Lesson 1

ARITHMETIC
SEQUENCE
A sequence in which a constant (d) can be
added to each term to get the next term is
called an Arithmetic Sequence.
The constant (d) is called the
Common Difference.
To find the common difference (d), subtract
any term from one that follows it.𝒅 =𝒂 𝒏 − 𝒂 𝒏 −𝟏
a1 a2 a3 a4 a5
Next Term
2 5 8 11 14
Before Term
3 3 3 3
 Find the first term and the common difference
of each arithmetic sequence.
1. 𝟒 2.𝟑𝟒
First term (): 𝟒 First term (): 3
Common difference ():𝒅 =𝟓Common difference (): 𝒅 =−𝟕
𝒅 =𝒂 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟏 𝒅 =𝒂 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟏
𝒅 =𝟗− 𝟒 𝒅 =𝟐𝟕 −𝟑𝟒
𝒅 =𝟓 𝒅 =−𝟕
BE CAREFUL: ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE
DIFFERENCE IS THE SAME BETWEEN EACH TERM !
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
A. Now you try!
Find the first term and the common difference of each of these
arithmetic sequences.

1. and

2. and
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
B. Activity 6: What is missing? (page 14)
Direction: Find the missing terms in each arithmetic sequence
and determine the first term and its common difference .
1.
2.
3. ,
4. ,
5. ,
 The nth term of an arithmetic sequence is given by:

𝒂 𝒏= 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
The last # in the First Term
sequence/or the # The common
you are looking for difference

The position
the term is in
 Find the 14th term of the arithmetic sequence
4, 7, 10, 13,…

𝒂 𝒏= 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
Given: Solution:
𝒏=𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟒 𝒂 𝒏= 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
𝒂 𝟏=𝟒
𝟒  (14  1) 𝒂 𝟏𝟒 =𝟒+ ( 𝟏𝟒 − 𝟏 ) 𝟑
Common Difference: 𝒂 𝟏𝟒 =𝟒+ ( 𝟏𝟑 ) 𝟑
𝒅 =𝟕− 𝟒 𝒂 𝟏𝟒 =𝟒+𝟑𝟗
𝒅 =𝟑
𝟑
𝒂 𝟏𝟒 =𝟒𝟑
The 14th term in the given sequence is 43!
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
C. Your Turn!
Direction: Find the 10th and 25th term given the
following information. Show your complete solution.
1.
2. The first term is and the common difference is
3. The second term is 8 and the common difference is .
REVIEW
 Direction:
Which of the following
sequences is an
arithmetic sequence?
Why?
1. ARITHMETIC
𝒅 =𝟒
Finite Set

𝟒 𝟒
2.

𝟏𝟐 𝟒𝟖
NOT ARITHMETIC
No Common Difference
Finite Set
3.

−𝟐𝟒 −𝟏𝟐
NOT ARITHMETIC
No Common Difference
Infinite Set
4.

−𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏
ARITHMETIC
𝒅 =− 𝟏
Finite Set
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
D. Activity 9: How well do you know me? Page 18
Direction:
Which of the following sequences is an arithmetic sequence?
Why?
1. 4.
2. 5.
3. 6.
1. Arithmetic,
2.
Not Arithmetic, no common difference
3. Arithmetic,
4. Not Arithmetic, no common difference
5.
Not Arithmetic, no common difference
6.
Arithmetic,
 Finding the of an Arithmetic sequence

Direction: Find the nth term for each sequence below.

1.
Working Equation: 𝒂 𝒏=𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
Given: Solution:
𝟏
𝒂 𝟏=𝟏 𝒂 𝒏=𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏− 𝟏 ) 𝒅
𝟔
𝒅 =𝟔 𝒂 𝒏=𝟏+ (𝒏 −𝟏 ) 𝟔
𝒂 𝒏=𝟏+𝟔 𝒏 − 𝟔
𝒂 𝒏=𝟔 𝒏 − 𝟓
Therefore the nth term in the sequence is
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
E. Your Turn!
Direction: Find the nth term (explicit formula) for each
of the following sequence below. Show your complete
solution.
1.
2.
3.
Solving problems involving
Arithmetic Sequence
A. First Term and the
common difference
are missing
 In an arithmetic sequence, term 10 is 33
and term 22 is –3. What are the first
four terms of the sequence?...common
Use what you know!
difference?

an = + (n – 1) d
For term 10:
Eq. 1
Given:
𝒂 𝟏𝟎 =𝟑𝟑
𝒂 𝟐𝟐 =−𝟑 an = + (n – 1) d
For term 22 : Eq. 2
Solution: By ELIMINATION

− Eq. 1
Eq. 2
𝟑𝟔¿ 𝟎 −𝟏𝟐𝒅
When 𝟑𝟔¿ −𝟏𝟐𝒅
By Substitution: −𝟏𝟐 −𝟏𝟐
−𝟑 ¿𝒅
In an arithmetic sequence, term 10 is 33 and term
22 is –3. What are the first four terms of the
sequence?...common difference?

