Math10 q1 Mod4 Sum Arithmetic Sequence
Math10 q1 Mod4 Sum Arithmetic Sequence
Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
Sum of Arithmetic Sequence
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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
Sum of Arithmetic Sequence
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Introductory Message
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read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
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What I Need To Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you find
the sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence. The scope of this module permits it
to be used in many different learning situations. The lessons are arranged to follow
the standard sequence of the course but the pacing in which you read and answer
this module will depend on your ability.
After going through this module, you are expected to be able to demonstrate
knowledge and skill related to sequences and apply these in solving problems.
Specifically, you should be able to:
a) define arithmetic series,
b) find the sum of the first 𝑛 terms of a given arithmetic sequence, and
c) solve word problems involving arithmetic series.
What I Know
Find out how much you already know about the topics in this module. Choose the
letter of your answer from the given choices. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Take note of the items that you were not able to answer correctly and find the right
answer as you go through this module.
A) 40 B) 36 C) 30 D) 26
5. The third term of an arithmetic sequence is −12 and the seventh term is 8. What
is the sum of the first 10 terms?
A) 5 B) 8 C) 11 D) 15
7. Find the sum of the first eighteen terms of the arithmetic sequence whose nth
term is 𝑎𝑛 = 15 + 8𝑛.
8. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is
275. Find the number of terms.
A) 13 B) 10 C) 12 D) 11
9. If the first n terms of the arithmetic sequence 20, 18, 16,... are added, how many
of these terms will be added to get a sum of −100?
A) 35 B) 25 C) 15 D) 30
10. A worker saves Php 36,000 from his salary this year. If he increases his savings
yearly by Php 3,000, how much will be his total savings for 8 years?
11. Jane was saving for a pair of shoes. From her weekly allowance, she was able
to save Php 10 on the first week, Php 13 on the second, Php 16 on the third
week, and so on. If she continued saving in this pattern and made 52 deposits,
how much did Jane save?
12. Mary gets a starting monthly salary of Php 6,000 and an increase of Php 600
annually. How much income did she receive for the first three years?
13. Mirasol saved 10 pesos on the first day of January, 12 pesos on the second day,
14 pesos on the third day, and so on, up to the last day of the month. How
much did Mirasol save at the end of January?
14. Mrs. De la Cruz started her business with an income of Php 125,000 for the
first year and an increase of Php 5,000 yearly. How much is the total income of
Mrs. De la Cruz for 8 years since she started her business?
15. A hall has 30 rows. Each successive row contains one additional seat. If the
first row has 25 seats, how many seats are in the hall?
What’s In
In the previous module, it was discussed that to find the nth term of a given arithmetic
sequence, the formula
For this module, we will be discussing how to find the sum of the first n terms in an
arithmetic sequence.
For example, how do we compute the sum of all the terms of each of the following
sequences?
a) 1, 2, 3, . . . , 100
b) 5, 10, 15, 20, . . . , 50
c) −5, −2, 1, 4, . . . , 31
Adding manually the terms of a sequence is manageable when there are only few
terms in the sequence. However, if the sequence involves numerous terms, then it is
no longer practical to be adding the terms manually. It is a tedious work to do. Thus,
this module will present to you a formula that will make the computation easier and
faster.
What’s New
To let you experience getting the sum of the terms in a sequence manually, do the
following.
2. Find the sum of all the terms of the sequence: 5, 10, 15, 20, …, 50.
Solution:
a. By listing all the terms of the sequence and adding them, we have:
5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 = 275
−5 + ( − 2) + 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 + 16 + 19 + 22 + 25 + 28 + 31 = 169
In doing this kind of solution, it is very challenging specially if you are dealing with
a sequence that has many terms. For example, finding the sum of the terms of the
sequence: 1, 2, 3, . . . , 10,000. There are 10,000 terms to be added one by one to
get their sum.
First term 𝑎1
Second term 𝑎1 + 𝑑
Third term 𝑎1 + 2𝑑
Fourth term 𝑎1 + 3𝑑
⋮ ⋮
𝑛 term
th 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
2𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 )
𝑛(𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 )
𝑆𝑛 =
2
𝑛[𝑎1 + 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑]
𝑆𝑛 =
2
𝑛[2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑]
𝑆𝑛 =
2
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎1 + 𝑑(𝑛 − 1)]
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In getting the sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence. We will be using any of
the following the formula:
1) Sn =
n
(a1 + a n ) if the first and last term are given
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2) S n = 2a1 + (n − 1)d
n
if the last term is not given
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Given:
𝑎1 = 1 𝑎𝑛 = 20 𝑛 = 20 𝑆𝑛 = ?
