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Chap 5
Arithmetic Progression Page 75
CHAPTER 5
Arithmetic Progression
QUESTION 6.
OBJECTIVE QUESTION In an AP, if a = 3.5 , d = 0 and n = 101, then an will be
(a) 0 (b) 3.5
QUESTION 1. (c) 103.5 (d) 104.5
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[Board 2020 OD Standard]
th
The n term of the AP a , 3a , 5a , ... is
(a) na (b) (2n - 1) a Sol :
(c) (2n + 1) a (d) 2na
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em101 QUESTION 7.
The 11th term of an AP - 5 , - 5 , 0, 5 , ....., is

2 2
(a) - 20 (b) 20
QUESTION 2. [Board 2020 OD Standard]
(c) - 30 (d) 30
1 - p 1 - 2p
The common difference of the AP 1 , , , ... is
p p p
(a) 1 (b) 1 Sol :
p
(c) - 1 (d) - 1
p
QUESTION 8.
Sol :
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
QUESTION 3. [Board 2020 Delhi Standard]
The value of x for which 2x, (x + 10) and (3x + 2) are the Sol :
three consecutive terms of an AP, is
(a) 6 (b) - 6
(c) 18 (d) - 18
QUESTION 9.
Which term of an AP, 21, 42, 63, 84, ... is 210?
Sol :
(a) 9th (b) 10th
(c) 11th (d) 12th
The first term of AP is p and the common difference is q ,

then its 10th term is
Sol :
(a) q + 9p (b) p - 9q
QUESTION 10.
(c) p + 9q (d) 2p + 9q
If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 - a13 ?
(a) 5 (b) 20
Sol :
(c) 25 (d) 30
QUESTION 5.
In an AP, if d =− 4 , n = 7 and an = 4 , then a is equal to
Sol :
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28
Sol :
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QUESTION 11. QUESTION 17.

What is the common difference of an AP in which a18 − a14 = 32 The sum of first five multiples of 3 is
? (a) 45 (b) 55
(a) 8 (b) - 8 (c) 65 (d) 75
(c) - 4 (d) 4
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 18.
QUESTION 12. If the sum of the series 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 .......... is 60100, then
The 4th term from the end of an AP - 11, - 8 , - 5 , ....., 49 is the number of terms are
(a) 37 (b) 40 (a) 100 (b) 200
(c) 43 (d) 58 (c) 150 (d) 250
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em112 Sol :
The famous mathematician associated with finding the sum If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 - a13 ?
of the first 100 natural numbers is (a) 5 (b) 20
(a) Pythagoras (c) 25 (d) 30
(b) Newton
(c) Gauss Sol :
(d) Euclid
Sol :
There are 60 terms is an AP of which the first term is 8 and
the last term is 185. The 31 st term is
QUESTION 14.
(a) 56 (b) 94
If the first term of an AP is - 5 and the common difference is (c) 85 (d) 98
2, then the sum of the first 6 terms is
(a) 0
(c) 6
(b) 5
(d) 15
Sol :
Sol :
The first and last term of an AP are a and , respectively.
If S is the sum of all the terms of the AP and the common
2 2
QUESTION 15. difference is , − a , then k is equal to
k − (, + a)
The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ..... is (a) S (b) 2S
(a) - 320 (c) 3S (d) None of these
(b) 320
(c) - 352
(d) - 400
Sol :
Sol :
If the nth term of an AP is given by an = 5n − 3 , then the
sum of first 10 terms if
(a) 225
QUESTION 16.
(b) 245
In an AP, if a = 1, an = 20 and Sn = 399 , then n is equal to
(a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 255
(d) 270
(c) 38 (d) 42
Sol :
Chap 5 Arithmetic Progression Page 77

