Lesson 1 Number Patterns
Lesson 1 Number Patterns
NUMBER
PATTERNS
Sequence
collection of objects that follow a certain rule or
pattern
Finite Sequence
a sequence which has a first term and a last term
examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
a, b, c, d
Infinite Sequence
a sequence that has no end
endless
examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
a, b, c, d, …
Terms of a
are the function values which are more
sequence
commonly written as
first term
second term
last term or general term
A. Generating Patterns
4. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3
Example 1: Given:
𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒏 𝟒 𝒏 − 𝟑
𝒕𝒉
𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒏 𝟑𝒏
𝒕𝒉
( 1)
𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 1 3 =𝟑
( 2)
𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 2 3 =3 ∙ 3 =𝟗
(3 )
𝑇h𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 3 3 =3 ∙ 3 ∙ 3=𝟐𝟕
𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡h 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 4 3( 4 )= 3 ∙3 ∙ 3 ∙ 3=𝟖𝟏
(5 )
𝐹𝑖𝑓𝑡h 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 5 3 = 3 ∙3 ∙ 3 ∙ 3 ∙3=𝟐𝟒𝟑
C. Finding the General or the term of a
Sequence with Linear Expressions
𝑎 1=3 (1 ) + 9= 12
𝑎 2= 3 ( 2 ) +9=15
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 =𝟑 𝒏+𝟗
Example 4: Given:
𝑎 1=3 ( 21 ) =6
𝑎 2= 3 ( 22 ) =12
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 =𝟑 ∙𝟐𝒏
D. Finding the General or the term of a Sequence
with Fractions and Radical Expressions
Example 5: Given:
1 1 1 1 1
𝑛
1 1 1 1
𝑎𝑛 1 2 3 4 5 𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟏
𝒏
Example 6: Given:
𝑛 𝑎 1=
1
=
1+1 2
1
2 2
𝑎 2= =
2+1 3
12 3 4 5
𝑎𝑛 3 3
23 4 5 6 𝑎 3= =
3 +1 4
4 4
𝑎4 = =
4 +1 5
𝒏
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎 5=
5
=
5
𝒏+𝟏 5+ 1 6
Example 7: Given:
𝑎𝑛 10 √ 71 7 √ 724 √7 31 √ 7
𝑎 1=( 7 √ 7 ) ( 1 ) +3 √ 7=10 √ 7
𝑎 2= ( 7 √ 7 ) ( 2 ) + 3 √ 7=17 √ 7
𝑎 3= ( 7 √ 7 ) ( 3 ) +3 √ 7=24 √ 7
𝑎 4 =( 7 √ 7 ) ( 4 ) +3 √ 7=31 √ 7
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 =𝟕 √𝟕 𝒏+𝟑 √ 𝟕
Example 8: Given:
𝑎𝑛 4 √ 6 8 √ 616 √ 6 32 √ 6
𝑎 1=( 2 √ 6 ) ( 21 ) =2 √ 6 ∙ 2= 4 √ 6
𝑎 2= ( 2 √ 6 ) ( 2 2) =2 √ 6 ∙ 4=8 √ 6
𝑎 3= ( 2 √ 6 ) ( 23 ) =2 √ 6 ∙ 8= 16 √ 6
𝑎 4 =( 2 √ 6 ) ( 24 )= 2 √ 6 ∙16=32 √ 6
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 : 𝒂𝒏 =𝟐 √ 𝟔 ( 𝟐 ) 𝒏