1 Department of Education

National Capital Region

S CHOOLS DIVIS ION OFFICE
MARIK INA CITY

MATHEMATICS
Quarter 1: Module 1
Patterns (Sequences)

Writer: Ma. Aylene C. Fabillar

Cover Illustrator: Joel J. Estudillo

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 What I Need to Know

Hello Grade 10 learners! In this module, you will learn how to:

Generate patterns. ML10AL-IA-1

You can say that you have understood the lesson in this module if you
can already:

1. define sequence, finite, and infinite sequences;

2. illustrate the relationship of a sequence using an object;
3. determine the next term in a given sequence;
4. analyze patterns and relationships;
5. generate patterns;
6. formulate a rule or equation based on the given sequence; and
solve problems on patterns

What I Know

Encircle the letters which give the best answers for the following
statements/questions.

1. It is a function in which the domain is a set of consecutive positive integers

beginning 1.
A. range B. term C. sequence D. series

2. Given the sequence 3, 8, 13,.., what is the next term?

A. 16 B. 18 C. 23 D. 17

3. Insert the missing term in the sequence 1, 7, ____, 23

A. 13 B. 17 C. 14 D. 16

4. Given the sequence 5, 7, 9, 11,…, how can each term be found?

A. add 2 to each term
B. multiply 2 to each term
C. add consecutive 2,3,4, … to each term
D. subtract to each term

5. If 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛, what is 𝑎10 ?

A. 3 B. 10 C. 20 D. 30

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6. Find the first four terms of the finite sequence 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 .
A. 3, 6, 9, 12 C. 1, 3, 6, 9
B. 3, 7, 10, 13 D. 3, 9, 27, 81

For item numbers 7 – 10, read the text below and answer the following
questions.

Since there is no face to face classes, your parent/guardian decided to

give you Ᵽ20 pesos a day as your daily allowance at home. You decided to save
Ᵽ15 pesos daily.

7. How much money can you save daily?

A. Ᵽ20 B. Ᵽ15 C. Ᵽ35 D. Ᵽ30

8. If you will create a pattern for your daily savings, the first three terms are:
A. 20, 40, 60 C. 5,10, 15
B. 10, 20, 30 D. 15, 30, 45

9. Write the rule or the general term for the given sequence.
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 15𝑛 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 15𝑛 + 5
B. 𝑎𝑛 = 20𝑛 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 20𝑛 + 5

10. How much money will you have on the 30th day?
A. Ᵽ605 B. Ᵽ455 C. Ᵽ300 D. Ᵽ450

Lesson 1: PATTERNS (SEQUENCE) AND

RELATIONSHIPS

What’s In
Solve the problems below related to pattern.

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 1. What is the next figure in each of the pattern in the table below?

2. A word is repeated in the pattern j, o, y, f, u, l, j, o, y. . . What is the 35th

letter in this pattern. _____________

3. Study the number pattern 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 . . . What is the 10th term
in the pattern? _____________

4. Arrange the proper hand washing pictures in order by placing number 1

for the first step, 2 for the next and so on.

_____ ____ ________ _____ ______

1. What shape comes after the circle? Draw it.

__________

What’s New
Look carefully at each set of figures. Then, fill in the table and answer the
questions that follow. (Note: Black squares are top tiles.)

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No. of top tiles 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of bottom tiles

a. Do you see any relation from the number of top tiles to the number of bottom
tiles? Is the relation a function? Explain your answer.
b. What is the domain in the table of values? How about the range?
c. What method did you use in completing the table of values in the second
row? What is the pattern described by the entries in the second row?

What is it

The above activity shows pattern and we can identify the relationship from
the given figure to the resulting number. As you can see there is a sequence
involved in the pattern. The relation is a function since there is no similar values
in the domain.
No. of top tiles 1 2 3 4 5 6

No. of bottom tiles

x = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} is the domain in the function.

y = {No. of bottom tiles} is the range in the function.

Since the table represents a function whose domain is a set of consecutive

positive integers beginning 1, then it is defined as a sequence.

