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ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS

Illustrative Examples

1. Which of the following forms an A.P.?

1 1 1 1
a] 5 , 9 , 13 , 17 , ...
2 2 2 2
b] √3, √12, , √27, √48, ...

c] 13, 10, 7, 5....

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2. Write the first 4 terms of an A.P. Where

an = 4n + 3 .

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3. Write the next three terms of the A.P.

(a + b), (a + 1) + b, (a + 1) + (b + 1).
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3 1 −1 −3
4. For the A.P , , , , . . write the
2 2 2 2

first term and common difference.

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5. The first three terms of an A.P. are

3y − 1, 3y + 5, and 5y + 1 . Find y.

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 6. Is √3, √6, √9, √12 an A.P.? Give reason.

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7. What is the next term of the A.P.?

√7, √28, √63, ....

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To Find The Nth Term Of An A P Illustrative

Examples
1. How many two digit numbers are divisible by

3?

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2. If the nth term of the A.P. − 1, 4, 914, … is

129,find the value of 'n'.

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3. Write the nth term of the A.P.

1 1 + m 1 + 2m
, , , …
m m m
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4. What is the common difference of an A.P. in

which a 12
− a8 = 24 ?

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5. The fourth and eight terms of an A.P. are in

the ratio of 1 : 2 and tenth term is 30. Find the

common difference.

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6. Find the three numbers of A.P. whose sum is

12 and product is 48.

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7. The 10th term of an A.P. is ( − 4) and the

22nd term is ( − 16) . Find the 38th term.

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8. The angles of a triangle are in A.P. The

greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the

angles of the triangle.

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9. Find the sum of all 3 digit naturals which are

divisible by 9.

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10. Find the common difference of an A.P.
1 17
whose first term is and the 8th term is .
2 6

Also write its 4th term.

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11. In an A.P., 7 times the 7th term is equal to 11

times 11th term. Find the 18th term of the A.P.

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Arithmetic Series Illustrative Examples

1. Find the sum of all two digit natural

numbers which when divided by 3 yield 1 as

remainder.

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2. Find the number of terms of the A.P. 54, 51,

48, ..... So that their sum is 513.

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3. How many three digit numbers are divisible

by 7?

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4. The sums of n, 2n, 3n terms of an A. P .

are S 1
, S2 , S3 respectively.

Prove that : S 3
= 3(S2 − S1 )

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5. If the p term of an A.P. is
th
and q
th
term is
q

1 (pq + 1)
, show that the sum of pq terms is
p 2

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6. The sum of the first 8 terms of an A.P. is 100

and the sum of its first 19 terms is 551. Find

the first term and the common difference of

the AP.

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Textual Exercise Exercise 1 1

1. In which of the following situations, does

the list of numbers involved make arithmetic

progression, and why ?

The taxi fare after each km when fare is Rs. 15

for the first km and Rs.8 for each additional

km.

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2. Write first four terms of the AP, when the

first term a and the common difference d are

given as follows:

(i) a=10, d=10

(ii) a=-2, d=0

(iii) a=4, d = − 3

1
(iv) a = − 1, d =
2

(v) a = − 1.25, d = − 0.25

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3. For the following A.P.s, write the first term

and the common difference.

i] 3, 1, − 1, − 3, …

ii] − 5, − 1, 3, 7, …

1 5 9 13
iii] , , , , ….
3 3 3 3

iv] 0.6, 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, . .

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4. Which of the following are APs ? If they form

an AP, find the common difference d and write

 three more terms.

2,4,8,16,…

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Textual Exercise Exercise 1 2

1. Fill in the blanks in the following table, given

that a is the first term, d the common

difference and a n
th
n term of the AP :

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2. Find the

(i) 30th term of the AP 10,7,4,….

1
(ii) 11th term fo the AP: − 3, − …….
, 2
2

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3. In the following AP's find the missing terms

in the boxes.

(i) 2.__________,26

Let the missing term bex.

(ii) ___________13, ___________,3.

1
(iii) 5,_______,________,9
2

(iv) -4,_____,______,_______,_______,6.`

(v) ______,38,_____,_______,________-22.

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4. Which term of the AP : 3,8,13,18,… is 78 ?

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5. Find the number of terms in each of the

following A.Ps.

(i) 7, 13, 19, ..., 205

1
(ii) 18, 15 , 13, …, − 47
2

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6. Check whether -150 is a term of the AP : 11, 8,

5, 2
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7. Find the 31 term of an AP whose 11

th th
term

is 38 and the 16th term is 73.

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8. An A.P. consists of 50 terms of which the 3rd

term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the

29th term.