𝟔𝟎 , 𝟓𝟕 , 𝟓𝟒 , 𝟓𝟏
𝒅 =−𝟑 𝟔𝟎 −𝟑=𝟓𝟕
𝟓𝟕 −𝟑=𝟓𝟒
The sequence is 60, 57, 54, 51, ... 𝟓𝟒 −𝟑=𝟓𝟏
and the common difference is
 Activity 2
Arithmetic Sequence
F. Activity 10: More on Arithmetic Sequence
Direction: Solve the following questions
1. The second term of an arithmetic sequence is 24 and the
fifth term is 3. Find the and .
2. Give the arithmetic sequence of 5 terms if the first term is
8 and the last term is 100. Find the and .
3. Find the common difference of the arithmetic sequence
with and . Find the and .
B. Arithmetic Means
Insert 4 arithmetic means
between 5 and 25
𝑎
𝟓 2 𝑎
, 𝑎
3 ¿ , 𝑎
4 ¿ , 5¿
 𝑎
𝟓 2 𝑎
, 𝑎
3 ¿ , 𝑎
4 ¿ , 5¿
a.What is asked? (UNKNOWN)
𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎4 𝑎5
b. What are the given?
𝟓 ,¿ ,¿ ,¿

𝑎1 𝑎6
𝑎 1=5 𝑎 6=25
c. Working Equation
𝒂 𝒏= 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
Solution:
Given: 𝒂 𝟔= 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅
𝟐𝟓=𝟓+ ( 𝟔 −𝟏 ) 𝒅
𝟐𝟓=𝟓+𝟓 𝒅
𝟐𝟓 −𝟓=𝟓 𝒅
𝟐𝟎=𝟓 𝒅
𝟓𝟓
𝒅 =𝟒
If then
9 13,¿17,¿ 21,¿
𝟓
𝑎 2=5+ 4 𝑎 4 =13+ 4
𝑎 2= 9 𝑎 4 =17
𝑎 3= 9+4 𝑎 5=17 +4
𝑎 3=13 𝑎 5=21
 𝑎
𝟓 2 𝑎
, 𝑎
3 ¿ , 𝑎
4 ¿ , 5¿
a.What is asked? (UNKNOWN)
b.Solution

Use what you know!

g. Activity 4: What can you insert?
Page 19
Direction:
Insert the indicated number of
arithmetic means between the given
first and last terms of arithmetic
sequence.
Items 1-8
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What is the sum of the

integers from 1 to 100?
 Activity
Summing Up
Page 15

Direction:
What is the sum of the terms
of each finite sequence below?
1. = 𝟐𝟐
2. = 𝟑𝟓
3. 10 = -1
 Sum of
Arithmetic Sequence
Working Formula:
𝒏
𝑺 𝒏 = [ 𝟐 𝒂𝟏 + ( 𝒏 − 𝟏 ) 𝒅 ]
𝟐
1. Find the sum of the first
10 terms of the arithmetic
sequence
2. Find the sum of the first 20
terms of the arithmetic
sequence
 ACTIVITY
Summing Up
Page 15
Direction:
Find the sum of each of the
following sequences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. What is the sum of the
18 terms of the arithmetic
sequence
8. What is the sum of the
12 terms of the arithmetic
sequence
 ACTIVITY
SUMthing To Do
Page 20
Direction:
Find the sum of each of the
following Items 1-10
1.Integers From 1 to 50
2.Odd integers from 1 to 100
3.Even integers between 1 and 100
4.First 25 terms of the arithmetic
sequence
5.Multiples of 3 from 15 to 45
6. Numbers between 1 and 81 which are
divisible by 4
7. First 20 terms of the arithmetic sequence
8. First 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence
9.
10.
Answers:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.