SEQUENCE is a function whose domain is the set of consecutive positive

integers. The range of the function is called the trace of the sequence. To write
the whole function of the sequence, simply write the trace or the term of the
sequence with the domain that is the set of consecutive positive integers. The
term of a sequence can be denoted by 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , …

In writing a sequence, you may use the letter n instead of x as an

independent variable, and a instead of f as a name of the function. You can use
an (read “a sub n”).

From the table:

x to n 1 2 3 4 5 6

f(x) to 𝑎𝑛

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Finite sequence - a sequence with a definite number of terms.
Infinite sequence - a sequence with no definite number of terms.

Let us now consider the ways of identifying a sequence

A. Listing the numbers

Example 1: 1, 3, 9, 27… denote a sequence

Note that 3 is multiplied to the preceding term to get the next term. Thus,
if you want two more terms, we have:
1x3=3 9 x 3 = 27 81 x 3 = 243
3x3=9 27 x 3 = 81

Therefore, the terms of the sequence are 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, …

Example 2: 42, 40, 37, 33, … is a sequence

Here, the consecutive integers 2, 3, 4, … are subtracted consecutively

from the terms. To continue the sequence using the pattern, we have:
42 – 2 = 40 37 – 4 = 33 28 – 6 = 22
40 – 3 = 37 33 – 5 = 28

Therefore, the terms of the sequence are 42, 40, 37, 33, 28, 22, …

B. Word description

Example 1: The set of angles that are multiples of 45o.

These are: 45o, 90o, 135o,…

Example 2: The first five multiples of 10 are 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50.

What’s More
A. Describe the following sequences.

1. 1, 2, 3, 4, …
2. 2, 4, 8, 16, …
3. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
4. Ᵽ20, Ᵽ50, Ᵽ100, Ᵽ200, Ᵽ500, Ᵽ1000
5. -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

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B. Determine the next four terms in each of the following sequence

1. 4, 8, 12, 16, … ____________________

2. 3, 4, 7, 12, … ____________________
1 5 9
3. , , ,… ____________________
5 6 7
1 2 4
4. , , 1, ,… ____________________
3 3 3
5. 101, 1001, 110011, 1100011, … ____________________

C. List the number specified by the following sentences.

a. the prime number between 25 and 38

b. the set of all positive even numbers
c. the first five multiples of 12
d. the set of positive odd numbers less than 15
e. the set of angle sizes that are multiples of 45 less than 227

What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks with correct words/phrases to make the statements correct.
1. A ____________ is a function whose domain is a set of consecutive positive
integers.
2. The ________ in a function is a _______ in a sequence.
3. The finite sequence is a sequence with a __________ number of terms.
4. A sequence with no definite number of terms is called _____________.
5. The symbol 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … represents the ________ of the sequence.

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 What I Can Do

A timeline of your important life events. What are the important events
in your life? In the first row write a few words about the events in the timeline.
Then, write the month and year below the event on the timeline. This way, you
can show the relationship or pattern of the events that happened in your life.

Birth

Month
and
Year

RUBRIC FOR THE ACTIVITY:

Score Description
Output shows accurate and complete description of
10 points information about their timeline. The chosen life situation is
interesting.
Output shows accurate and partial description of information
7 points
about their timeline.
Output shows accurate but incomplete description of
5 points
information.
Output shows lack of accuracy and incomplete description of
3 points
information.
No point earned There is no written information in the timeline.

Assessment

Encircle the letters that correspond to the best answers for the following
statements/questions.
1. A sequence with no definite number of terms is called __________.
A. finite B. domain C. range D. infinite

2. It is a function whose domain is a set of consecutive positive integers.

A. term B. sequence C. series D. range

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3. In the sequence 3
, 1, 3, …, what is the next term?
A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 4

4. Find the next three term of the given sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, ...
A. 17, 20, 23 B. 17, 16, 15 C. 15, 16, 17 D. 18, 22, 26

5. How many odd integers between 5 and 14?

A. 9 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4

Additional Activities

A. Determine whether each sequence is finite or infinite.

1. 1, 5, 9, 13 2. numbers in a BINGO card

3. even numbers 4. multiples of 6

5. the leap year from year 2000 up to the end of the 21st century

B. Describe the following sequences and find the next three (3) terms.
1. 3, 6, 9, 12, … 2. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, …
3. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, … 4. -5, -3, -1, 1, 3, 5
5. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15

6. How many odd integers between 5 and 14?

B. 9 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4

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Lesson 2: GENERATING PATTERNS (SEQUENCE)

What’s In

Complete the crossword puzzle with the correct word that fits each clue.

