Trig Activity Manual - 121331
Trig Activity Manual - 121331
ACTIVITY MANUAL
GRADE 12
2022
TRIGONOMETRY
➢ Outcomes 3
➢ Key concepts 3–4
➢ Algebra associated 5-6
SECTION 1: QUADRATIC NUMBER PATTERNS
➢ Content 7–8
➢ Examples 9 – 10
➢ Activities 10 - 11
SECTION 2: ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES
➢ Content 12 – 13
➢ Examples 13 – 14
➢ Activities 14 - 15
SECTION 3: GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES
➢ Content 16 – 17
➢ Examples 17 – 18
➢ Activities 19
SECTION 4: SIGMA NOTATION
➢ Content 20
➢ Examples 20 – 21
➢ Activities 21 – 22
Solutions to activities 24 – 36
APPENDIX A: Examination Guidelines 37
APPENDIX B: Information Sheet 38
Bibliography 39
(SOURCE: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT POLICY STATEMENT(CAPS)SENIOR PHASE GRADES (10 – 12) MATHEMATICS)
KEY CONCEPTS
Number Patterns, Sequences and series
a. Quadratic sequences
i. First differences form arithmetic/linear sequence/series
1. Determining the quadratic sequence when given sequence of first
differences and one term of quadratic sequence
2. e.g Between which TWO terms of the quadratic pattern will the first
difference be 599?
ii. Second difference constant
iii. Different methods of determining the general term /nth term/conjecture
1. Standard method
2. Solving simultaneous equations
iv. Geometric patterns of quadratic sequences
v. Combination of quadratic sequences and sequences done in previous grades
vi. Determining number of terms
vii. Quadratic pattern of unknowns
b. Arithmetic and geometric sequences
i. General term/nth term/conjecture
ii. Number of terms
iii. Arithmetic and geometric sequences of unknowns
iv. Inequality form
v. Finding parameters using simultaneous equations
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g. The use of Tn = Sn − Sn −1
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ACTIVITY 3
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