Arithmetic

Sequence and
Series
 Sequence denoted by , is a
function with its domain
being the set of positive
integers.
Finite

Vs.

Infinite
 Series is the sum of its first n
terms.
 Problem 1

Find the sum of the first 4 terms in

the sequence {7, 11, 15, 19}.

 Problem 2

Given the sequence {4, 7, 10, …},

find .
 Word Problem 1

Jenna makes a New Year’s resolution to save

her pennies. She saves 1 penny on January 1st, 3

pennies on January 2nd, 5 pennies on January 3rd,

and so on. How many pennies does she save on

the last day of January?

 Exercise 1

a. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, …

b. 10, 20, 30, 40, …

Exercise 2
 Arithmetic sequence /
arithmetic progression, is a
sequence of numbers such that
the difference between two
consecutive terms is a
constant.
𝑎𝑛=𝑎1 + ( 𝑛−1 ) 𝑑
 Exercise 3

1. 100, 93, 86, 79, …

2. 1, 5, 14, 30, …
 Exercise 4

1. -23, -19, -15, -11, …

 Word Problem 2

If the 1st term of an arithmetic

sequence is 17 and the 2nd term is 9,

what is its 11th term?

 Word Problem 3

Supposed an arithmetic sequence has

a common difference of 9 and 8th term

of 129, what is its 1st term?

 Arithmetic means are the
terms found between two
extremes.
𝑎1 + 𝑎 2
2
 𝑎 𝑛 − 𝑎1
𝑑=
𝑛− 1
 Exercise 5
1. An arithmetic mean between 30 and 75.
2. Two arithmetic means between 22 and
37.

3. Four arithmetic means between 13 and

33.
Arithmetic Sequence
 𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [ 2 𝑎1 + ( 𝑛 −1 ) 𝑑 ]
2
 Problem 3

Find the sum of the first 50

terms of the sequence 1, 3, 5,

7, 9, …
 Word Problem 4

Find the total number of pots in a

rose garden if it has 70 rows with 40

pots, 44 pots and 48 pots in the first,

second and third rows, respectively.

 𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎 1+ 𝑎𝑛 )
2
 Problem 4

The sum of the positive

even integers less than 90.

 Problem 5

The sum of all multiples of 7

between 5 and 72.