Clues
Across:
(1) A number represented by first, second, third, and so on.
(3) In a function it is called the trace of the sequence.
(4) A sequence having an infinite number of terms.

Down:
(2) A function whose domain is a set of positive integer.
(5) A sequence with finite number of terms.

What’s New
In your place, get anything that is circular in shape like coins, bottle caps
and the like. Using these objects, try to form a triangle. See sample on the right:
three five-peso coins are formed like a triangular number. Can you form a
triangular number using two coins only?

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Do it yourself activity:
1. How many coins do you need to form:
first triangular number? ________
second triangular number? ________
third triangular number? ________
fourth triangular number? ________
fifth triangular number? _______
2. What pattern did you observe in the triangular numbers using the circular
object you have used?

3. Can you use the same object to generate square numbers? If so, write
the first 4 terms of the sequence?

What is It
In the activity above, can you imagine forming triangular numbers using
only two coins? What about three coins? six coins? In this lesson, you can answer
these questions. You can generate patterns using many objects or things around
you. You can also generate patterns using the rule or the nth term of the
sequence commonly known as the general term of the sequence.

The general term of the sequence can be expressed as 𝑎𝑛 in terms of n

Example 1: If 𝑎𝑛 = 5𝑛 − 2, find the first three terms:

The terms in the sequence can be computed as follows:

If n = 1 𝑎1 = 5(1) − 2
=3
If n =2 𝑎2 = 5(2) − 2
=8
If n =3 𝑎3 = 5(3) − 2
= 13

Listing the terms in the sequence, we have 3, 8, 13, …

Example 2: Compute the first three terms of the general term, 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛2 + 1 .

1st term 𝑎1 = 3(1)2 + 1

=4
2nd term 𝑎2 = 3(2)2 + 1
= 13

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 3rd term 𝑎3 = 3(3)2 + 1
=28

Therefore, the first three terms of the sequence are 4, 13, 28.

Finding the General Term or the nth Term

Example 1: Find the general term of the sequence 5, 8, 11, 14,…

N 1 2 3 4

𝑎𝑛 5 8 11 14

3 3 3 Get the difference: 14 – 11 = 3

11 – 8 = 3
8–5=3

The number 3 is constant so, the initial nth term is 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛. You can get
the general term by inspection:

If n = 1, then 𝑎1 = 3(1) + 2
=5
If n = 2, then 𝑎2 = 3(2)+ 2
=8
If n = 3, then 𝑎3 = 3(3) + 2
= 11
If n =3, then 𝑎4 = 3(4) + 2
= 14

Therefore, the general term for the given sequence is 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 2

Example 2: Find the general term for the sequence 2, 11, 26, 47, …

N 1 2 3 4

𝑎𝑛 2 11 26 47
Since the first difference
9 15 21 is not constant, find the
second difference.
6 6

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 The second difference is constant which is 6. Since you get the constant 6
in the 2nd difference, divide it by 2 to get the answer which is 3. Therefore, the
initial nth term is 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛2 . We can get the general term by inspection.

If n = 1, then 𝑎1 = 3(1)2 – 1

=2

If n= 2, then 𝑎2 = 3(2)2 – 1

= 11

If n = 3, then 𝑎3 = 3(3)2 –1

= 26

If n = 4, then 𝑎4 = 3(4)2 – 1

= 47

Therefore, the general term for the sequence is 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛2 − 1.