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9. If the 3rd and 9th term of an A.P. are 4 and -8

respectively, which term is zero?

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10. The th
17 term of an AP exceeds its 10
th

term by 7. Find the common difference.

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11. Which term of the AP : 3, 15, 27, 39, …. Will be

132 more than its 54 term ?

th

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12. Two APs have the same common difference.

The difference between their 100

th
terms is

100, what is the difference between their

1000
th
terms ?

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13. How many 3-digit numbers are divisible by

7?

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14. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10

and 250 ?

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15. For what values of 'n' are the nth terms of

A.Ps. 63, 65, 67, ... and 3, 10, 17, … are

equal?

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16. Determine the AP whose third term is 16

and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.

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17. Find the 20
th
term from end of the

sequence 3,8,13 …… 253.

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18. The sum of the 4 and 8 terms of an AP is

th th

24 and the sum of the 6 and 10 terms is 44.

th th

Find the first three terms of the AP.

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19. Subba Rao started work in 1995 at an

annual salary of Rs.5000 and received an

increment of Rs. 200 cash year. In which year

did this income reach Rs. 7000 ?

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20. Ramkali saved Rs.5 in the first week of a

year and then increased her weekly savings by

Rs. 1.75. If in the th

n week, her weekly savings

become Rs. 20.75, find n.

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Textual Exercise Exercise 1 3

1. Find the sum of the following Aps:

(i) 2, 7, 12, …….., to 10 terms.

(ii) − 37, − 33, − 29, …….., to 12 terms.

(iii) 0.6, 1.7, 2.8,….., to 100 terms

1 1 1
(iv) , , ,……,to 11 terms
15 12 10

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2. Find the sums given below :
1
7 + 10 + 14 + …. + 84 .
2

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3. In an A.P:

(i) Given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50 , find n and S . n

(ii) Given a = 7, a13 = 35 , find 'd' and S . 13

(iii) Given a 12
= 37, d = 3, find a and S . 12

(iv) Given a 3
= 15, S10 = 125 , find 'd' and a .10

(v) Given d = 5, S9 = 75 , find 'a' and a .9

(vi) Given a = 2, d = 8, Sn = 90 , find 'n' and

an .

(vii) Given a = 8, I = an = 62, Sn = 210 , find

'n' and 'd'.

(viii) Given an = 4 = I, d = 2, Sn = − 14 ,

find 'n' and 'a'.

(ix) Given a = 3, n = 8, Sn = 192 , find 'd'.

(x) Given I = 28, Sn = 144 , and there are a

total 9 terms find 'a' .

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4. How many terms of the A.P : 9, 17 25,… must

be taken to give sum of 636 ?

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5. The first of an A.P is 5, the last term is 45

and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms

and the common difference.

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6. The first and the last terms of an A.P are 17

and 350 respectively. If the common difference

is 9, how many terms are there and what is

their sum ?

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7. Find the sum of first 22 terms of an A.P in

which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.

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8. Find the sum of first terms of an A.P whose

second and third terms are 14 and 18

respectively.

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9. If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P is 49 and

that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n

terms.

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10. Show that a1 , a2 , …. , an , … form an A.P

where an is defined as below : (i) an = 3 + 4n

(ii) a n
= 9 − 5n .

Also find the sum of the first 15 terms in each

case.

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11. If the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is

4n − n
2
what is the first term? What is the

sum of the first two terms? What is the second

term? Find the 3rd, 10th, and the nth terms.

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12. Find the sum of the first 40 positive

integers divisible by 6.

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13. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.

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14. Find the sum of the odd numbers between

0 and 50.

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15. A contract on construction job specific a

penalty for delay of completion beyond a

certain date as follows : Rs. 200 for the first

day, Rs.250 for the second day, Rs. 300 for the

third day, etc., the penalty for each succeeding

day being Rs. 50 more than for the preceding

day. How much money the contractor has to

pay as penalty, if he has delayed the work by

30 days ?

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16. A sum of Rs. 700 to be used to give seven

cash prizes to students of a school for thir

overall academic performance. If each prize is

Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, find the

value of each of the prizes.

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17. In a school, students thought of planting

trees in an around the school to reduce air

pollution. It was decided that the number of

trees, that each section of each class will plant,

will be the same as the class. In which they are

studying e.g., a section of Class I will plant 1

tree, a section of Class II will plant 2 trees and

so on till Class XII. There are three sections of

each class. How many trees will be planted by

the students?

