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This document discusses sequences and their properties. It defines a sequence as a set of objects listed in a specific order. Sequences can be finite, with a limited number of terms, or infinite, with a countless number of terms. Examples show identifying patterns in sequences, finding the next term, and determining the general or nth term formula. The objectives are to define sequences, identify patterns, and find terms of sequences algebraically.

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Generate Patterns

This document discusses sequences and their properties. It defines a sequence as a set of objects listed in a specific order. Sequences can be finite, with a limited number of terms, or infinite, with a countless number of terms. Examples show identifying patterns in sequences, finding the next term, and determining the general or nth term formula. The objectives are to define sequences, identify patterns, and find terms of sequences algebraically.

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GENERATING

PATTERNS
LESSON OBJECTIVES
define sequence
identify the next term of a sequence
define infinite sequence and finite sequence
find terms of the sequence
find the general or term of a sequence
Identify if each picture below shows a pattern or
not.
YES. IT SHOWS A PATTERN

Color of the Banderitas:


Green, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow,
Green, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow
Identify if each picture below shows a pattern or
not.
YES. IT SHOWS A PATTERN

Number of coffee beans


4, 6, 8,
Identify if each picture below shows a pattern or
not.
YES. IT SHOWS A PATTERN

Tahong shells
Close, Open, Close, Open, Open,
Close, Open, Open, Open
Identify if each picture below shows a pattern or
not.
YES. IT SHOWS A PATTERN

Number of Stack of Stones


1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lorna, a 2nd year student in a
certain public school, is able to
save the money her ninongs ang
ninangs gave her last Christmas.
She then deposits her savings of
P 1,000 in an account that
earns 10% simple interest.
The total amount of interest
she earned in each of the 1st 4
years of her saving is shown
below:
Year 1 2 3 4
Total
10 20 30 40
Amount
4, 6, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
10, 20, 30, 40
are examples of sequence
A sequence is a set of objects which is listed in a
specific order, one after another. Each member
or element in the sequence is called term. The
terms in asequence can be written as , , , , . . .
which means is the first term, is the second
term, is the third term, . . . , is the term, and so
on.
Example #1
Find the next term in each sequence.
17, 22, 27, 32, …

Solution:
Notice that 5 is added to 17 to get 22, the
same is added to 22 to get 27, and the same
(5) is added to 27 to get 32. So to get the
next term add 5 to the preceding term, that
is, 32 + 5 = 37. The next term is 37.
Example #1
Find the next term in each sequence.
5, 10, 20, 40,…

Solution:
For this example, 2 is multiplied to 5 to get 10, 2
is multiplied to 10 to get 20 and 2 is also multiplied
to 20 to get 40. So the next term is 80, the result of
multiplying 40 by 2.
Example #1
Find the next term in each sequence.
3, -3, 3, -3,…
Solution:
It is easy to just say that the next term is 3 since the
terms in the sequence is alternately positive and
negative 3. Actually the first, second, and third terms
were multiplied by -1 to get the second, third and
fourth terms respectively.
Sequences are classified as finite and
infinite.
A finite sequence contains a limited number of
terms. This means it has an end or last term.
Consider the examples below.

Days of the week: {𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦,


𝑇𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, . . . , 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦}
First 10 positive perfect squares: {1, 4, 9, 16,
25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100 }
Infinite sequence contains a countless
number of terms. The number of terms of the
sequence continues without stopping or it has
no end term. The ellipsis (…) at the end of the
following examples shows that the sequences
are infinite. Consider the examples below.

Counting numbers: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . }


Multiples of 5: {5, 10, 15, 20, 15, . . . }
finding terms
of the sequence
Example #1
1. Find the 1 four terms of
st

the sequence whose


general term is given by
an = 2n – 1.
● Solution:
To find the first, second, third and fourth terms of this sequence,
simply substitute 1, 2, 3, 4 for n in the formula an = 2n-1.
If the general term is an = 2n – 1, then the
● 1st term is a1 = 2(1) – 1 = 1
● 2nd term is a2 = 2(2) – 1 = 3
● 3rd term is a3 = 2(3) – 1 = 5
● 4th term is a4 = 2(4) – 1 = 7.
The 1st four terms of this sequence are the odd numbers 1, 3, 5,
and 7. The whole sequence can be written as 1, 3, 5, …, 2n – 1
Example #2 .

Write the 1 4 terms of


st

the sequence defined by


an =
Solution:
Replacing n with 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively
the 1st four terms are: =
1st term = a1 = =

2nd term = a2 = =

3rd term = a3 =

4th term = a4 =
The sequence defined by
an = can be written as
finding the
general or the
term of a
sequence
Example #1

Find a formula for the nth


term of the sequence 2, 8, 18,
32,…
Solution:
Solving a problem like this involve
some guessing. Looking over the first 4
terms, see that each is twice a perfect
square:
2 = 2(1)
8 = 2(4)
18 = 2(9)
32 = 2(16)
By writing each sequence with an exponent of 2,
the formula for the nth term becomes obvious:
a1 = 2 = 2(1)²
a2 = 8 = 2(2)²
a3 = 18 = 2(3)²
a4 = 32 = 2(4)²
.
.
.
an = 2(n)² = 2n²
The general term of the sequence

2, 8, 18, 32,…. is an = 2n²


Example #2
Find the general term of the
sequence
2, , , , . . . .
Solution:
The first term can be written as
The denominators are all perfect
cubes while the numerators are all 1
more than the base of the cubes of
the denominators:
Observing this
pattern,
recognize the
general term
to be
Thank
you

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