What’s More

A. Evaluate each expression by replacing n with 1, 2, 3, 4.

n 1 2 3 4

1. 4n-1

2. 3-𝑛2
1
3. 𝑛−2
𝑛2
4.
𝑛−1
5. 2n+4

B. Express 𝑎𝑛 in terms of n for each of the following sequences.

1. 7, 8, 9, 10,…
2. 3, 7, 11, 15,…
1 1 1
3. 1, , , , …
2 3 4
4. 2, 4, 8, 16,…
5. 5, 11, 21, 35, …

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 What I Have Learned
Complete the following sentences:

• I have learned that__________________________________________ .

• I discovered that ____________________________________________.

• I realized that _______________________________________________.

• I still need help on __________________________________________.

What I Can Do

Your parents/guardians want to start an online business and they asked

your help to record the amount to be saved monthly. The capital in their business
is Ᵽ20,000 and they decided to save 10% monthly from the capital. How much
money will they save after 2 years?

Find the missing values to complete the data on the table.

Month 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Save Money Ᵽ2,000 Ᵽ4,000

a. Find the general term represented from the given table of values.
b. Answer the given question using the rule or the general term of the
sequence.

RUBRIC FOR THE ACTIVITY

Score Description
Output shows correct and complete data in the table. The
10 points
question was answered correctly.
Output shows correct and complete information in the table.
7 points
Answer is incorrect.
Output shows correct and complete information. No answer
5 points
in the question
3 points Answers are incomplete.
No point earned No answer is given.

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 Assessment
Encircle the letters that correspond to the best answers for the following
questions.

1. Given the sequence 5, 6, 8, 11, … how can each term be found?

A. add 2 to each term
B. multiply 2 to each term
C. add consecutive 1,2,3,.. to each term
D. subtract to each term

2. If 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛2 , what is 𝑎5 ?
A. 50 B. 40 C. 20 D. 30

3. If 𝑎1 = 2, 𝑎2 = 5, 𝑎3 = 9, what is 𝑎6 ?
A. 20 B. 13 C. 14 D. 27

4. Find the first three terms of the finite sequence, 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 .

A. 3, 6, 9, … B. 3, 7, 10,… C.1, 3, 6, 9,… D. 3, 9, 27,…

5. What is the rule that describes the sequence 5,10,15, 20?

A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 + 4 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 5𝑛 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 4𝑛 + 1 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 2

Additional Activities

The page of your online business started with 100 followers on the first day
then became 130 on the second day, and 160 on the third day. If this trend
continues, what will be your estimated number of followers on the tenth day?

Find the missing values to complete the data on the table.

Day 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

No. of
100 130 160
followers

a. Find the general term represented from the given table of values.

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 b. Answer the given question using the rule or the general term of the
sequence.

Lesson 3: PROBLEMS INVOLVING

SEQUENCE

What’s In
Analyze the given sequences below:

1 1
1. 2, 1 2 , 1, 2, …

a. What is the first term in the sequence?

b. Is the sequence increasing or decreasing? By how much each
time?
c. Give the rule/equation

2. 2, 6, 10, 14,…

a. What is the first term in the sequence?

b. Is the sequence increasing or decreasing? By how much each
time?
c. Give the rule/equation

What’s New

What is this 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛 − 5 ?

1. Can you give the first 4 terms of the sequence using that rule?

1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term

? ? ? ?

2. What do you observe about the difference of the terms?

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 What is In

In solving a sequence, you need to analyze the given problem by identifying the
given, the unknown (what is asked), and the solution to the problem to be solved.

Example 1: Because of Covid-19 pandemic, a certain church organization was

able to solicit 14, 500 kg of rice from kindhearted people. On their first day of
distribution, this organization was able to distribute 250 kg, 365 kg on the second
day, 480 kg on the third day, and so on. Assuming distribution followed a pattern,
how many kilograms of goods were distributed on the 12th day?

I. To find the answer, you need to:

a. Write the given sequence. : 250, 365, 480, ….

b. Label the terms of the sequence:
𝑎1 = 250, 𝑎2 = 365 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎3 = 480
c. What is asked? : the 12th term from the sequence
d. Is the pattern increasing or decreasing? By how much each time?
Notice that each term increased by 115 each time.

