SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

CLASS: SSS1
TOPIC: SEQUENCES AND SETS
SEQUENCES
Introduction: A
sequence is the elements of a set arranged by a particular order; connected by a
rule.
A term is a value(element) of a sequence. If the position of a term in a sequence is
given the letter n then a rule can be found to work out the value of the nth term.
Examples of sequences include:
2,4,6,8,……
5,10,15,20,……..
1,1/2,1/4,1/8,………
When a sequence has a common difference d, the formular below can be used to
find the nth term:
Tn=a+(n-1)d where is the first term and n is the number of terms.
 Example1
Find the 15th and nth term of the sequence:
5,7,9,11,13
Solution:
This sequence has a common difference d=7-5,d=2,first term a=5,n=15
15th term=a+(n-1)d nth term=a+(n-1)d
15th term=5+(15-1)2 nth term=5+(n-1)2
15th term=5+28 nth term=5+2n-2
Therefore, 15th term=33 Therefore, nth term=3+2n
SETS
• A set is a list or collection of objects that share a characteristic.
• The list of members or elements of a set is placed inside a pair of
curly brackets { }
• Examples of sets:
(i) A is the set of prime numbers between 1 and 10.That is; A={2,3,5,7}
(ii) B is a set of perfect squares greater than zero but less than 20.That
is; B={1,4,9,16}
Terminologies Used in Set:
1.Empty set: A set that has no elements. It is written as { }
2.Universal set: A master set from which other sets are derived
3. Cardinality of a set A: This is the number of elements in a given
Example
• Given a universal set of integers from 1 to 10 and A={1,3,6} and
B={2,4,7,9}. Find n(A) and B’
Solution:
n(A)=3 and B’={1,3,5,6,8,10}
Evaluation
Given a universal set of integers from 1 to 10 and P={2,7,8} and
Q={1,2,4,9}. Find n(P’) and n(Q’)
Assignment
Read up Union and intersection of Sets