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18. A spiral is made up of successive

semicircles, with centres alternately at A and B,

starting with centre at A, of radii 0.5 cm , 1.0

cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 cm,… as shown in Fig. 54. What

is the total length of such a spiral made up to

thirteen consecutive semicircles ? (Take

22
π = )
7
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19. 200 logs are stacked in the following

manner : 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the

next row, 18 in the row next to it and so on. In

how many rows are the 200 logs placed and

how many logs are in the top row ?

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20. In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the

starting point, which is 5m from the first

potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3m

apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes

in the line (fig.).

A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up

the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it

in the bucket, runs back to pick up the nest

potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and

she continues in the same way until all the

potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total

distance the competitor has to run ? [Hint : To

pick up the first potato and the second potato,

 the total distance (in metres) run by a

competitor is 2 × 5 + 2 × (5 + 3)]

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Textual Exercise Exercise 1 4

1. Which term of the A.P.: 121, 117, 113, .... . is

its first negative term?

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2. The sum of the third and the seventh terms

of an A.P. is 6 and the product is 8. Find the

sum of first sixteen terms of the A.P.

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3. A tadcler has rungs 25 cm apart . The rungs

decrease uniformly in length from 45cm at the

bottom to 25 cm at the top . If the top and the

1
bottom runs are 2 m apart , what is length
2

of the wood required for the rungs ?

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4. The houses of a row are numbered

consectively from 1 to 49. show that there is a

value of x such that the sum of the houses

preceding the house numbered x is equal to

the sum of the numbers of the houses

following it. Find this value of x.

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 5. A small terrace at a football ground

comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50m

long and built of solid concrete.

Each stop has a rise of 1/2 m and a tread of

1/2 m calculate the total volume of concrete

required to build the terrace.

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Zen Additional Questions Multiple Choice

Questions Mcqs
1. The first n term of a AP is given by
th

A. a n
= a + nd

B. a n
= a + (n − 1)d

C. a n
= a − (n − 1)d

D. a n
= 2a + (n − 1)d

Answer: B

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2. The 7 term of the AP 3, 6, 9, .... is given by
th

A. 21

B. 14

C. 28

D. 30

Answer: A

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3. The sum of to n terms of AP 1 + 3 + 5…. .

is given by

A. 2n 2
+ 1

B. n2

C. 2n 2
− 1

D. 3n + 1

Answer: B

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4. For any arithmetic progression, an is

equivalent to

A. Sn
− Sn + 1

B. Sn+1
− Sn

C. Sn+1
− Sn − 1

D. Sn
− Sn − 1

Answer: D

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5. The next two terms of √2, √8, √18, …. .

are

A. √32, √50

B. √8, √10

C. √32, √10

D. √32, √12

Answer: A

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6. The first term of an AP is a and the n
th
term

is b, the d =

a − b
A.
n

b − a
B.
n

b − a
C.
n − 1

b − a
D.
n + 1

Answer: C

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7. What is the formula to find the sum of AP to

n terms ?

n
A. S
n
= [a + (n − 1)d]
2

n
B. S
n
= [2a + nd]
2

n
C. S
n
= [a + (n + 1)d]
2

n
D. S
n
= [2a + (n − 1)d]
2

Answer: D

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8. In an AP, Sn = 3n + 5 then, the value of d

is:

A. 3

B. 5

C. − 5

D. 8

Answer: C

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9. For an AP, the correct statement among the

following is:

A. S3
= S2 + d

B. S3
= S2 × d

C. S3
= S2 + a2

D. S3
= S2 + a3

Answer: D

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10. In an AP, the seventh term is 4 and the

common difference is -4. Which is the first

term?

A. 18

B. 12

C. 28

D. 20

Answer: C

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11. 2m, m + 10 and 3m + 2 form the terms

of an AP, then the value of m is:

A. 6

B. − 6

C. 21

D. 15

Answer: A

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12. The angles of quadrilateral are in the ratio

3 : 5 : 9 : 13 . Find all the angles of the

quadrilateral.

A. 60 ∘
, 20
∘

B. 100 ∘
, 40
∘

C. 120 ∘
, 60
∘

D. 90 ∘
, 30
∘

Answer: C

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13. Which term of the AP 3, 8, 13, 18, .... is 258?