II. To solve the problem, formulate the general rule:

a. The partial equation is 𝑎𝑛 = 115𝑛.

b. To complete the equation, substitute the values of n = {1, 2, 3} to the
partial equation.
𝑎𝑛 = 115𝑛.
𝑎1 = 115(1) + 𝑐
𝑎2 = 115(2) + 𝑐
𝑎3 = 115(3) + 𝑐

Perform the operations and think of a number to be added in replacement to

constant (c) to make it equal to the terms of the sequence.
𝑎1 = 115(1) + 𝑐
250 = 115(1) + 𝑐
250 = 115 + 𝑐
𝑐 = 250 − 115
𝑐 = 135

𝑎2 = 115(2) + 𝑐
365 = 115(2) + 𝑐
365 = 230 + 𝑐
𝑐 = 365 − 230
𝑐 = 135

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 𝑎3 = 115(3) + 𝑐
480 = 115(3) + 𝑐
480 = 365 + 𝑐
𝑐 = 480 − 365
𝑐 = 135

Therefore, the general term of the sequence is 𝑎𝑛 = 115𝑛 + 135.

c. To solve for the 12th term (𝑎12 ), let n = 12

𝑎12 = 115(12) + 135
= 1,515

Thus, there are 1,515 kilograms of rice distributed on the 12th day.

Example 2: A sequence has nth term given by 𝑎𝑛 = 6𝑛 − 2. Find the value of n

for which 𝑎𝑛 = 190

Given: nth term 𝑎𝑛 = 6𝑛 − 2

𝑎𝑛 = 190

What is asked? : the value of n

To solve: substitute the value of 𝑎𝑛

6n – 2 = 190 Add 2 on both side of the equation.

6n =190 +2 APE
6n = 192 Divide both side of the equation by 6 (DPE).
6 6
n = 32

What’s More
Solve the following problems.

1. A sequence has nth term given by 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 7. What is the value of n if 𝑎𝑛 =

79?

2. I deposited Ᵽ50,000 in a savings account. The account increases at a fixed

amount of 3000 yearly with no deposits and no withdrawals. How much
money will I have in 5th year?

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3. An atom consists of energy levels. Each energy level can hold a maximum
number of electrons. Given the figure, find the maximum number of electrons
in R level.

What I Have Learned

Write a paragraph expressing what you have learned about solving

word problems involving sequence.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
___________________________________

What I Can Do

Identify which part of your house needs restoration. Using the ideas, you
have learned, write down some steps to restore that place in a very simple way.

Write your step by step process inside the table

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Place to restore: _____________________

1st step 2nd step 3rd step 4th step and so on

RUBRIC FOR THE ACTIVITY

Score Description
Indicated the place to be restored and gave complete
10 points
and clear information on how to restore the place.
Indicated the place to be restored but the information
7 points
was not clearly stated.
Indicated the place to be restored but incomplete
5 points
information on how to do it are provided.
3 points There is a lack of accuracy and information.
No point earned No given information/no output was submitted.

Assessment
Encircle the letters that correspond to the best or correct answers for the
following questions.

1. A sequence has nth term 𝑎𝑛 = 5𝑛 − 1. What is the 4th term?

A. 17 B. 16 C. 18 D. 19

2. A sequence has nth term given by 𝑎𝑛 = 6𝑛 − 2. What is 𝑎12 ?

A. 4 B. 14 C. 72 D. 70
3. If 𝑎𝑛 = 50 and the nth term of the sequence is 𝑎𝑛 = 4𝑛 − 2, what is the
value of n?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15

4. If 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛2 − 3, what is n if 𝑎𝑛 = 285

A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 24

5. Given the first three terms 4, 8, 13…, what is the next three terms?
A. 16, 20, 24 C. 11, 14, 18
B. 19, 26, 34 D. 10, 11, 1

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 Additional Activities

Answer the following problems.

1. A sequence has nth term given by 𝑎𝑛 = 4𝑛 + 5. What is the value of n if

𝑎𝑛 = 49?
2. Write the rule or the general term the describes the sequence - 5, - 2, 1
and 4.
3. I deposited Ᵽ20,000 in a savings account. The account increases at fixed
amount of Ᵽ 15,000 yearly with no deposits and no withdrawals. How
much money will I have after 7 years?

