SAI

NTFRANCISXAVI
ERCOLLEGE
SANFRANCISCOAGUSANDELSUR

DETAI
LEDLESSONPLANI
NMATHEMATI
CSVI

I
. OBJECTI
VES

A.Cont
entSt
andar
ds The learner
s demonstr
ate
under
standi
ngofsequencei nforming
rul
es,
expressionsandequati
ons.

B.Per
for
manceSt
andar
ds The l ear
ners are abl e to appl y
knowledge ofsequence,expressi
ons,
and equat i
ons i n mat hemati
cal
probl
emsandr eal
-l
if
esit
uati
ons.

C.Lear
ningCompet
ency Formul
atest her ul
einfindi
ngt henth
ter
m usingdiff
erentstr
ategi
es( l
ooki
ng
fora patt
ern,guessing and checki
ng,
worki
ngbackwar ds).

I
I. SUBJECTMATTER

Topi
c Fi
ndi
ngt
hent
hTer
m ofaSequence

Code M6AL-
II
Id-
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erences Enj
oyingLif
ewithMat
hemat
icsGr
ade6
pages;202-
2012

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I
II
. POCEDURES

Teacher
’sAct
ivi
ty St
udent
’sAct
ivi
ty
A.Pr
eparator
yActiv
iti
es
1.Prayer
Letusallst
andforapr
ayer
.
I
nthenameoft
hef
ather
….Amen!
2.Greet
ings
Goodmor ni
ngcl
ass!
Goodmor
ningt
eacher
!
Howar
eyout
oday
?
We’
ref
inet
eacher
!
That’sgreat!
3.Attendance
Now, beforeweproceedletus
checky ouratt
endancefi
rst.
Whoar eabsentfortoday?
Noonet
eacher
!
Okayverygood!Nooneisabsent
today
!
Areyouclassreadyf
orourexi
ti
ng
l
essontoday?
Yes,
teacher
!
4.Revi
ew
Tobeginwit
hIwanty
out o
rememberwhati
sourlesson
yest
erday
?
Anyone?
Ourl
essonl
astmeet
ingwasaboutSol
i
d
Fi
gur
es.
Yes,
youarecor
rect
!
Whatdoyoumeanbysol
i
d
fi
gur
es?
Sol
idf
igur
esar
ethree-di
mensional
obj
ect
swithwi
dth,
depth,andheight
.

Verygood!
Whocangiveanexampl
eofsol
i
d
fi
gures?
I
cecubes,
Rubi
k’
scube,
boxesand
pr
ism.
Goodj
ob!

5.Mot
ivat
ion
Thisti
mecl assIwi l
lshow youa
pi
cture and y ou are goi
ng to
i
nterpr
et/descri
bethepict
ure.
Am Iclearcl
ass?
Yes,
teacher
!
1.
)

1 3 5
Whathav
ey ouobser
vedi
nthe
pi
ctur
ecl
ass?
Everyfi
gur
econsi
stsofsquar
es
teacher
!

Yes,
youar
ecor
rect
! Ther
ear
epat
ter
nst
eacher
!

Whatel
se?

Yes,
youar
ecor
rect
!

Whocandr
awt
henextpat
ter
n?

Yes,
Shei
l
a.
Byobser
vingt henumberofboxesand
weadd2boxes1f ort
hef
ir
stcornerand
1fort
heot hercornert
ocompletethe
pat
ter
n.

Greatj
ob!Howdi dyouknowt
hat
t
hisisthenextpatt
ern?

Yes,
teacher
!

Hexagont
eacher
!

Ver
ygood!
2.
) Si
x,t
eacher
!

1 11 16

Howaboutnumber2i
sther
eany
pat
ter
n?

Whatdoy
oucal
lont
hisshape?

Ver
ygood!

Howmanysidesar
ether
ein
hexagon?
Yes,
teacher
!

Excel
l
ent
!
Add3tot
hef
ir
stt
ermt
ogett
hesecond
Whocandr
awt
henextpat
ter
n? ter
m.

Ver
ygood!

3.
)

Yes,
teacher
!

4 7 10

Whocandr
awt
henextpat
ter
n
cl
ass?

Gr
eatj
ob!

Howaboutthenumbersequence
bel
owtheshapeist
hereany
pat
ter
n?
Okay,
whatdoyout
hinki
sthe
pat
ter
ncl
ass?

Yes,
teacher
!

Ver
ygood!

4.
)

Yes,
teacher
!
1 2 3 4
Add4tot
hef
ir
stt
ermt
ogett
hesecond
I
sther
eanypat
ter
ncl
ass? ter
m.

Okay
!

Whocandr
awt
henextpat
ter
n?

