LEARNING MODULE 3.

1 MISS JADE KMJ 2021/2022

CHAPTER 3.1 : ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE

CONTENTS PAGE

2
3.1.1 Identify characteristics of arithmetic sequence

3.1.2 Determine whether a given sequence is an 3

arithmetic sequence

3. 1.3 Determine by using formula:

a) specific terms in arithmetic sequence 4-5
b) the number of terms in arithmetic
sequence

3. 1.4 Find
a) The sum of the first n terms of arithmetic
sequence 6
b) The sum of a specific number of consecutive
terms of arithmetic sequence
c) The value of n , given the sum of the first n
terms of arithmetic sequence.

3. 1.5 Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence 7

ENRICHMENT QUESTIONS 8

ASSESSMENT 8

ANSWERS 9
 Sequence
(Arithmetic)

ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE

The sum of the first n term:

The nth term : Sn = ______________
Tn = ___________ or
or Sn = ______________
Tn = ___________

a = _______________
d = _______________
Fill in the
l = _______________ blank
n = _______________

3. 1.1 Identify characteristics of arithmetic sequence:

EXERCISE 1:

Complete each of the sequence below to form an arithmetic sequence.

a) 2, _____ , 8 , ______ , 14 , 17
b) -2 , -5 , ______ , -11 , ________
1
c) -4, ______ , ______ , ,2
2
d) 2x -3 , 2x -1 , __________ , __________ , 2x + 5

2
 3. 1.2 Determine whether a given sequence is an arithmetic sequence

EXERCISE 2 :

1. Determine whether a given sequence below is an arithmetic sequence.

a) 5 , 11 , 17 , 23 , ……….. ( ____________________ )

b) -20 , -50 , -30 , -35 , ………. ( ____________________ )

c) 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , ……… ( ____________________ )

d) 2x + y , 4x – y , 6x -3y , …… ( ____________________ )

2. k +3 , 2k + 6 ,8 are the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence, find the

value of k.

Note:
If x,y and z are three terms of
an arithmetic sequence ,
y–x=z-y

3. Given that x 2 ,5 x, 7 x  4 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence

Where x has a positive value. Find the value of x.

4. Given that the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 2 y ,3 y  3 and 5y+1 .
Find the value of y.

3
3. 1.3 Determine by using formula:
a. specific terms in arithmetic sequence
b. the number of terms in arithmetic sequence

Tn  a  (n  1)d

EXERCISE 3:

1. Find the 9th term of the arithmetic 2. Find the 11th term of the arithmetic
sequence. sequence.
2, 5 , 8 , ….. 5
3, , 2,........
Solution: 2
a=2
d = 5-2=3

T9  2  (9  1)3

= _______

3. For the arithmetic sequence 4. Find the nth term of the arithmetic
0.7, 2.1 , 3.5, ….. ,find the 5th term . sequence
1
4, 6 ,9,.....
2

5. Find the 7th term of arithmetic 6. Given that arithmetic sequence

sequence k, 2k + 1, 3k+2, 4k+3,…. 9 +6x , 9+4x, 9+2x, ……
Find the 10th term.

4
EXERCISE 4:

1. Find the number of terms of the 2. For the arithmetic sequence

arithmetic sequence 5 , 8 , 11 , ……. Which term is equal
to 320 ?
a) 4,9.14,….. ,64

Tn  64
4 + (n-1)5=64
4+ 5n-5 =64
5n=65
n= 13

b) -2, -7, -12, ……, -127

3. The sequence 121 , 116 , 111 , …. is

an arithmetic sequence. Find the
first negative term in the sequence.

