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ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS

Example

1. In an AP, if a = 3.5, d=0 and n= 101, then an

will be:
 A. 0

B. 3.5

C. 103.5

D. 104.5

Answer:

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2. Fill in the blanks

Fill the two blanks in the sequence 2,……, 26,……

sothat the sequence forms an AP.

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3. Fill in the blanks

The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 5,8,11,14,….. Is

………..

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4. Fill in the blanks

The common difference of an A.P 6, then

a15 − a11 …………..

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5. Fill in the blanks

If `4/5, a, 2 are three consective terms of an AP

then the value of a is …………………..

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6. Fill in the blanks

If 4, x 1
, x 2 , x 3 , 28 are in AP then x = ……………
3

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If S
n
= 5n
2 th
+ 3n, thenn termis …….

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8. Fill in the blanks

Find the 16 term of the AP: 2,7,12,17,………

th

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9. Fill in the blanks

The number of terms of AP: 18, 16, 14, ……. That

make the sum zero , is ……………

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10. Fill in the blanks

Secons term of the AP if its sn = n

2
+ 2n is

…….

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11. Find the sum of the first 100 natural

numbers.

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12. It the mean of the first n natural number is

15, then find n.

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13. If in an A.P, a = 15, d = − 3 and ,
an = 0

then find the value of n.

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14. Find the number of terms in the A.P: 18,

1
15 ,13,…., -47.
2

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15. Find the common difference of the

Arithmetic Progression (A.P)

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16. Justify whether it is true to say that

3 5
− 1, − , − 2, , …. . omanAP as a_2-a_1 =
2 2

a_3-a_2`.

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17. How many 2-digit numbers are divisuble by

3?

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18. In an AP, if the common difference (d) = -4,

and the seventh term (a7 ) is 4, then find the

first term.

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19. Write the n term of the A.P.
th

1 1 + m 1 + 2m
, , ._
m m m

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20. If the th
n term of the A.P. -1,4,9,14, … is 129,

find the value of n.

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21. Find the 9th term from the end (towards

the first term) of the A.P. 5,9,13,….,185.

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22. For the AP: -3,-7,-11, ……, can we directly find

a30 − a20 withoutactuallyf ∈ d ∈ g a_(30)

and a_(20)`? Give reasons for your answer.

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23. If the first three terms of an A.P are b, c abd

2b, then find the ratio of b and c.

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24. What is the common difference of an A,P in

which a 21
?
− a7 = 84

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25. For what value of k will k+9, 2k -1 and 2k+7

are the consecutive terms of an A.P?

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26. Find the 16 term of the AP,2,7,12,17,……

th

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27. Find the mean of first eleven natural

numbers.
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28. Show that

2
(a + b) , (a
2 2
+ b ) and (a + b)
2
are in AP.

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29. If the 17
th
term of an A.P exceeds its 10
th

term by 7, Find the common difference.

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30. Hoe many multiples of 4 die between 10

and 205?

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31. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16

and 7 term exceeds the 5 term by 12.

th th

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32. Two AP's have the same common

difference.The first term of one AP is 2 and

that od the other is 7. The difference between

their th
10 terms is the same as the difference

between their 21 terms, which is the same as

st

the difference between any two corresponding

terms. why?

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

120 more than its 21st term?

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34. If Sn the sum of first n terms of an AP is

given by S n
2
= 3n , find the nth term.
− 4n

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35. Find the sum of first 8 multiples of 3.

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36. If seven times the 7

th
term of an A.P is

equal to eleven times the 11 term, then what

th

will be its 18 term?

th

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37. The th
10 term of an A.P is -4 and its 22
nd

term is (-16) . Find its 38 term.

th

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38. Find how many integers between 200 and

500 are divisible by 8.

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39. Determine the AP whose third term is 5

and the seventh term is 9.

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40. If the sum of the first 9 terms of an AP is

equal to the sum of its first 11 terms, then find

the sum of its irst 20 terms.

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41. Find the number of natural numbers

between 102 and 998 whixh are divisible by 2

and 5 both.

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42. For what value of n, are the n
th
terms of

two A.Ps 63,65,67… and 3,10,17,…. Equal?

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43. The common difference between the terms

of two AP's is same. If the difference batween

their th
50 terms is 100, what is the difference

batween their 100 terms?

th

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44. In an AP, if S n
+ S7 = 167 and S10 = 235 ,

then find th AP, where Sn denotes the sum of

its first n terms.

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45. The 4 erm of an AP. Is zero. Prove that the

th

25th term of the A.P is three times its 11

th

term.

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46. For an AP,it is given that the first term (a) =

5, common difference (d)= 3, and the

n
th
term(an ) = 50 . Find n and the sum of first

n terms (S n
) of the A.P.

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47. If 6 times the 6 th

term of an AP. Is equal to

9 times the 9 term, show that its 15 term is

th th

zero.

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48. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an A.P.

whose middles term is 30.

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49. Find the sum first 15 multiples of 8.

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50. Two AP's have the same common

difference.The diference their between their

100th terms is 100, what is the difference

between 1000th terms.

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51. Justify whether it is true to say that the

following are the n terms of an AP.

th

2n-3

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52. Justify whether it is true to say that the

following are the n terms of an AP.

th

2
3n + 5

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53. Justify whether it is true to say that the

following are the n terms of an AP.

th

2
1 + n + n

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54. Find a, b, and c such that the following

numbers in AP: a,7, b, 23, c.

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55. Determin the AP whose th

5 term is 19 and

the difference of 8 term from the 13 term is

th th

20.