Yes,
Jer
ely
n.

Ver
ygood!

5.
)
 1 5 9 Yes,
teacher
!
Howaboutinnumberf
ivei
sther
e
anypat
ter
n?

Whocandr
awt
henextpat
ter
n?

Howaboutt
henumbersequencei
s
t
her
eanypatter
n?

Okay
,whati
sthepat
ter
n?

Excel
l
ent
!

Asy oucansee,ev er
yfi
gureshas
patt
ernsandsequenceofnumber s.
Iti
smadebyaddi ngtwoormor e
Yest
eacher
!
shapes/numberst o getthe next
patt
ern/sequenceofnumbers.

B.Dev
elopment
alAct
ivi
ti
es

1.Pr
esent
ati
on

Today we wi l
l di
scuss about
“Fi
ndi
ng t he nt
h Term of a
Sequence”
.

Butbef
orewebegi
n,Iwantyouto
knowourFi
vecl
assr
oom rul
es.
 a.SettingofSt andar d
1. Li stenwheny ourteacheri s
talking.
2. Fol lowt hedirection
car eful
ly
3. Rai sey ourr i
ghthandi fyou
wantt osaysomet hing.
4. Respecty ourselfandot her
peopl e.
5. Par t
ici
pat eint heact i
vit
ies.
CanIexpectt hatfrom all ofyou
cl
ass?

b.Readi ngoft heObj ecti

ves
1.Thel ear nersdemonst rate
under standi ngofsequencei n
formi ngr ules, expressionsand
equat ions.
2.Thel ear nersar eablet oapply
knowl edgeofsequence,
expressi ons, andequat i
onsi n
mat hemat ical pr obl
emsandr eal
-
l
ifesituat i
ons.
3.For mul atest her uleinfindi
ngt he
ntht erm usi ngdi ff
erent
strategies( looki ngforapat tern,
guessi ngandchecki ng,working
backwar ds) .

2.Act
ivi
ty

Thisti
mecl asswewi l
lhav ean
acti
vi
ty.Iwil
ldiv
idethecl assint
o
two groups.Each group wi l
lbe
giv
enaf actsheetallyouneedt o
doistosolvetheproblem thatar
e
giv
entoy ou.

Am Icl
earcl
ass?

Gr
oup1
Howmuchwi
l
lJer
ely
nsav
efort
he
Jerely
nsav es₱200f orthemont hofJuly
, monthofDecember?
₱400f orAugust,and₱600f or
September .I
fJerelynwil
l continuetosave
thi
smanner ,
howmuchwi llshesav ef
or Ouransweri s1200fort
hemonthof
themont hofDecember ? December.
Thet ablebelow wi l
lhelpy oul ookfora
patter
n.
Bylooki
ngthedif
fer
encewhichi
s200
Mont h Amount of andweadd200t othefi
rstmont
htoget
savings theval
ueofthesecondmonth.
Jul
y ₱200

August ₱400
1000i
souranswer
.
Sept
ember ₱600

Oct
ober

Nov
ember 800i
souranswer
.

December

Youjustadd200pesostothemonthof
Gr
oup2 Jul
ytogettheval
ueofthesecond
monthwhichisAugustandsoon.
Jessasav es₱300f orthemont hof
January,₱600f orFebruary
, ₱900f or
March.IfJessawillconti
nuet osavein
thi
smanner ,howmuchwi llshesavefor
Howmuchwi ll
Jessasav
efort
he
themont hofJune?
monthofJune?
Thet abl
ebel ow willhel
py oulookfora
patt
ern.
1,
800isouranswer.
Mont
h Amount of
sav
ings
1200i
souranswer
.
Januar
y ₱300

Febr
uar
y ₱600
1500i
souranswer
.
Mar
ch ₱900

Apr
il
Youj
ustadd300pesost
othemont
hof
 May Januar
ytogettheval
ueofthesecond
monthwhi
chisFebr
uaryandsoon.
June

Sense you ar
e done wi
thyour
acti
vi
ty.Letusnow answerthe
questi
ons.

3.Anal
ysi
s

Whati
sthepr
obl
em gi
veni
nthe
gr
oup1?

Yes,
youar
ecor
rect
!

Whati
syouranswercl
ass?

Ver
ygood!Howdi
dyouknowt
hat
i
ts1200?

Excel
l
ent
!

How about i
n t
he mont
h of
Nov
ember?

Gr
eatj
ob!

What about i
n t
he mont
h of
Oct
ober?
Yes,
youar
ecor
rect
!

Whatdoy
out
hinki
sthepat
ter
n
cl
ass?

Ver
ygood!

Howabouti
nthegr
oup2whati
s
t
hepr
oblem?

