1. Finding the nth term Example
Saturday, July 06, 2019
Finding the nth term
Example
Find the nth term for each of the following sequences
a) 2, 4, 6, 8
b) 1, 3, 5, 7,
c) 5, 8, 11, 14, …

2. Find the nth term for the sequences
Example
Find the nth term for the sequences
(a) 4,
10,
16,
22, 28
(b) 1, 6,
11, 21
(c) 9,
23,
30, 37
(d)
28,
26,
24, 22
(e) 7,
13, 15

3. Example
Find the nth term for the sequence
2 x 3, 3 x 4, 4 x 5, ....

4. Example
Find the nth term for the sequence

5. Example
The 15th term of a sequence is 41 and the next two terms are 43 and 45.
Find a formula for the nth term
Find the value of the first term
How many terms are less than 100?
How many terms are less than 200?
How many terms have a value between 100 and 200?

6. Find the nth term for each of the following
Example
Find the nth term for each of the following
(a) 1, 4, 9,
16, 25
(b) 2, 5,
10,
17, 26
(c) 6,
14,
21, 30
(d)
12,
20,
(e) 8, 32