• Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions and Their Sums

    Learn how to describe and solve problems involving arithmetic (linear) and geometric (multiplicative) sequences and sums of their terms.

  • Formal Notation For Sequences and Series

    Learn how to use the correct notation for sequences, including describing them iteratively, as well as the Sigma notation needed to define series (sums of sequences) precisely.

  • Solve challenging problems

    After solving a mixture of introductory GCSE and A-level style problems and harder maths challenge style problems, all with video solutions, you'll have really mastered the topics.

Hi, I'm Kevin, your teacher for this course!

I studied maths at Oxford University and learnt to teach at some of the UK's most prestigious private schools.  I'm also an experienced and highly sought after private tutor with a popular maths YouTube channel. I've created these Mathsaurus courses so you can learn to do maths like the very best on a fraction of the budget.

This course has been designed to replicate the experience of private tuition, with video hints and solutions as you work through the course that make it feel like you're in a real lesson.

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Master the hardest parts of GCSE and IGCSE and get ahead with A-level maths topics.

In this course you will learn about different ways to write down sequences and sums of sequences (series). You'll learn about a range of different types of sequences and how to express them precisely. In particular you'll learn in detail about the arithmetic and geometric sequences needed for A-level maths.

  • Suitable for students at the end of GCSE/IGCSE or the start of A-level (usually ages 15-17).

  • Learn by doing - as well as video introductions, each of the 5 chapters is organised around a contains an original downloadable worksheet.

  • Each worksheet has a range of easier and harder questions as well as some 'starred' questions to stretch the strongest students.

  • Every question in each worksheet has a fully explained video solution.

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Course curriculum

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    1. Welcome to the course!

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    1. Linear sequences

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    2. Quadratic sequences

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    3. Geometric sequences

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    4. Intro to the worksheet

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    5. Worksheet E1: Introduction to sequences

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    7. Question 1abc

    8. Question 1 def

    9. Question 1 ghi

    10. Question 1 jkl

    11. Question 1 mno

    1. Formal notation for sequences

    2. Sigma notation for summing series

    3. Worksheet E2 - Iterative sequences and sigma notation for summing series

    4. Question 1

    5. Question 2

    6. Question 3

    7. Question 4

    8. Question 5 Hint

    9. Question 5

    10. Question 6 Hint

    11. Question 6

    1. Arithmetic Progressions

    2. Sums of Arithmetic Progressions

    3. Worksheet E3 - Arithmetic progressions and their sums

    4. Question 1

    5. Question 2

    6. Question 3

    7. Question 4

    8. Question 5

    9. Question 6

    10. Question 7

    11. Question 8 hint

    12. Question 8

    13. Question 9 hint

    14. Question 9

    1. Geometric progressions

    2. GPs and APs compared

    3. Finding the number of terms using logs

    4. Worksheet E4 - Geometric progressions

    5. Question 1

    6. Question 2

    7. Question 3

    8. Question 4

    9. Question 5

    10. Question 6

    11. Question 7

    12. Question 8 hint

    13. Question 8

    14. Question 9 hint

    15. Question 9

    1. Finite sums of geometric progressions

    2. Infinite sums of geometric progressions

    3. Worksheet E5 - The sum of a geometric progression

    4. Question 1

    5. Question 2

    6. Question 3

    7. Question 4

    8. Question 5

    9. Question 6

    10. Question 7

    11. Question 8 hint

    12. Question 8

About this course

  • 64 lessons

Teacher

Kevin Olding

Kevin Olding is an experienced teacher and tutor, having worked for 7 years at two leading independent schools in London, and for over a decade as a private tutor. He holds a First Class MMATH Mathematics degree from Magdalen College, Oxford, an MSc in Applied Statistics from Birkbeck, University of London (Distinction and prize for best overall performace), MRes in Statistical Applied Mathematics (Distinction and soon PhD) from the University of Bath, as well as a degree in Law. He is also the creator of the Mathsaurus YouTube channel, which has tens of thousands of subscribers and millions of video views.

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