Mathematics

Sequence &
Series
Lecture - 01
Tarun Khandelwal
B-Tech, IIT Delhi (A.I.R. 289)
Topics
ARITHMETIC Progression

GEOMETRIC Progression

Means
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-01 [Ans. 32]

Let three positive numbers 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 (in order) be in HP such that 𝑎 + 𝑐 = 8.

If < 𝑡𝑛 > is a geometric progression with common ratio 3 where
𝑏 𝑏 𝑏 2 6
𝑡1 = 𝑎 − ,𝑡 = and 𝑡3 = 𝑐 − then find the value of 𝑡7 .
2 2 2 2 3
BRAIN TEASER-02 [Ans. 580]
𝑛2
Starting at the origin a particle makes 40 moves, the nth move is of a distance of
2
unit along a straight line. Its moves are in order of due east, then north, then west
and then south and continues the order till 40 moves. The particle will be at a
distance of _________ from origin?
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-03 [Ans. 30]

In a triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, angle 𝐴 and 𝐵 and angle 𝐶 are in arithmetic progression and
sin𝐴, sin2 𝐵 and sin𝐶 are also in arithmetic progression, where 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 are in
degrees. Find the value of |𝐴 − 𝐵|.
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-04 [Ans. {18, 27, 36, 48}]

If a, b, c and d are four positive increasing integers such that a, b, c are in A.P. and
b, c, d are in G.P. If d – a = 30. Find the four numbers.
BRAIN TEASER-05
QUESTION [Ans. A]

If for some natural number '𝑛' (1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + 𝑛) + 𝑘 = 2013 where '𝑘' is one

of the numbers 1, 2, 3 … 𝑛. then 𝑛 − 𝑘 is equal to

A 2

B 4

C 6

D 8
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-06 [Ans. B]

A set of consecutive +ve integers starting with 1 is written on a blackboard.

One number is erased, and thus the A.M. of the remaining number is found
7
to be 35 . The erased number is
17

A 6

B 7

C 8

D 9
BRAIN TEASER-07 [Ans. 3]

In a book with page numbers from 1 to 100, some pages are torn off. The sum of
the numbers on the remaining pages is 4949, then number of pages which are
torn off is ______
BRAIN TEASER-08
QUESTION [Ans. 5]

Given that 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are the lengths of three sides of △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝑎 > 𝑏 > 𝑐, 2𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐
and 𝑏 is a positive integer. If 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 84, find the value of 𝑏.
BRAIN TEASER-09 [Ans. 8]

Number of A.P. that can be formed from the set of numbers {1, 2, 3, … . . 1000} such
that first term of A.P. is always 1 and last term is 1000.
 [Ans. A]
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-10

For each positive integer K, let SK denotes the increasing arithmetic progression
of positive integers whose first term is 1 and whose common difference is 𝐾 For
example. 𝑆3 is the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10 … .. For how many values of 𝐾, 𝑆𝐾 contains
the term 2005
A 12

B 18

C 17

D 21
BRAIN TEASER-11 [Ans. 8]

Let 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 , 𝑎5 be five terms of an increasing geometric progression such

that 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 . 𝑎4 , 𝑎5 ∈ 𝑁, and 𝑎5 < 100. Then the number of possible geometric
progression (is/are) __________
 [Ans. B]
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-12

Find the number of common terms in the following sequences (each of which is
an AP) which are less than 10,000
37, 103, 169, ….
17, 82, 147, ….
A 5

B 2

C 3

D 4
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-13 [Ans. A, B, C]

𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , …. are distinct terms of an 𝐴. 𝑃. We call (𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟) an increasing triad if

𝑎𝑝, , 𝑎𝑞 , 𝑎𝑟 are in G.P. where 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 ∈ 𝑁 such that 𝑝 < 𝑞 < 𝑟. If (5, 9, 16) is an
increasing triad then which of the following option is/are correct

A if 𝑎1 is a multiple of 4 then every term of the A.P is an integer

B (85, 149, 261) is an increasing triad

1 1
C if the common difference of the AP is , then its first term is
4 3

D ratio of the (4𝑘 + 1)th term and 4𝑘th term can be 4

QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-14 [Ans. 8]

A computer solved several problems in succession. The time it took the computer to solve
each successive problem was the same number of times smaller than the time it took to
solve the preceding problem. How many problems were suggested to the computer if it
spent 63.5 min to solve all the problems except for the first, 127 min to solve all the
problems except for the last one, and 31.5 min to solve all the problems except for the
first two?
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-15