Solution:
Since the last term is given, we used the following formula:
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 2
( 𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 )
𝑆20 = 10 ( 21 )
𝑆20 = 210
Example 2. Find the sum of the first 16 terms of the arithmetic sequence:
8, 11, 14, 17, 20, …
Given:
𝑎1 = 8 𝑛 = 16 𝑑 = 3 𝑆16 = ?
Solution:
The last term is not given, so we use the formula
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = 2 [ 2𝑎1 + ( 𝑛 − 1 ) 𝑑 ]
= 8 [ 16 + ( 15) 3 ]
= 8 ( 16 + 45 )
Example 3. If the first n terms of the sequence: 9, 12, 15, 18, … are added,
how many terms give a sum of 126?
Given: 𝑎1 = 9 𝑆𝑛 = 126 𝑑 = 3 𝑛 = ?
Solution:
The last term is not given so we use the following formula
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [ 2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ]
2
Substituting the given:
𝑛
126 = [2(9) + (𝑛 − 1)3]
2
𝑛
126 = [ 18 + (3𝑛 − 3)]
2
252 = 𝑛 [18 + 3𝑛 − 3]
252 = 𝑛 [3𝑛 + 15]
252 = 3𝑛2 + 15𝑛
0 3𝑛2 + 15𝑛 − 252
=
3 3
0 = 𝑛2 + 5𝑛 − 84 by factoring
(𝑛 + 12)(𝑛 − 7) = 0
(𝑛 + 12) = 0 (𝑛 − 7) = 0
𝑛 = −12 𝑛=7
Since the domain of a sequence is the set of positive integers, we reject 𝑛 =
−12. Hence, we only accept 𝑛 = 7.
Example 4. Find the sum of the integers between 1 and 70 that are divisible by 3.
Given: 𝑎1 = 3 𝑎𝑛 = 69 𝑑=3 𝑛 =? 𝑆𝑛 =?
Solution:
a) To solve for 𝑛, use the formula:
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
Example 5. The sum of the first 15 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 765. If the
first term is 23, what is the common difference?
Solution:
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [ 2𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ]
2
15
𝑆15 = [2 (23) + (15 − 1)𝑑 ]
2
15
765 = [46 + ( 14) 𝑑 ]
2
210𝑑 = 840
𝑑=4
After knowing all the needed concept in finding the sum of an arithmetic sequence.
You are now ready to answer the following exercises:
To find the sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence, you can use the following
formulae:
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎 + 𝑎𝑛 )
2 1
𝑛
𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎1 + 𝑑(𝑛 − 1)]
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What I Can Do
1. Suppose a cinema has 42 rows of seats and there are 20 seats in the first row.
Each row after the first row has two more seats than the row that it precedes.
How many seats are in the cinema?
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Read and analyze each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in a
separate paper.
1 1
A) 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) C) 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑑)
𝑛 𝑛
B) 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D) 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎1 + 𝑑𝑎𝑛 )
2. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 11, 18, 25, 32,
…
A) 610 B) 530 C) 510 D) 410
3. Find the sum of the first 15 terms of the arithmetic sequence 17, 12, 7, 2, …
4. The sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 606. What is the first
term if the last term is 67?
A) 64 B) 54 C) 34 D) 44
5. The second term of an arithmetic sequence is −16 and the eighth term is 8.
What is the sum of the first 10 terms?
A) −15 B) −20 C) 15 D) 20
6. Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the arithmetic sequence if the first term is
16 and the tenth term is 70.
7. Find the sum of the first 15th terms of the arithmetic sequence whose nth term
is 𝑎𝑛 = 5 + 3𝑛.
8. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 8, the last term is 56 and the sum is
416. Find the number of terms.
A) 13 B) 12 C) 11 D) 10
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A) 35 B) 30 C) 25 D) 15
10. A yaya receives a starting annual salary of Php 60,000 with a yearly increase of
Php 3600. What is her total income for 5 years?
11. Jane was saving for a pair of shoes. From her weekly allowance, she was able
to save Php 5 on the first week, Php 9 on the second, Php 13 on the third week,
and so on. If she continued saving in this pattern and made 43 deposits, how
much did Jane save?
12. Mary gets a starting monthly salary of Php 8,000 and an increase of Php 800
annually. How much income did she receive for the first four years?
13. Mirasol saved 8 pesos on the first day of January, 11 pesos on the second day,
14 pesos on the third day, and so on, up to the last day of the month. How
much did Mirasol save at the end of January?
14. Mrs. De la Cruz started her business with an income of Php 250,000 for the
first year and an increase of Php 6,000 yearly. How much is the total income of
Mrs. De la Cruz for 6 years since she started her business?
15. A hall has 35 rows. Each successive row contains two additional seats. If the
first row has 20 seats, how many seats are in the hall?
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Let us sing the song titled “Twelve Days of Christmas.” Afterwards, answer the
question that follows.
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