 - ____ 7. 10 – 4 = 3 x ____
3. 4 + 6 = 5 x ____ 8. 36 – 3 = 5² + ____
4. 16 ÷ 2 + 2 = 2 x ____ 9. 8 x 3 = 31 - ____
5. 2 + 2 + 2 = 2 x ____ 10. 25 ÷ 5 = 16 - ____

C. Find the missing values.

1. 2 weeks = days 6. 4 hours = minutes
2. 8 meters = centimeters 7. 9 months = years
3. 30 minutes = hours 8. 3 years = weeks
4. 250 meters = kilometers 9. 0.06 kilometers = meters
5. 5.04 kilograms = grams 10. 2 years, 4 months = months

D. What is the value of n in each number sentence?

1. 9 + n = 13 6. n + 7 = 15
2. n – 4 = 7 7. 6n = 24
3. 3n = 24 8. n2 = 16
4. 42 ÷ 7 = n 9. 7 – n = 3
5. n+¿ n = 20 10. 2 n2 = 18

E. Solve the following problems.

1. Mother is 25 years older than Juliana. If Juliana is 18 years now, how old will
mother be in 10 years?
2. Noel gave a number problem to Andrei. He told her to choose a number, add
5 to it, double that sum and then subtract 10. Andrei’s answer was 30. Which
number did she choose?
3. I am thinking of a number. When I added to 8 to the number and multiplied 2
to the same number, I got the same result. What number am I thinking of?
4. Lyn has 19 coins in her wallet ₱ 1.00, ₱ 5.00 and ₱ 10.00. The total amount is
₱ 80.00. How many coins of each kind does Lyn have?
5. It takes 6 hours for a train to travel 534 kilometers. It takes a car 8 hours to
cover 504 kilometers. On average, how much farther can a train travel than
the car in one hour?
 LESSON 3 EXPRESSION AND EQUATION

LET’S SOLVE

A. Identify as expression or equation.

1. 7 + 8 6. 11 – 9 = 2
2. 6 – 3 7. 15 ÷ 3 = 5
3. 5 + 2 = 7 8. 4 x 6
4. 8 x 3 = 24 9. 17 + 3 = 20
5. 12 ÷ 4 10. 9 x 4

B. Complete the number sentence by filling in the correct value.

1. 8 + 9 = 5 + ____ 6. 13 + 15 + 17 = 90 ÷ ___
2. 16 – 8 = 20 -____ 7. 38 – 24 = 7 x ____
3. 32 + 18 = 5 x ____ 8. 78 – 23 = 6² ÷ ____
4. 120 ÷ 4 = 56 -____ 9. 14 x 8 = 125 - ____
5. 13 + 13 + 13 = 13 x ____ 10. 360 ÷ 18 = 50 - ____

C. Translate into symbols.

1. the sum of 9 and j
2. thrice n plus 8
3. the difference of s and 3, where s is greater than 3
4. the quotient of 36 and 9
5. the square of p divided by 3

D. Write in symbols, then find the value of the variable.

1. The difference of 25 and x is 7.
2. Increase 6 by d to get 21.
3. 5 times h is 45.
4. r divided by 2 is 30.
5. Twice 14 increased by f is 35.

E. Write and algebraic expression to represent each.

1. Jai has ₱5.00 more than Andrew. If Andrew has ₱m, how much does Jai
have? express in terms of m.
2. Richelle weighs r kilograms. Arinne weighs 3 kilograms less than Richelle.
Express Arianne’s weight in terms of r .
3. A box contains 8 marbles. If there are x boxes, express the total number of
marbles in terms of x .
4. Liam has ₱100. He bought s number of Soduku magazine. He received no
change. Express the price of each Soduko magazine in terms of s .
5. A rectangular piece of paper measures z inches by 5 inches. Express its area
in terms of z .

F. Evaluate each if k =6.

1. 6 + k =¿ 6. 4 k + 3 =

2. 12 - k = 7. 8k – 21 =

k
3. 3k = 8. +7=
2

24 k
4. = 9. 2k + =
k 3
 9 k +6
5. k 2 = 10.
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G. What is the value of n in each number sentence?

1. 43 + n = 72 6. 4n + 9 = 33
2. n – 67 = 68 7. 6n – 7 = 41
3. 12n = 192 8. 59 - 2n ² = 27
4. 322 ÷ 14 = n 9. 9 x 7n = 252
5. 15 + n + n = 37 10. 1 000 ÷ 5n = 25

H. Solve the following.

1. TJ scored t points in the first quiz. He scored 3 more points in the second quiz
than in the first quiz. During the third quiz, he scored 2 more points than he
scored in the second quiz. If he scored 17 points in the second quiz, what is
his total score in the three quizzes?
2. Kyle read g pages of a book on Monday. He read thrice as many pages on
Tuesday than on Monday and read the remaining 15 pages on Wednesday. If
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Kyle read of the number of pages on Monday and Tuesday, how many
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pages has the book?
3. Sharnett baked some cupcakes. She packed one-dozen cupcakes on each
box. There were x bags altogether. The cupcakes were shared equally
among 20 children. If there were 5 boxes of cupcakes, how many cupcakes
did each child get?
4. The circumference of a circle is solved by multiplying π (pi) by its diameter. If
the radius of the circle measures 7 cm, find its circumference. Note: Diameter
22
is twice the radius. Use π= .
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5. Quin thinks of a number n . First, he multiplies it by 3. Then, he adds 15 to the
result. Finally, he takes the result and subtracts twice the number that he first
thought of. What answer will he always get?