Prove that (𝟔𝟔𝟔 ⋯ 𝟔)𝟐 + (𝟖𝟖𝟖 ⋯ 𝟖) = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 ⋯ 𝟒.

n digits n digits 2n digits
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-16 [Ans. 3]

(𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏…….𝟏)
If − (𝟐𝟐𝟐 … … . 𝟐)= 𝑷𝑷𝑷 … … 𝑷 then 𝑷 =
𝟐𝒏 times
𝒏 times 𝒏 times
Answer the following by appropriately matching the lists based on the
information given in the paragraph.
Two AP's having same number of terms equal to 𝑘. The ratio of the last term of the
first progression to the first term of the second progression equals the ratio of the
last term of the second progression to the first term of the first progression both
of which are numerically equal to 4. The ratio of the sum of 𝑘 terms of the first
progression to the sum of 𝑘 terms of second progression is equal to 2. Let 𝛼 be the
ratio of the common difference of the first and the second progressions. Let 𝜆 be
the ratio of their 𝑘th terms. Then:
List-I List-II
(I) The ratio of the first term of first A.P. to second A.P. is (P) 26
(II) The value of 𝛼 is equal to (Q) 33
(III) The value of 𝜆 is equal to (R) 7
(IV) The value of 𝛼 + 2𝜆 is equal to (S) 2/7
(T) 7/2
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-17 [Ans. C]

Which of the following options has the correct combination considering

List-I and List-II?

A (III) (P)

B (IV) (R)

C (I) (S)

D (I) (T)
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-18 [Ans. C]

Which of the following options has the incorrect combination considering

List-I and List-II?

A (II) P

B (III) (T)

C (III) (S)

D (IV) (Q)
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-19 [Ans. 9]

Let 𝐴𝑟 , 𝑟 = 1,2, … 29 be arithmetic means between 303 and –57 where

𝐴𝑟 > 𝐴𝑟+1 ∀ 𝑟 = 1,2, … .28 . If 𝑆 be the sum of these means, then the value of
𝑆
.
𝐴14 −12 𝐴𝑟 min

[Note: [𝑘] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to 𝑘 and 𝐴𝑟 min. denotes the minimum value of 𝐴𝑟 .]
QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-20 [Ans. A]

The arithmetic sequences 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … , 𝑎20 and 𝑏1 , 𝑏2 , 𝑏3 , … , 𝑏20 consist of

40 distinct positive integers, and 𝑎20 + 𝑏14 = 1000. The least possible value for
𝑎14 + 𝑏20 is divisible by

A 2

B 3

C 5

D 7
Paragraph
There are two sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 each of which consists of three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 15. 𝐷 and
𝑝 7
𝑑 are their respective common differences such that 𝐷 − 𝑑 = 1, 𝐷 > 0. If = where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are
𝑞 8
the product of the numbers in those sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 respectively.

QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-21 [Ans. B]

Sum of the product of the numbers in set 𝐴 taken two at a time is :

A 51

B 71

C 74

D 86
Paragraph for Question Nos. 3 to 4
There are two sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 each of which consists of three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 15. 𝐷 and
𝑝 7
𝑑 are their respective common differences such that 𝐷 − 𝑑 = 1, 𝐷 > 0. If = where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are
𝑞 8
the product of the numbers in those sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 respectively.

BRAIN TEASER-22
QUESTION [Ans. D]

Sum of the product of the numbers in set 𝐵 taken two at a time is :

A 52

B 54

C 64

D 74
Given the sequence of number 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … … , 𝑎1005
𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎1005
which satisfy = = = ⋯… =
𝑎1 +1 𝑎2 +3 𝑎3 +5 𝑎1005 +2009
Also 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + 𝑎3 + ⋯ … + 𝑎1005 = 2010

QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-23 [Ans. A]

Nature of the sequence is:

A A.P.

B G.P.

C A.G.P.

D H.P.
Given the sequence of number 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … … , 𝑎1005
𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎3 𝑎1005
which satisfy = = = ⋯… =
𝑎1 +1 𝑎2 +3 𝑎3 +5 𝑎1005 +2009
Also 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + 𝑎3 + ⋯ … + 𝑎1005 = 2010

QUESTION
BRAIN TEASER-24 [Ans. C]

21st term of the sequence is equal to :

86
A
1005

83
B
1005

82
C
1005

79
D
1005
Homework
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