Activity 1: Next in Line

Each item below shows a pattern. Answer the given questions.

1. What is the next shape?

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ______

2. What is the next number?

What is the 7th term?
1, 4, 7, 10, ____

3. What is the next number?

What is the 9th number?
35, 30, 25, 20, ____

4. What is the next number?

What is the 11th number?
1, 2, 4, 8, _____

5. What is the next number?

What is the 10th number?
160, -80, 40, -20, _____

Activity 2: I Will Follow You

Write the first term of the sequence given by the general or 𝑛𝑡ℎ term in each of the following:

1. 𝑎𝑛 = n+7
𝑛
2. 𝑎𝑛 = 2

3. 𝑎𝑛 = 5𝑛 − 3

4. 𝑎𝑛 = 10𝑛

𝑛
5. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 + 1

Activity 3: Discover Me!

Discover the rule for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ terms.

1. 5, 10, 15, 20, . . . .

2. 2, 5, 8, 11, . . . .

3. 1, 4, 9, 16, . . . .

4. -6, -4, -2, 0, . . . .

1 1 1
5. 1, 2,, 3, 4 , . . . .
Activity 6: It’s My Term!
A. Find the 𝑛𝑡ℎ terms of the following arithmetic sequences.

1. 0, 4, 8, 12, . . . 𝑡11

2. 5, 11, 17, 23, . . . 𝑡16

3. 24, 21, 18, 15, . . . 𝑡22

4. 3, 13, 23, 33, . . . 𝑡31

5. -1, -6, -11, -16, . . . 𝑡25

B. Find the sum 27𝑡ℎ term of the arithmetic sequence 0, 4, 8, 12, . . . .

C. Find a if 𝑎2 = 24and 𝑎5 = 3.

D. The 4𝑡ℎ term of an arithmetic sequence is 28 and the 15𝑡ℎ term is 105. Find the common difference.

E. Find the common difference of the arithmetic sequence with 𝑎4 = 10 and 𝑎11 = 45.

Activity 7: I’ll Find You!

A. Find the missing terms in each arithmetic sequence.

1. 2, 9, 16, ___, ___

2. 12, 10, ___, 6, ___

3. ___, 0, 4, 8, ___

4. -2, 1, ___, ___, 10

5. 20, ___, ___, 8, 4

B. Find three terms between 1 and 25 of an arithmetic sequence.

Activity 8: Adding All Together!

What is the sum of the terms of each finite sequence below?

1. 1.2, 5, 8, 11
2. 10, 7, 4, 1
3. 7, 2, -3, -8
4. 1, 11, 26, 21
5. -3, -5, -7, -9
Activity 9: Doing Sumthing!
Find the sum of each of the following:

1. Integers from 1 to 80
2. First 15 multiples 15 multiples of 4.
3. Multiples of 3 from 12 – 30.
4. First 13 terms of the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, . . . .
5. Odd integers from 1 to 50.

Activity 10: Inserting It!

Solve the following problems.

1. Insert 4 arithmetic means between 4 and 34.

2. Find five terms between 3 and 27 of an arithmetic sequence.
3. The arithmetic mean between two terms in an arithmetic sequence is 21. If one of these term is
17, find the other.
4. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 0 and 24, what is the third mean?
5. Given the arithmetic sequence x+y, 2x, 3x-y, ___, ___, ___, ___, 8x – 6y, insert four arithmetic
means.

Activity 11: Over the Basics!

Do each of the following.

1. Find the value of n when the arithmetic mean of n + 1 and 4n + 3 is 2n + 3.

2. Almer bought a machine at ₱32,000. If it depreciate ₱500 in value each year, what will be its
value after 7 years?
3. Give the arithmetic sequence of 5 terms, if the first term is 7 and the term is 35.
4. One week before Teachers Day, 7 Generosity planned to give their adviser a gift. On the first
day, they sent one gift, on the second day, they sent three gifts, on the third day, five gifts, and
so on. How many gifts did 7 Generosity send their adviser after a week.
5. The boy scouts of Bulacan has a journey of 140 km to make. They go 26 km the first day, 24 the
second, 22 the third, and so on. How many days do they take to complete the journey?

Activity 12: Reality Hits Me!

Analyze and solve the problems.Suppose you applied for a job and you was offered the following salary
schedules by two different companies:

Company A Company A
Salary schedule: Starting salary is ₱120,000 per annum Salary schedule: Starting salary is ₱120,000 per annum
with an annual increase of ₱2000. with a quarterly increase of ₱200.

1. Which company offered you a better compensation over 5 years?

2. Construct a comparative cumulative line graph to show the salary schedule offered by the two
companies for 10 years you may use a computer software in graphing.
Activity 13: Paper Folding!
Set a piece of paper with equal length and width. Fold the paper into 2. How many regions are
produced? Again, fold the paper into 2. How many regions are produced? Continue this process until
you have 5 folds. How many regions are produced after 5 folds?

a. b. c. d. e. f.

We can show the results using a table.

Number of folds (n) 1 2 3 4 5

Number of regions produced (𝑡𝑛 ) 2 4 8 16 32

2 4 8 12

2 4 8

2 4

1. What can you say about the first differences?

2. Is the sequence an arithmetic sequence?
3. Notice that the first, second, and third differences produced the same sequence. What can you
say about ratio of any two consecutive terms in the sequences?