This document provides guidance and examples for teaching students how to formulate rules to find the nth term of numeric sequences. It includes examples of skip counting, writing the 7th term of given sequences, finding the next terms and rule for a sequence where each term increases by 6, and an activity for students to work in groups to find the nth term rule and specified terms of given sequences. A video on writing formulas from sequences is recommended to demonstrate strategies for students.
This document provides guidance and examples for teaching students how to formulate rules to find the nth term of numeric sequences. It includes examples of skip counting, writing the 7th term of given sequences, finding the next terms and rule for a sequence where each term increases by 6, and an activity for students to work in groups to find the nth term rule and specified terms of given sequences. A video on writing formulas from sequences is recommended to demonstrate strategies for students.
This document provides guidance and examples for teaching students how to formulate rules to find the nth term of numeric sequences. It includes examples of skip counting, writing the 7th term of given sequences, finding the next terms and rule for a sequence where each term increases by 6, and an activity for students to work in groups to find the nth term rule and specified terms of given sequences. A video on writing formulas from sequences is recommended to demonstrate strategies for students.
This document provides guidance and examples for teaching students how to formulate rules to find the nth term of numeric sequences. It includes examples of skip counting, writing the 7th term of given sequences, finding the next terms and rule for a sequence where each term increases by 6, and an activity for students to work in groups to find the nth term rule and specified terms of given sequences. A video on writing formulas from sequences is recommended to demonstrate strategies for students.
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FORMULATES THE RULE IN FINDING THE
NTH TERM USING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES M6AL-IIID-7 ANNALICE R. QUINAY Master Teacher 1 DRILL: SKIP COUNTING
Have the pupils skip count by
4, by 6, by 7 and by 9. PRESENT THE FF. SEQUENCES AND LET THE PUPILS GIVE THE 7TH TERM IN EACH. •1.)5,12,19,26, ……. •2.)2,10,18,26, …… •3. )2,10,50,250,…… •4. )305,296,287,278, …… •5. )6,21,36,51, ……….. GROUP ACTIVITY! 4, 10, 16, 22, 28 Write down the next two terms of the sequence. b) Write down an expression for the nth term of this sequence. c) Work out the 50 term of the sequence. th Solution: 4, 10, 16, 22, 28 a) From looking at the sequence we can see that each term is 6 larger than the previous term. We say the term-to- term rule is "add 6". Therefore the next two terms are 34 and 40. b) The nth term of a sequence is always written in the form "?n + ?". The number in front of the "n" is always the difference to get from one term to the next. Since the difference is 6, the first part of our rule will be "6n". The rule follows the six times table: 6, 12, 18, 24... etc. Now compare the 6 times table with our rule: 6 x table 6 12 18 24 30 Sequence 4 10 16 22 28 The numbers in the sequence are always 2 less than the 6 times table so we "adjust" our rule by subtracting 2. Now putting this together gives us: nth term = 6n - 2. c) Now we know the nth term = 6n - 2 we just need to substitute n = 50 in order to find the 50thterm of the sequence. So: The 50th term = 6 x 50 - 2 = 300 – 2 = 298 SHOW A VIDEO ON HOW TO FORMULATE THE RULE IN FINDING THE NTH TERM USING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. “WRITING A FORMULA FROM A SEQUENCE” GROUP ACTIVITY: PAIR-SHARE: GROUP ACTIVITY: FINDING THE NTH TERM. IN EACH QUESTION THERE ARE FOUR TERMS OF A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS: A) WRITE DOWN THE RULE USING N TO REPRESENT THE NTH TERM. B) FIND THE 10TH AND 15TH TERMS. Group Activity: Distribute this activity sheet to each group: ANSWERS: HOW DO WE FIND / FORMULATE THE RULES IN FINDING THE NEXT TERM IN A SEQUENCE? • Determine the order of numbers if it is ascending or descending. • Find the difference between the consecutive terms. • To find the rule of the next term, use the difference between terms. • Example: WRITE DOWN THE NEXT TERM FOR EACH OF THE FF. SEQUENCES, THEN FIND THE RULE. A) WRITE DOWN THE RULE USING N TO REPRESENT THE NTH TERM. B) FIND THE 30TH TERMS. Study the following sequence of figure. Then, draw the next figure and write the rule used to find the answer. ANNALICE R. QUINAY Master Teacher 1