1 1 1
c) 1,1 ,1 ,......, 4
6 3 2

4. Find the number of terms of the

arithmetic sequence
a  2b,3a  3b,5a  4b,......, 23a  13b
d) x  y, x  y, x  3 y,........., x  31y

5
 3. 1. 4 Find
a) the sum of the first n terms of arithmetic sequence.
b) the sum of a specific number of consecutive terms of
arithmetic sequence.
c) the value of n , given the sum of the first n terms of arithmetic
sequence.

n
Sn   2a   n  1 d 
2 
n
or Sn =  a+ l 
2
l= the n th term

EXERCISE 5:

1. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of 2. Find the sum of all the terms of the
the arithmetic sequence arithmetic sequence
-10 , -7 , -4, …… 38 , 31 , 24 , …., -18

3. For the arithmetic sequence How many terms of the arithmetic

-4 , 1 , 6 , …….find the sum of all 2, 8 , 13 ,18 , …… must be taken
the terms from the 6th term to the 14th for the sum to be equal to 1575?
term.

Solution:
Sum of all the terms from the 6th term
to the 14th
= S14  S5
=
=

6
3. 1.5 Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence.

EXERCISE 6:

1. The 5th and 9th of arithmetic sequence 2. The 2nd and 8th terms of an arithmetic
are 4 and 16 respectively. sequence are -9 and 3 respectively.
Find the 15th term. Find
Solution: a) the first term and the comman
T5  4 difference.
a  (5  1)d  4 b) the sum of 10 terms beginning from
the 12th term.
a  4d  4 ......(1)
T9  16
a+(9-1)d=16
a+8d=16 ......(2)
Solve simultaneous equation to find
the value of a and d, then the 15th term.

3. The sum of the first 6 terms of an 4. The sum of the first n terms is given
arithmetic sequence is 39 and the sum by S n  6n  3n
2

of the next 6 terms is -69. Find Find

a) the first term and the common a) the nth term in terms of n
difference b) the common difference
b) the sum of all the terms from the
15th term to the 25th term.

7
ENRICHMENT QUESTIONS:

1. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are k  3, k  3, 2k  2

Find
a) the value of k
b) the sum of the first 9 terms of the sequence

2. Given an arithmetic sequence -7, -3, 1, …. , state three consecutive terms in this
sequence which sum up to 75

3 The volume of water in a tank is 450 litres on the first day. Subsequently, 10 litres of
water is added to the tank everyday. Calculate the volume , in litres , of water in the
tank at the end of the 7th day.

4. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 5, 9, 13

Find
a) the common difference of the sequence
b) the sum of the first 20 terms after the 3rd term.

ASSESSMENT:

1. The sequence -13,-10,-7,……,128,131 is an arithmetic sequence. Find

a) the number of terms in the sequence
b) the sum of all the terms in the sequence.

2. Given that k-1 , 2k – 4 and k +5 are the first three terms of arithmetic sequence.
Find the common difference.

3. Calculate how many months it will take to repay a debt of RM5800 by monthly
payment of RM100 initially with an increase of RM20 for each month after that.

4. The 4th of an arithmetic sequence is 18 and the sum of the first eight terms
of the sequence is 124. Find
a) the first term and the common difference
b) the sum of all the terms from the 10th term to the 20th term.

5. Sum of the first ten of the arithmetic sequence is 230 and sum of ten terms
after that is 830. Find the first term and the common difference.

8
ANSWERS:

EXERCISE 1: EXERCISE 2:
a) 5,11 1. a) Arithmetic sequence
b) -8,-14 b) Not an arithmetic sequence
1 c) Not an arithmetic sequence
c) 2 , 1 d) Arithmetic sequence
2
d) 2x+1,2x+3 1
2. k  
3
3. x = 4
4. y = 5
EXERCISE 3: EXERCISE 4:
1. 26 1. a) 13
2. -2 b) 26
3. 6.3 c) 22
1 d) 45
4. Tn   5n  3
2 2. T106
5. 7k+6 3. T26  4
6. T10  9  12 x 4. 12
EXERCISE 5: EXERCISE 6:
1. 34
1. 78 2. a) -11,2
2. 90 b) 200
3. 369 3. a) a=14 , d= -3
4. 40 b) -473
4. a) Tn=12n-3
b) d=12
ASSESSMENT: ENRICHMENT:
1. a) 49 1. a) k=7
b) 2891 b) S9  252
2. 3
2. T10  29, T9  25, T8  21
3. 20
4. a) 33,-5 3. T7  510
b) -407 4. a) 4
5. 4,6 b) 1100