ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE
✓A sequence in which the difference
between any two consecutive terms
are the same.
✓Also called as linear progression.
✓Its graph is always linear
Common Difference (d)
✓referred to the constant
difference in an arithmetic
sequence.
✓Fixed rule for arithmetic
sequence
Common
Arithmetic Sequence
difference (d)
a. 21, 31, 41, 51, …
b. 28, 24, 20, 16, …
c. 8, 3, -2, -7, …
d. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
Common
Arithmetic Sequence
difference (d)
a. 21, 31, 41, 51, … 10
b. 28, 24, 20, 16, …
c. 8, 3, -2, -7, …
d. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
Common
Arithmetic Sequence
difference (d)
a. 21, 31, 41, 51, … 10
b. 28, 24, 20, 16, … -4
c. 8, 3, -2, -7, …
d. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
Common
Arithmetic Sequence
difference (d)
a. 21, 31, 41, 51, … 10
b. 28, 24, 20, 16, … -4
c. 8, 3, -2, -7, … -5
d. 4, 8, 12, 16, …
Common
Arithmetic Sequence
difference (d)
a. 21, 31, 41, 51, … 10
b. 28, 24, 20, 16, … -4
c. 8, 3, -2, -7, … -5
d. 4, 8, 12, 16, … 4
Example:
1. Find the common difference of the
sequence: 𝑨(𝒏) = 𝟖, 𝟓, 𝟐, −𝟏, −𝟒, …
2. Find the common difference of the
sequence: 𝑨(𝒏) = 𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟔, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎, …
and the eight term of the sequence.
3. Determine whether each
sequence is an arithmetic
sequence. Explain your answer
a. 21, 38, 55, 72, 89, …
b. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
Nth Term of Arithmetic
Sequence
Formula:
𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒏 − 𝟏 𝒅
Wherein:
𝑎𝑛 = nth term
𝑎1 = first term
n = number of terms
d = common difference
Examples:
1. Find the 60th term of the sequence:
7, 5, 3, 1, …
2. Find the 12th term of the sequence:
3, 5, 7, 9, …
3. Find the 7th term of an arithmetic
sequence if the 3rd term is 5 and the
5th term is 11.
4. Find the 25th term of an
arithmetic sequence, if the 4th
term is -5 and the common
difference is 6.
5. The 2nd term of an arithmetic
sequence is 9 and the 8th term is
33. Write the first 8 terms of the
sequence.
Arithmetic Means
✓terms that are between two
given terms.
Example:
1. In 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, what are
the arithmetic means?
2. Insert three arithmetic
means between 17 and 1.
3.Check if 9 is the
arithmetic mean between
9 and 13.
Challenge yourself
Find the sum of the first 100 positive
integers in 3 minutes.
Arithmetic Series
✓The sum of terms in an arithmetic
sequence
Example:
1. Find the sum of each sequence
a. 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 + 16
b. 8 + 12 + 16 + 20 + 24 + 28 + 32 + 36
c. −9 + −4 + 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + 21
Formula for Arithmetic series:
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛
2
or
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎1 + 𝑛 − 1 𝑑]
2
Wherein:
𝑎1 = first term
𝑎𝑛 = nth term
𝑛 = the number of terms
𝑑 = common difference
Example:
A. Find 𝑆10 if:
1. a1 = 5, a10 = 68
2. a1 = 5, d = −7
2. Find the sum of the first 20
terms of the arithmetic
sequence 1, 5, 9, 13, …
3. Find the sum of all integers
between 4 and 46 that are
divisible by 5.
4. Find 𝑆𝑛 in the following
arithmetic sequence:
a. −10, −8, −6, −4, … S50
b. 1, 8, 15, 23, … 𝑆27
c. −2, 3, 8, 13, … S19
1 2 3
d. 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , … S12
5 5 5
5. Find the first term, 𝑎1 , and the
number of terms, 𝑛 , given that
𝑎𝑛 = 31, 𝑑 = 3 and 𝑆𝑛 = 174.
6. Find the sum of all odd numbers
between 0 and 100.
7. What is the sum of all multiples
of 7 between 1 and 86.
8. Complete the table:
𝒂𝟏 𝒂𝒏 𝒏 𝒅 𝑺𝒏
a. 0 12 5
b. -16 3 1
c. 0 6 270
d. 16 10 8
e. 90 12 9
