An=3n-1 

 or    An=n^2+3n-10      -3, -15, -27, -39, …

Expressing the series in a form of summation. Formula in finding the nth term:

Steps: An = A1 + (n-1) d

1. Change the series into sequence Where:

2. Solve for the scheme of the sequence
An – desired term
3. Formulate the summation form of the
series by using the obtained scheme A1 – first term
and n as the number of terms.
n – number of terms
Summary in forming General Term:
d – common difference
For Linear Sequence ---- General Form:
Finite Series
An = an + b
- Sum of the terms of the finite
a. Get the 1st difference of the terms. sequence.
a = The common first difference
b. Assign the value for n. Substitute the Illustration:
values of a, n, and an in the general Sn = A1 + A2 + A3, …. An
form in order to solve for the value of b.
S5 = A 1 + A 2 + A 3 + A 4 + A 5
For Quadratic Sequence --- General Form:
5
2
An = an + bn + c ∑ (3 n+1)
n =1
a. Get the 2nd difference of the terms.
- Read as: The summation of (3n+1)
a = 2nd difference/2
where n starts from 1 to 5
b. 3a + b = the difference of the 2nd term
and the 1st term. Substitute the value of
a in order to solve for the value of b.
c. c = the term when n=0

For Exponential Sequence --- General Form:

An = bn + c

a. Get the common ratio.

b = The common ratio
b. Formulate the exponent (n+c) based on
the behavior of the terms.

Arithmetic Sequence

- A sequence whose succeeding terms

have a common difference.

Ex.

4, 10, 16, 22, …

Math Reviewer What is the finite series formed by an = 6n + 3
where 1≤𝑛≤5?
What is the domain of a sequence?
- S5 = 9 + 15 + 21 + 27 + 33 = 105
- Natural Numbers
What is the common difference among the
What function has a common second
terms of an = 6n + 7?
difference?
- 6
- Quadratic Sequence
What is the 10th term of an = 4n + 2?
What sequence is 2, 4, 6, 8, …?
- A10 = 42
- Arithmetic Sequence or Linear Function
What is the 10th term of 5, 11, 17, 23, …?
What is the second difference of the terms
formed by an = 10n2 – 6n + 6? - A10 = 5 + 9 (6) = 59

- 20 Find the value of the summation of quantity 5n

– 3 where n starts from 1 to 6
What is common among the terms of an
arithmetic sequence? - S6 = 2 + 7 + 12 + 17 + 22 + 27 = 87

- Difference What is the scheme describing by 6 + 11 + 16 +

21 + 26?
What is the sum of the definite terms of a
sequence? - An = 5n + 1

- Finite Series What value of a makes a + 4, 3a + 5, 6a + 2, an

arithmetic sequence?
What function has terms with a common
difference? - a=4

- Linear Sequence or Arithmetic After getting the value of a in number 20, find
Sequence the 8th term of the sequence.

Which sequence shows a quadratic function? - A8 = 8 + 7 (9) = 71

a. 1, 4, 9, 16, … How many multiples of 6 are there between 10

b. 3, 6, 11, 18, … and 150?
c. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
- 23
What formula solves the nth term of an
What is the first term of an arithmetic sequence
arithmetic sequence?
containing 13 terms if the last term is -107 and
- An = a1 + (n – 1) d the common difference is – 11?

What is the sequence formed by an = 5n – 2 - 25

where 1≤𝑛≤5?
A conference hall has 25 rows of seats. The 1 st
- 3, 8, 13, 18, 23 row contains 16 seats, the 2nd row contains 20
seats, the 3rd row contains 24 seats and so on.
How many seats are there in the 10 th row?
 - 52

Refer to the situation in #21. How many people

can the last row accommodate?

- 112

The fare matrix issued by LTFRB indicates that

the minimum fare is P10.00 which covers the
first 4 km travel and an additional of P3.00 fare
for every additional kilometer.

How much will a passenger pay travelling from

Cainta to Sta. Mesa which is 18 kilometers?

- P 52

If Pedro’s fare travelling from PUP to San Mateo

is P31. 00, how far is this?

- 11km

A senior citizen is entitled to a 20% discount on

the fare. Lola Penang travels to Monument that
is 24 km from her house. How much will she pay
to the PUV driver?

- P56

What scheme of formula can represent the fare

matrix(F) if n represents the additional
kilometers after the first 4 kilometers?

- F = 3n + 10

SOLVE FOR THE SCHEME

a. 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, …

- An = 5n + 6
b. 5, 11, 19, 29, 41, …
- An = n2 + 3n + 1