SEQUENCES

EVENS, ODDS, AND MULTIPLES

WSQ due upon completion
CAN YOU GIVE THE NEXT TWO NUMBERS IN
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCES???
a) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,

b) -5, -10, -15, -20, -25,

c) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40,
DID YOU ANSWER WITH THE FOLLOWING
NUMBERS?
a) 12, 14

b) -30, -35

c) 48, 56
RECOGNIZING PATTERNS
This is a skill of INDUCTIVE REASONING recognizing patterns

Logical arrangements of numbers are called SEQUENCES
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,
-5, -10, -15, -20, -25,
8, 16, 24, 32, 40,



REPRESENTING NUMBER SEQUENCES
The numbers in a sequence are represented algebraically with
subscripts, which indicate the position of each number in the list.

For example, A4 is used to show the fourth number in a sequence.
In the sequence below, A4 = 32
8, 16, 24, 32, 40,





A4
subscript
REPRESENTING NUMBER SEQUENCES
The general term is represented by An, and is called the nth term.
The even counting numbers in the following sequence (2,4,6,8,10) can be described as
2n. (we use the 2 because even counting numbers means counting by 2s)
The general-term formula used to represent this sequence is An = 2n, where n is the
number of the term in the sequence.
The odd counting numbers can be represented by An = 2n 1
One good thing about having such a formula is that we can produce a specific
term in the sequence
Lets say I want the one-hundredth odd counting number; Im going to use the
formula An = 2n 1 and use 100 in place of n.
An = 2n 1 A(100) = 2(100) 1 =
200 1=
199 (The one-hundredth number in the sequence)
LIST THE FIRST FIVE TERMS IN THE
FOLLOWING SEQUENCE
An = 4n (were going to plug in numbers 1-5 for n and multiply)
A1 = 4(1) = 4
A2 = 4(2) = 8
A3 = 4(3) = 12
A4 = 4(4) = 16
A5 = 4(5) = 20

So, the first five terms in the sequence An = 4n are 4,8,12,16,20




LIST THE FIRST FIVE TERMS IN THE
FOLLOWING SEQUENCES (HINT: REPLACE THE N
WITH NUMBERS 1-5)
1. An = -6n
2. An = 11n
3. An = 12n


FIND THE FOLLOWING:
Find A20 for each of the following sequences:
1. An = n
2. An = -5n
3. An = 2n - 1