Okay
,whati
syouranswer
?

Yes,
youar
ecor
rect
!

Howabouti
nthemont
hofMay
?

Ver
ygood!

Whatabouti
nthemont
hofApr
il
?

I
t’
scor
rect
!

Whatdoy
out
hinki
sthepat
ter
n
cl
ass?
 Excel
l
ent
!

4.Abst
ract
ion

Exampl
e1

Gi
venthefoll
owingsequence.
8,
12,16,20,24,28,32
1.The numberoft erms i
nthe
sequence

2.Thef
ir
stt
erm

3.Thef
if
tht
erm

Sol
uti
on

1.There are 7 t
erms i
n t
he
sequence

2.Thef
ir
stt
ermi
s8

3.Thef
if
tht
erm

I
nthesequencet1,t
2,t
3,t
4,t5,
…t hi
rdter
m
i
st3,andt
hefif
thtermt5.Al
so,tniscall
ed
t
henthter
m andthenumberoft ermsisn.

Example2
I
nt hesequence3,6,
9, 12,
15,
18,
21
Determi
net hef
oll
owing:

1.n

2.t
1

3.t
4

4.t
7

Sol
uti
on
1.n=7becausether
ear
e7t
ermsi
n
thesequence
2.t 1=3becausethe1sttermis3
th
3.t 4=12becausethe4 t ermis12
t
h
4.t 7=21becausethe7 t ermis21
Findingthenthter
m ofasequence
I
fwear egiv
entheacer t
ainnumber
Termsi nsequence,wecander i
vea
formulatogetthesucceedingornth
term ofasequence.
Yes,
teacher
!
Exampl e3
Inthesequence200,400,600,800, Nonet
eacher
!
1,
000, 1200.
a.Der ivethefor
mulatodeter
minet
he
nthterm ofasequence.
b.Uset hisformulatof i he20th
nd t
ter
m.

Sol
ution
a.Not ice t
hatt he second term is
foundbyaddi ng200t ot hefi
rst
term.Thet hi
rdtermi sfoundby
nd
adding200t othe2 t erm.Thus,
thesucceedingterm i sfoundby Yes,
teacher
!
adding200t otheprecedingter
m.
Youcanl ookf orapat t
ern,work
backwardsandcheck.

Thus,wecanf i
ndthenthterm of
thesequencebyusingt
heformul
a
tn=200n
wheretn=n t
hterm
n=numberoft er
ms

Letus see i
ft hisformular eal
l
y
works.
Ifwewanttofi
ndt hefirstt
erm,we
haven=1.So,t1=200( 1)=200.
Ifwewanttofi
ndt hethirdt
er m,we
haven=3.
So,t
3=2 00(3)=600.
Ifwewanttof i
ndt he6th t
erm,we
haven=6.Sot6=2 00(6)=1, 200.
 b.Weusethisfor
mulat ofi
ndthe20th
ter
m ofthesequence.Heren=20.
So,wehavet20 =200(20)=4,000.
t
h
Thus,
the20 termi s4,
000.

Exampl e4
a.Der i
vet hef ormulat ofindt henth
term of t he sequence 8,
12,16,20,24, 28,
32. Looki
ngf orapattern
t
h
b.Uset hi
sf or mulatof ind the30
term.
Solution Workingbackwar ds
a. Obser v
et hatt hesucceedingt er
m
i
s f ound by addi ng 4 t o the
proceedi ngt erm. Guessing
Thus, wehav et hefoll
owing.
t1=8
t2=8+4( 1) Checking
t3= 8+4( 2)
t4=8 +4( 3)
t5=8 +4(4) Fi
rsttermteacher!
t6= 8+4( 5)
So, tn=8+4( n-1)
=8+4n- 4 Secondtermt eacher!
=4+4n
tn 4
,= n+4
Thef ormul ai nf i
ndingthent ht er
m of Thenthtermt eacher!
thesequencei stn=4 n+4.

Letusseei fthef ormulareal

lywor ks.
st
Tof i
ndt he1 t erm,n=1.Sot1 =4 (
1)
+4=8.
Tofindt he4tht er m,n=4.Sot 4 =4 (
4) Itisimportanttoknow t heformulaon
+4=20. fi
ndingt hentht er
m ofasequenceso
Tof i
ndt he7t ht erm,n=7t 7=4 (7)+ t hat,wewi l
lbegui dedonhow t osolve
4=32. easilyand also wecan sav et i
meby
t
h
Letususet hef ormulatof i
ndthe30 usi ng the f
ormul ain solv
ing di
ff
erent
ter
m oft he sequence.Her e n= 30. pr oblemsinMat hematics.
Thus,t30=4 (30)+4=124
th
The30 t erm oft hesequenceis124.
 KeepinMi nd
 I nthesequencet 1,t2,t
3,…t n,t1is
thef irstt er
m,t 2i sthef i
rstt erm,
andt nist hentht erm.Thenumber Nonet
eacher
!
ofter msi nthissequencei sn.
 Tof indt hent hterm ofasequence,
we der i
v e a f ormula t hat i s
obtainedby
a.Looki ngf orapat t
ern
b.Wor kingbackwar ds
c.Guessi ng
d.Checki ng
Di
dy ou under st
and ourdi scussi on
cl
ass?