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56. Th sum of the first 30 terms of an A.P I

1920. If the fourth term is 18, find its 11 term.

th

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57. Which term of the A.P 20, 19 1/4 , 18 1/4, 17

1/4, …..` is the first negative term.

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58. Find the middle term of the A.P

7,13,19,……,247.

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59. Split207 into three parts uch that these are

in AP and the product of the two smaller parts

is 4623.

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60. How many numbers lie between 10 and

300, which when divided by 4 leave a

remainder 3?

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61. Find the sum of the two middle most terms

4 2 1
of the AP: − , − 1, − , …. . , 4 .
3 3 3

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62. Show that the sum of all terms of an A.P

whose first term is a, the second term is b and

the last term is b and the last term is c is

(a + c)(b + c − 2a)
equal to
2(b − a)

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63. The first term of an ap is -5 and the last

term is 45. If the sum of the sum of the terms

of the Ap is 120, then find the number of terms

and the common difference.

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64. If S denotes the sum of first n terms of an

n

AP, prove that

S12 = 3(S8 − S4 ) .

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65. If the sum of the first 6 terms of an AP is 36

and that of the fist 16 terms is 256, find the

sum of the first 10 terms.

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66. The sum of the first n terms of an AP whose

first term is 8 and the common difference is 20

is equal to the sum of first 2n terms of

another AP whose first term is -30 and the

common difference is 8 . Find n.

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67. If m
th
term of an A.P. is
1 1
and n
th
termis . Find the sum of its first
n m
mn terms.

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68. Find the sum of n terms of the series

1 2 3
(4 − ) + (4 − ) + (4 − ) + ………
n n n

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69. For what value of n are the n

th
terms of

two A.P's 63,65,67, ….. And 3,10,17, …… equal?

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70. Find the sum of the first 40 positive

integers which give a remainder 1 when

divided by 6.

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71. Divide 56 in four parts in A.P. such that the

ratio of the product of their extremes (1st and

4th) to the product of means (2nd and 3rd) is

5:6.
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72. If the sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P. is

49 and that of its first 17 terms is 289, find the

sum of first n terms of the A.P.

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73. If the sum of first p terms of an A.P. is equal

to the sum of the first q terms, then find the

sum of the first (p+q) terms.

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74. How many terms of an A.P. 9,17,25,….m must

to be taken to give a sum of 636?

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75. Among the natural numbers 1 to 49, find a

number x, such that the sum of numbers

preceding it is equal to sum of numbers

succeeding it.

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76. The 14
th
term of an AP is twice th
8 term. If

its th
6 term is -8, then find the sum of its first

20 terms.

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77. 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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78. 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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79. Find the sum of first 24 terms of an A.P.

whose n term is given by a

th
n
.
= 3 + 2n

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80. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16

and 7 term exceeds the 5 term by 12.

th th

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81. The 26 , 11 and the last term of an AP are
th th

1
0,3 and respectively. Find the common
5

difference and the number of terms .

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82. Find the sum of the following series: 5 +

(-41) _ 9 +(-39) + 13 + (-37) + 17 + …… + (-5) + 81 +

(-3)

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83. The sum of four consecutive number in AP

is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first

and last terms to the product of two middle

term is 7:15. Find the numbers.

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84. Solve :

1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ……. + x = 287.

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85. The sum of the first 5 terms of an AP and

the sum of the first 7 terms of the same AP is

167. If the sum of the first 10 term of this AP is

235, find the sum of its first 20 terms?

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86. Find the sum of those integers between 1

and 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of

5.

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87. Find the

sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are

multiples of 2 as well as of 5.

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88. Find the

sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are

multiplies of 2 or 5.

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89. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the

3 middle most terms is 225 and the sum of the

last 3 is 429. Find the AP.

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90. If the sum of the first 'p' terms of an A.P is

'q' and sum of the first 'q' terms is 'p', then

show that the sum of the first (p+q) terms is

{(-(p-q))}.

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91. Find the sum of the integers between 100

and 200 that are:

divisible by 9

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92. Find the sum of the integers between 100

and 200 that are:

not divisible by 9

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93. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression

-7, -12, -17, -22, …. Will be -82 ? Is -100 any term of

the A.P.? Give reason for your answer.

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94. How many terms of the arithmetic

progression 45, 39, 33, …… must be taken so

that their sum is 180? Explain the double

answer.

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95. Show that the sum of an AP whose 1st term

is a , the 2nd term is b and the last term c, is

equal to
(a + c)(b + c − 2a)

2(b − a)

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96. If the sum of the first four terms of an AP is

40 and that of the first 14 terms is 280, find

the sum of its 'n' terms.

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97. The sum of the 4 th
and the th
8 terms of an

Ap is 24 and the sum of the 6

th
and the th
10

terms is 44. Find the sum of the first 10 terms

of the AP.

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98. If the ratio of the th

11 term of an AP to its

18
th
term is 2:3, Find the ratio of the sum of

the first five terms to the sum of its first 10

terms.
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99. The ratio of the sums of m terms and n

terms of an A.P. is m 2 2
:n . Prove that the ratio

of their mth and nth term will be (2m - 1) : (2n-

1).

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100. Solve the equation -4 + (-1) + 2 +…. +x=437.

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101. A thief runs with a uniform speed of

100m/minute. After one minute a policeman

after the thief to catch him. He goes with a

speed of 100 m/minute in the first minuteand

increases his soeed by 10 m/minute every

succeeding minute. After how many minutes

the policeman will catch the thief?

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102. If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms

of two A.P. is (7n+1) :(4n _27), then find the

ratio of their 9 terms.

th

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