WASSCE Mathematics · Numbers & Numeration
Sequences and Series
Arithmetic and geometric progressions and their sums.
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Across the topic: 14 sections · 11 worked examples · 2 diagrams
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8 lessons · 1 h 42 min
- 1Sequences and series: patterns, terms and notation16 minFree16 minFree
- How to describe a sequence
- Patterns to look for
- Identifying arithmetic and geometric sequences
- Series — adding up the terms
- Notation conventions
- Examples — recognizing the type
- When the sequence is given in non-standard form
- The connection to formulas
- Practice problems
- What's next
2 worked examples · 1 diagram
- 2Arithmetic Progressions: Finding the n-th Term13 min Plan13 min Plan
- 3Arithmetic and geometric progressions: nth term and sums8 min Plan8 min Plan
- Arithmetic progressions
- Geometric progressions
- Sum to infinity
- Word problems
9 worked examples · 1 diagram
- 4Sum of an Arithmetic Progression13 min Plan13 min Plan
- 5Geometric Progressions: Finding the n-th Term13 min Plan13 min Plan
- 6Sum of a Geometric Progression13 min Plan13 min Plan
- 7Mixed Sequence Problems and Applications13 min Plan13 min Plan
- 8Sequences and Series: The WAEC Trap13 min Plan13 min Plan
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