A. 36

B. 52

C. 24

D. 50

Answer: B

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14. If the 59
th
term of an AP is 449 and th
449

term is 59, then

A. a 501
= 0

B. a 508
= 0

C. a 502
= 0

D. a 509
= 0

Answer: D

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15. If the n − th term of an arithmetic

progression an = 24 − 3n then its 2nd term

is

A. 18

B. 15

C. 0

D. 2

Answer: A

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16. If the n-th term of an arithmetic

progression is , then 3rd term of the

5n + 3

arithmetic progression is

A. 11

B. 18

C. 12

D. 13

Answer: B

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17. In an arithmetic progression, if a = 2n +1,

then the common difference of the given

progression is

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

Answer: C

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Questions

1. Find 'd' in the following arithmetic

progressions:

i] 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 .......

ii] -3, -1, 1, 3, .... ..

iii] 0, -8, -16, ......

1 3 5
iv] , , , ….
2 2 2

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2.

a] first term is 0 and common difference 3

b] first term is -3 and common difference -1

c] first term is 4 and common difference -2.

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3. Express these terms of an A.P. in terms of

' a' and ' d' .

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4. Write the next three terms of the given

arithmetic progression:

i] 3, − 2, − 7, …. .

ii] 0, 5, 10, …. .

iii] 119, 136, 157, ….

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5. If a = 5, d = 2 , find

i] T ii] T
5 10
iii] T 100

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6. Write the common difference of the

arithmetic progression whose nth term is

a] n
2
+ 5

b] 2n 2
− 6

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7. Find the 10th term of an arithmetic

progression whose first term is 'd' and

common difference is 'b'.

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8. What is common difference of an AP in

which a 21
− a7 = 84 ?

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9. For what value of k will

k + 9, 2k − 1, 2k + 7 be consecutive terms of

a AP.

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10. Find the sum of first twenty terms of

Arithmetic series 2 +7+12 + ⋯ using suitable

formula.

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11. Write the formula to find the sum of first n

terms of an Arithmetic progression, whose

first term is a and the last term is a .

n

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Questions

1. Write the n term of the AP:

th

a] 13, 8, 3, − 2, …. .

b] √2, 3√2, 5√2, …. .

c] 121, 117, 113, …. .

3 5 7
d] , , , ….
4 4 4

e] − 15, − 10, − 5, 0, ….... .

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2. Which term of the AP

a] 2, 5, 8, …. . is 68?

b] − 3, − 5, − 7, …. . is − 101?

c] 21, 42, 63, ….... . is 420?

d] 80, 76, 72, …... is 0?

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3. Check whether

a] − 1 is a term of 33, 31, 29, ….... .

b] 54 is a term of 3, 9, 15, .......... .

c] − 10 is a term of − 3, − 5, − 7, ......

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4. The 10th term of AP is 41 and 18th term is

73. Find the 26th term.

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5. The 7th term of an AP is 32 and 13th term is

62. Find the progression.

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6. In an AP, the 6th term is 12 and 8th term is

22. Find the nth term.

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7. Which term of the AP 5, 15, 25 is 150 more

than its 12th term?

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8. In an AP, the 18th term is 20 more than the

13th term. If the fourth term is 22, find the AP.

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9. Find the common difference of the AP in

which 18th term is 10 less than the 20th term.

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10. The 24th term of an AP is twice its 10th

term. Show that 72nd term is 4 times its 15th

term.

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11. Find the sum of first:

a] 13 term of AP 2, 6, 10, 14, .....

b] 20 terms of AP -6, 0, 6, 12, ......

c] 15 term of AP 18, 16, 14, .........

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12. Find the sum of

a] first 10 multiples of 8

b] first 25 multiples of 3

c] first 100 multiples of 2.

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13. Find the sum of

i] 41, 36, 31, ....... upto 10 terms

ii] -26, -24, -22, ..... upto 36 terms.

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14. Find the sum of first n odd natural

numbers.

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15. Find the sum of first n even numbers.

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16. For what values of n, the nth terms of the

following sequences are equal:

13, 19, 25, ..... and 69, 68, 67, .....

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17. Determine k such that

(3k − 2), (4k − 6) and (k + 2) are three

consecutive terms of AP.

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18. How many two digits numerals are divisible

by 6?

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19. The first and last terms of an AP are 7 and

49. How many terms make the sum 420?

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20. Which term of an AP 3, 8, 13, 18, ..... will be

55 more than 20th term?

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21. Find the common difference of an AP

whose first term is 4, last term is 49 and sum

of all terms 265.

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22. Three numbers which are in AP together

make a 39 and their product is a 325. Find the

AP.

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23. The four sides of a quadrilateral form an

AP, taken in order. The difference in lengths

between each adjacent pair is 8 cm. If its

perimeter is 168 cm, find the sides.

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 24. Find the Sum of 5 + 8 + 11 + .... to 10

terms using formula.

