Introduction to Sequences

What do you call a set of numbers written in a special order by the application of a definite rule?

• Pattern

• Sequence

• Function

• Terms

What do you call the set that has first and last terms?

• Finite set

• Infinite set

• Term

• Sequence

What do you call the set that has first term and no last term?

• Finite set

• Infinite set

• Term

• Means

What are the next two terms of the sequence 8, 2, -4, …?

• -8, -12

• 10, 16

• -10, -16

• -6, -8

What symbol indicates that the sequence goes on and on indefinitely?

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Ellipsis

• Exclamation point

List of even numbers.

• Finite

• Infinite

Months in a year.

• Finite

• Infinite

A sequence where every term after the first term is obtained by adding a constant to a previous term.

• Arithmetic sequence

• Geometric sequence

• Harmonic sequence

• Fibonacci sequence

A sequence where each term after the first term is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by a non-zero constant.

• Arithmetic sequence

• Geometric sequence

• Harmonic sequence

• Fibonacci sequence

7, 11, 15, 19, ...

• Finite

• Infinite