Identify and Generate Sequences

4.16.4 Identify and Generate Sequences

4.16.4 • Identify and Generate Sequences

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Many sequences start with the terms 2 and 8.

1.

Find the next two terms of the arithmetic sequence 2, 8, ____, ____.

Compare your answers:

14, 20

2.

Find the next two terms of the geometric sequence 2, 8, ____, ____.

Compare your answers:

32, 128

3.

Find two possible next terms of a sequence 2, 8, ____, ____ that is neither geometric nor arithmetic.

Compare your answers:

9, 16