Doy
ouhav
eanyquest
ions?

5.Applicati
on
This t i
me cl ass we wi l
l have
another acti
v ity,witht he same
group.Al lyou need t o do i
st o
compl etethet ablebelow.Useany
strat
egyi nfindingt hent hterm.I
willgiveyout hef actsheetofyour
activ
ity and y ou wi l
lwr it
ey our
answeri nacar toli
na.Iwil
lgiveyou
8mi nutestodot hetask.

Am Icl
earcl
ass?

Okay
,youmaynowst
art
!

Gr
oup1
Sequence Numbe 1st 3rd nth
r of t
erm term ter
m
t
erms
9,27,81,
243
2,4,8,16,32,
64,128
10,20,30,40, Yest
eacher
!
50,60
Gr
oup2
Sequence Numbe 1st 3rd Nth
r of t
erm term t
erm
t
erms
8,18,28,38,
48,58,68
0,5,10,15,
20, 25 30,
35,
12,24,48,
96,192,384
Ithi
nk,you r
eall
yunder
stand our
di
scussi
on well
.Now,let’s have
somerecap.

C.Concl
udi
ngAct
ivi
ti
es

1.Gener
ali
zat
ion
Whatwil
lyou do t
ofi
nd t
hent
h
ter
m?

Ver
ygood!
Whatel
se?

Greatj
ob!
Another
?

Excel
l
ent!
Whatelse?

Ver
ygood!
Whatdoyoucal
loft
1?

Ver
ygood!
Howaboutt
2?

Goodjob!
Whataboutt
n?

Yes,y
ouarecorrect
!
2.Valui
ng
Whyi sitimportantt
o know the
for
mulaonfi
ndingthentht
erm ofa
 sequence?

Ver
ygood!
So,It
hinkyoureal
lyunderst
andour
di
scussion.
Doy ouhav eanyquest i
onsclass
bef
orewewi ll
haveaquiz?

Okay
,Let
’shav
eashor
tqui
z.

IV. Ev aluati
on
Writeyouransweri n½cr osswise.
Writethenextf ourtermsi nthef ol
lowi
ng
sequence.
1.10, 18, 26, 34, 42,
____
,____
,___
_,_
____
2.61,55,49,43,37,_ ____
,_____,__
__,
____
_ _
.
3.4,8,16,32,64,_ ____,___
___,___
__,
____
_ .
4.56,67,78,89,100,13,_ _
___,___
__,
____
_ ,
_____.
5.2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,_ ___
__,
____
_ _
,_ _
____,__
____.

V. Assignment
Devisea f ormulatofi
nd t
henth
ter
m of each of t he f
oll
owi
ng
sequence.
1.1,2, 3,4,5,….
2.16, 17,18,19,…
3.7,9, 11,13,15,….
4.7,10, 13,16,19,…
5.6,10, 14,18,22,…
6.8,11,14,17,20,….
7.19,20,21,22,23,…
8.2,7,12,17,22,…
9.14,18,22,26,30,…
10.
11,15,19,23,27,…

Am Icl
earcl
ass?

Pr
epar
edby
:MARYJOYTORRES
BEED-
IV
 Gr
oup1

Jer
elynsaves₱200f orthemonthofJul
y,₱400forAugust,
and₱600forSept
ember.
I
fJerely
nwi l
lcont
inuetosavet
hismanner,howmuchwill
shesav
efort
hemont hof
December?
Thetablebel
owwi l
lhel
py oul
ookforapatt
ern.

Mont
h Amountofsav
ings

Jul
y ₱200

August ₱400

Sept
ember ₱600

Oct
ober

Nov
ember

December

Gr
oup2

Jessasaves₱300f ort
hemont hofJanuar
y,₱600f
orFebruar
y,₱900forMar
ch.I
f
Jessawil
lcont
inuetosavei
nt hi
smanner,howmuchwil
lshesavef
orthemonthof
June?
Thetabl
ebelowwill
helpyoulookforapatt
ern.

Mont
h Amountofsav
ings

Januar
y ₱300

Febr
uar
y ₱600

Mar
ch ₱900

Apr
il

May

June