Sequences: Introduction

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

• Pattern

• Sequence

• Function

• Terms

Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence?

• 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2

• 11, 14, 17, 20

• 2, 4, 8, 16

• 5, 2, -1, -4

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Identify the common difference of the sequence below:

-2.3, -1.1, 0.1, 1.3,...

• -1.2

• 1.3

• 1.2

• -1.3

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Identify the next three terms of the sequence below:

-6, -10, -14,...

• -17, -21, -25

• 17, 21, 25

• 18, 22, 26

• -18, -22, -26

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.3

What kind of sequence is the pattern 15, 17, 20, 24, 29, ...?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

What kind of sequence is the pattern 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, ...?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

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

An ______________sequence is a sequence of numbers in which the difference between any two consecutive terms is a constant. 

• Geometric Sequence
• Arithmetic Sequence

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

A _____________sequence is a sequence of numbers in which the ratio between any two consecutive terms is a constant. 

• Geometric Sequence
• Arithmentic Sequence

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

3, 9, 15, 22, ...

Is this sequence arithmetic, geometric, or neither?

• arithmetic (common difference d = 6)

• geometric (common ratio r = 4)

• neither (no common difference OR common ratio) neither (no common difference OR common ratio)

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.3

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2