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Year 10 Week 6

The document provides objectives and key terms for understanding linear and quadratic sequences. It then presents examples and exercises for identifying, writing expressions for, and finding subsequent terms in linear, quadratic, fractional, and Fibonacci sequences. Linear sequences have a common difference between terms while quadratic sequences have a changing difference that can be described by a quadratic expression. Other sequences like fractions and Fibonacci follow predictable patterns to generate new terms. Students are asked to apply their understanding of sequence types to analyze examples and solve multi-step problems finding missing terms.

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Year 10 Week 6

The document provides objectives and key terms for understanding linear and quadratic sequences. It then presents examples and exercises for identifying, writing expressions for, and finding subsequent terms in linear, quadratic, fractional, and Fibonacci sequences. Linear sequences have a common difference between terms while quadratic sequences have a changing difference that can be described by a quadratic expression. Other sequences like fractions and Fibonacci follow predictable patterns to generate new terms. Students are asked to apply their understanding of sequence types to analyze examples and solve multi-step problems finding missing terms.

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SEQUENCE

OBJECTIVES KEY TERMS


• Identify linear sequence. Sequence, linear, quadratic, common
difference.
• Use and apply linear sequence
• Identify quadratic sequence.
HOM
• Use and apply quadratic sequence
Thinking and communicating with
clarity adf precision.
Starter

Find the next 3 terms of the following


sequences.
1) 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, …, …, …,
2) 4, 7, 10, 13, …, …, …,
3) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, …, …, …,
4) 400, 200,100, …, …, …,
5) 32, 28, 24, 20, …, …, …,
LINEAR SEQUENCE
• Use the following expression to write down the first 5 terms in the sequence

1) 5n + 1
2) 3n -1
3) 6n + 4
4) 4n – 3
5) 7n + 2
5, 9, 13, 17, 21

The expression for this sequence is 4n+1

Are the following numbers found in this sequence:

a) 45

b) 56

c) 37

d) 120

e) 167
Method
1) Find the constant difference.
Term 3 5 7 9 11
Difference +2 +2 +2 +2
The difference between the consecutive numbers is
+2, so the nth term is the form of 2n+b

2) Use the first term in the sequence to find the value


of b. (2x1)+b=3
2+b=3
b=1
3) Use other terms to check your answer.
n=2 (2x2)+1= 5 n=3 (2x3)+1 = 7
LINEAR SEQUENCE
EXERCISES
1. Find the nth term of these sequence:
a) 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, …
b) 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, …
c) 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, …
d) 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, -1, …

2. a) Find the nth term of the sequence


2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37, …
b) Is 261 a term in the sequence?
QUADRATIC SEQUENCE
Example 1
Find the nth term of the sequence:
2, find
First, 5, 10,
the17, 26, 37, …
difference of the differences:
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, …
+3 +5 +7 +9 +11

+2 +2 +2 +2
Halve the difference of the differences to get the number in front of n2.
In this case 2/2 = 1 so the sequence starts n2.
Subtract n2 from the sequence.
2, 5, 10 17, 26, 37, …
– 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, …
1 1 1 1 1 1

So the nth term is Un = n2 + 1


Example 2
Find the nth term of the sequence:
5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, …
First, find the difference of the differences:
5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, …
+9 +13 +17 +21 +25

+4 +4 +4 +4
So the sequence starts 2n2.

Subtract 2n2 from the sequence.


5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, …
– 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, 72, …
3 6 9 12 15 18

So the nth term is Un = 2n2 + 3n


Example 3
Find the nth term of the sequence:
6, 19, 38, 63, 94, 131, …
First, find the difference of the differences:
6, 19, 38, 63, 94, 131, …
+13 +19 +25 +31 +37

+6 +6 +6 +6
So the sequence starts 3n2.

Subtract 3n2 from the sequence.


6, 19, 38, 63, 94, 131, …
– 3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, …
3 7 11 15 19 23

So the nth term is Un = 3n2 + 4n – 1


QUADRATIC SEQUENCES-EXERCISES
1. Find the nth term of these quadratic sequences:
a) 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, … b) -2, 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, …
c) 3, 9, 19, 33, 51, 73, … d) 2, 11, 26, 47, 74, 107, …
 
2. Find the nth term of these quadratic sequences:
a) 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, … b) 3, 10, 21, 36, 55, 78, …
c) 4, 10, 18, 28, 40, 54, … d) -1, 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, …
OTHER SEQUENCES
OBJECTIVE • KEY TERMS
Linear, quadratic, sequences, common difference,
Apply the knowledge of linear and common ratio/
quadratic sequences to other
sequences.

• HOM
Thinking about thinking.
Apply past knowledge to new situation.
EXAMPLE 1- Fraction sequences

Find the next two terms in the sequence.


2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6, …
3 6 9 12 15

Look at the sequence formed by the numerators and the


sequence formed by the denominators separately.

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1

2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6, 7, 8, …
3 6 9 12 15 18 21

+3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3
Fraction sequences

Find the next two terms in the sequence.


2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6, …
3 6 9 12 15

The sequence formed The sequence formed


by the numerators is: by the denominators is:
u1 = 2 u1 = 3
u2 = 3 u2 = 6
u3 = 4 u3 = 9
un = n + 1 un = 3n

n+1
un =
3n
EXAMPLE 2-Fibonacci Sequence

Can you work out the next three terms in this sequence?

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, . . .

1+1 2+3 5+8 13 + 21


1+2 3+5 8 + 13 21 + 34
How did you work these out?

This sequence starts 1, 1 and each term is found by


adding together the two previous terms.

This sequence is called the Fibonacci Sequence after the


Italian mathematician who first wrote about it.
EXAMPLE 3
EXAMPLE 4
EXAMPLE 5
EXERCISE

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