Sequences

Each individual number in a sequence of numbers is called what?

• Common difference
• Successive term
• Term
• Geometric term

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CCSS.5.OA.B.3

What does a₁ represent?

• Any term

• First term

• Last term

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.3

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

What does r represent?

• Radical

• Common difference

• Common ratio

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

To find the next term in an arithmetic sequence…

• add the common difference d

• multiply by the common ratio r

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.3

To find the next term in a geometric sequence…

• add the common difference d

• multiply by the common ratio r

Which describes your understanding of arithmetic and geometric sequences?

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• I'm GETTING THERE!

• I need MORE PRACTICE!

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Which kind of sequence has a common difference?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Is the following sequence arithmetic?
21, 13, 5, -3, ...

• YES
• NO

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.3

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Identify the common difference.
97, 86, 75, 64, ...

• 8
• 11
• -11
• -8

The next two terms of the sequence 12,17,22,27 are

• 28 and 33
• 29 and 34
• 32 and 37
• 30 and 35

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CCSS.5.OA.B.3