REVIEW OF SEQUENCES AND SERIES, AND

SIGMA NOTATION

JOE JAYSON CALETENA

GENERAL ARTEMIO RICARTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

1.illustrate a series
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2.differentiate a series from a sequence
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3. use the sigma notation to represent a series
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ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S NEXT?
Which figure complete the series?
ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S NEXT?
Which figure complete the series?
ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S NEXT?
Which figure complete the series?
ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S NEXT?
Which figure complete the series?
ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S NEXT?
Which figure complete the series?
DEFINITION: ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE

An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in

which each term after the first is obtained by
adding a constant (called the common
difference) to the preceding term.
ACTIVITY 2: AM I AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE?

Determine whether the following sequence is an arithmetic

sequence or not. If it is an arithmetic sequence, determine
the common difference.
1. 2, 5, 8,11, 13, 15
2. 3, 8,13,18, 23
3. -2, 4, -10, 16, -22
4. 9, 18, 27, 36
5. N – 4, N – 2, N, N + 2, N + 4
DEFINITION: GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE

A geometric sequence is a sequence in

which each term after the first is obtained by
multiplying the preceding term by a constant
(called the common ratio).
ACTIVITY 3: AM I GEOMETRIC?
Determine whether the following sequence is an arithmetic
sequence or not. If it is an arithmetic sequence, determine the
common ratio.
1. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
2. 1/5, -2/25, 4/125
3. 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 120
4. 4/3, 8/9, 16/27
5. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36
DEFINITION: SERIES
A series represents the sum of the terms of a
sequence.
ACTIVITY 4: TRANSFORMING TO SERIES

ARITHMETIC GEOMETRIC
SUM OF AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE

Sum of an Arithmetic Sum of an Geometric

Sequence Sequence
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
𝑆𝑛 = [𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ] 𝑆𝑛 = , finite
2 1−𝑟
𝑛 𝑎1
𝑆𝑛 = 2𝑎1 + 𝑛 − 1 𝑑 𝑆𝑛 = , infinite
2 1−𝑟
ACTIVITY 5: FIND MY SUM
SIGMA NOTATION
Consider the following sum:

1 2 3 4 5
2 2 2 2 2

This can be Each of the terms is

written in sigma in the form of k2,
notation as: where k is an integer
5 from 1 to 5.
 k
k 1
2
ACTIVITY 6: EXPAND AND ADD

Expand each summation, and simplify if possible.

ACTIVITY 7: SIMPLIFY ME!
Write each expression in sigma notation.
PROPERTIES OF THE SUMMATION NOTATION
n n

 ca
k 1
k  c  ak
k 1

n n n

a
k 1
k  bk  ak   bk
k 1 k 1

 c  nc
k 1
ACTIVITY 8: FIND MY SUM