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Zen Additional Questions Short Answer Sa Type 2

Questions

1. Find the 12th term from the end of AP 8, 10,

12, ..... , 130

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2. Find the sum:

i] 28 + 31 + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + 100

ii] 28 + 26 + ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ + 10.

iii] 3 + 11 + 19 + ...... + + 803 .

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3. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an AP

whose nth term is a n

= 2 − 3n .

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4. In an AP, the 5th term is 30 and 12th term is

65. What is the sum of first 20 terms?

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5. The first of an A.P is 5, the last term is 45

and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms

and the common difference.

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6. The sum of first n terms of an AP is

3n
2
+ 4n . Find:

a] a 25

b] a 10

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7. Find the sum of all natural numbers

between 50 and 500, which are divisible by 6.

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8. Find 'x' if

1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ....... . + x = 287.

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9. Find the sum of all natural numbers

between 1 and 1000 which are divisible by 3,

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10. The sum of first 14 terms of an AP is 1505

and its first term is 10. Find its tenth term.

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11. The sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and

the sum of next 7 terms is 161. Find a .28

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12. Find the middle term of AP :

10, 7, 4, ......, .
− 62

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13. The seventh term of an arithmetic

progression is four times itss second term and

twelth term is 2 more than three times of its

fourth term. Find the progression.

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 14. A line segment is divided into four parts

forming an arithmetic progression . The sum

of the lengths of 3 rd and 4 th parts is three

times the sum of the lengths of first two part.

If the length of fourth part is s14 cm, find the

total length of the line segment.

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Zen Additional Questions Long Answer La Type

Questions
 1
1. If the sum of n terms of A.P. is 2
(3n + 7n)
2

, find its n term and write its 25th term.

th

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2. The sum of first 6 terms of an A.P. is 42. If its

10th and 30th terms are in the ratio 1 : 3, find

a8 and a12 .

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3. In an arithmetic progression, thrice the

second term is equivalent to eighth term and

the sum of fourth term and the seventh term

is 9 greater than the ninth term. Find the AP.

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4. In and AP, the sum of the first 10 terms is

-150 and sum of the next ten terms is -550.

Find the AP.

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5. A person saved Rs. 500 in the first month

and increased his saving by Rs. 50 every

month. What is his savings at the end of 5

years?

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6. In an arithmetic progression of 50 terms,

the sum of first ten terms is 210 and the sum

of last fifteen terms is 2565. Find the

arithmetic progression.
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7. The ratio of 11th term to 18th term of an AP

is 2:3. Find the ratio of 5th term to the 21st

term, also the ratio of the sum of the first 5

terms to the sum of the first 21 terms.

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8. Along a road lies an odd number of stones

placed at intervals of 10 m. These stones have

to be assembled around the middle stone. A

person can carry one stone at a time, A man

started the job with one of the end of the

stones by carrying in them succession. In

carrying all the stones, he covered a distance

of 3 km. Find the number of stones.

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9. A thief runs away from a police station with

a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After 1

minute a policeman runs behind the thief to

catch him. He goes at a speed of 100 m/

minute in first minute and increases his speed

by 10 m/ minute in each succeeding minute.

How many minutes will the policeman take to

catch the thief?

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10. The digits of a positive number of three

digits are in A.P. and their sum is 15. The

number obtained by reversing the digit is 594

less than the original number. Find the

number.

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11. If the roots of the equation

2
(b − c)x + (c − a)x + (a − b) = 0

are equal show that a, b, c are in A.P.

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12. The sum of the fourth and eighth terms of

an arithmetic progression is 24 and the sum of

the sixth and tenth terms is 44. Find the first

three terms of the Arithmetic progression.

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13. There are five terms in an arrithmetic

progression. the Sum of these terms is 55, and

the fourth term is five more than the sum of

the first two terms.Find the terms of the

Arithmaetic progression.

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14. In an arithmetic progression sixth term is

one more than twice the thrid term. Tha sum

of the fourth and fifth terms is five times the

secon term. Find the tenth term of the

arithmatic progression.

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Zen Additional Questions Hots Higher Order
Thinking Skills Questions

1. If m times the m
th
term of an A.P. is equal

ton times the n th

term and m ≠ n , show that

term is zero.
th
(m + n)

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2. In a given AP, p term is

th
q and q
th
term is p.

Show that the n term is (p + q − n).

th

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3. If S denotes sum of the first n times of an
n

A.P, then prove that S30

= 2[S20 − S10 .

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4. Find the sum of the following:

1 2 3
(1 − ) + (1 − ) + (1 − ) + ….... .
n n n

upto n terms.

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