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 SUMMATIVE TEST

Encircle the letter that correspond to the best or correct answers for the following
questions.

1. A sequence having a finite number of terms is called ________.

A. finite B. infinite C. domain D. range

2. It is a function whose domain is a set of consecutive positive integers.

A. term B. sequence C. series D. range

3. It is called the trace of the sequence in a function.

A. sequence B. range C. series D. term

4. In the sequence -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1,…,what is the 10th term?

A. -1 B. 0 C. 1 D. -2

5. Given the sequence 18, 13, 8, 3,.., what is the next term?
A. 4 B. -8 C. 2 D. -2

6. If 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 + 6, what is the first 5 terms in the sequence.

A. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 B. 7, 8, 10, 13, 17 C. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 D. 11

7. If 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 − 4, find 𝑎9 .
A. 31 B. 23 C. 27 D. -1

8. What are the next two terms in the sequence 96, 48, 24, 12,…?
A. 6, 3 B. 3, 6 C. 4, 4/3 D. 2, ½

9. Given the sequence 10, 6, 2,…, find the next three terms.
A. -2, -6, -10 B. 4, 8, 12 C. -10, -6, -2 D. 12, 8, 4

10. Find the next term in the sequence √2 +2, √3 +2, √4 +2,…
A. 1 B. √5+2 C. 4 D. √6 +2

11. Write the first four terms of the sequence given 𝑎𝑛 = (𝑛 + 1)2 .
A. 4,6,8,10 B. 4,8,12,16 C. 9,16,25,36 D. 4,9,16,25
1
12. Find the first four terms in a sequence define by 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛2 +2.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A. 3 , , , B. 3 , , , C. 10 , , , D. 18 , , ,
6 8 10 6 11 18 8 6 3 11 6 3

1 4 7
13. Find the 10th term in the sequence 3 , , ,…
3 3
3 26 3 28
A. 28 B. 3 C.26 D. 3

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 14. Find the general term of the sequence in number 17.
3𝑛−2 𝑛 2𝑛−1 4𝑛−3
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 3 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 3 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 3 D.𝑎𝑛 = 3

15. If 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛2 − 4, and 𝑎𝑛 = 671 what is the value of n?

A. 94 B. 15 C. 20 D. 84

𝑛 3
16. A sequence has an nth term given by 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛−4, what is n if 𝑎𝑛 = 5
1 12
A. B.11 C. 12 D. 6
2

17. What is the rule or the general term that describes the sequence 8, 14, 24, 38?
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛2 + 6 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 8𝑛 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 4𝑛 + 4 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛2 + 7

For item numbers 18-20,

John constructed a ladder with 10 steps that decrease uniformly in length. The
bottom step is 68 cm. while the top step is 41 cm.

18. What is the uniform decrease in the length of the steps?

A. - 10 B. -3 C. 3 D. 10

19. What is the general term of the sequence?

A. 𝑎𝑛 = 44 − 3𝑛 C. 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 65
B. 𝑎𝑛 = 71 − 3𝑛 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 38

20. What is the value if you will add one additional step on the top step of the
ladder?
A. 71 B. 65 C. 44 D. 38

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 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Ma. Aylene C. Fabillar (PHS)

Editors: Imelda B. Olvida, Principal – MHHS
John Anthony P. Santos, TII, Coordinator (SNNHS)
Dona G. Aquino, TIII, Coordinator (KNHS)
Rosemarie P. Ortega, TIII, Coordinator (PHS)
Tiburcio A. Aplacador Jr., HTIII (FHS)
Kendra Fe I. Adordionisio, HTIII (SEHS)
Internal Reviewer: Dominador J. Villafria (Education Program Supervisor-Mathematics)
Cover Illustrator: Joel J. Estudillo (SNNHS)
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Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Dominador J. Villafria
Education Program Supervisor-Mathematics

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

Education Program Supervisor– LRMS

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