Two APs have the same common difference. The first term The number of two digit numbers which are divisible by 3 is
of one of these is - 1 and that of the other is - 8. Then the (a) 33 (b) 31
difference between their 4th terms is
(c) 30 (d) 29
(a) - 1 (b) - 8
(c) 7 (d) - 9 Sol :
Sol :
The list of numbers - 10 , - 6 , - 2 , 2, ..... is
QUESTION 24. (a) an AP with d =− 16
An AP starts with a positive fraction and every alternate
(b) an AP with d = 4
term is an integer. If the sum of the first 11 terms is 33, then
the fourth term is (c) an AP with d =− 4
(a) 2 (b) 3 (d) not an AP
(c) 5
Sol :
(d) 6
Sol :
QUESTION 31.
QUESTION 25.
If the nth term of an AP is 4n + 1, then the common
If the sum of the first 2n terms of 2, 5, 8, .......... is equal to difference is
the sum of the first n terms of 57, 59, 61, .........., then n is (a) 3 (b) 4
equal to
(c) 5 (d) 6
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 11 (d) 13
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 32.
If a, b, c, d, e, f are in AP, then e - c is equal to
QUESTION 26.
In an AP, if d =− 4 , n = 7 and an = 4 , then a is equal to (a) 2 (c - a) (b) 2 (d - c)
(c) 2 (f - d) (d) (d - c)
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 33.
QUESTION 27.
If 7 times the 7th term of an AP is equal to 11 times its 11th
term, then its term will be
The first four terms of an AP whose first term is - 2 and the
common difference is - 2 are (a) 7 (b) 11
(c) 18 (d) 0
(a) - 2, 0, 2, 4 (b) - 2, 4, - 8, 16
(c) - 2, - 4, - 6, - 8 (d) - 2, - 4, - 8, - 16
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 34.
What is the common difference of four terms in AP such that
QUESTION 28.
the ratio of the product of the first and fourth term to that
The 21th term of an AP whose first two terms are - 3 and 4 of the second and third term is 2 : 3 and the sum of all four
, is terms is 20?
(a) 17 (b) 137 (a) 3 (b) 1
(c) 143 (d) - 143
(c) 4 (d) 2
Sol : Sol :

The sum of 11 terms of an AP whose middle term is 30, is Assertion : an - an - 1 is not independent of n then the given
(a) 320 (b) 330 sequence is an AP.
(c) 340 (d) 350 Reason : Common difference d = an − an − 1 is constant or
independent of n .
Sol : (a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason
QUESTION 36. (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
Five distinct positive integers are in a arithmetic progression (c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
with a positive common difference. If their sum is 10020, then (d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
the smallest possible value of the last term is
(a) 2002 (b) 2004 Sol :
(c) 2006 (d) 2007
Sol :
Assertion : If n th term of an AP is 7 - 4n , then its common
differences is - 4 .
QUESTION 37. Reason : Common difference of an AP is given by d = an + 1 − an
If the 2nd term of an AP is 13 and 5th term is 25, what is .
its 7th term? (a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(a) 30 (b) 33 (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) 37 (d) 38 (b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason
(R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
Sol : (c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
QUESTION 38.
Assertion : Common difference of the AP - 5 , - 1 , 3, 7,
Sol :
.......... is 4.
Reason : Common difference of the AP a, a + d, a + 2d, .......... QUESTION 42.
is given by d = a2 − a1
Assertion : If sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason Sn = 3n2 − 4n. Then its n th term is an = 6n − 7 .
Reason : n th term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn , is
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason given by an = Sn − Sn − 1
(R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A). (a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false. (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true. (b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason
Sol : (c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
QUESTION 39.
Assertion : Sum of first 10 terms of the arithmetic progression
Sol :
- 0.5 , - 1.0, - 1.5 , .......... is 31.
Reason : Sum of n terms of an AP is given as
Sn = n2 [2a + (n − 1) d ] where a is first term and d common
difference. ONE MARK QUESTION
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason th
What is the n term of the AP a , 3a , 5a , ... ?
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false. Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 44. [Board 2020 OD Standard] QUESTION 53. [Board 2020 Delhi Basic]
1 - p 1 - 2p th
The n term of an AP is (7 - 4n), then what is its common
What is the common difference of the AP 1 , ,
p p p
difference?
, ...?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 54. [Board 2018]

What is the value of x for which 2x, (x + 10) and (3x + 2) are In an AP, if the common difference d =− 4 , and the seventh
term a7 is 4, then find the first term.
the three consecutive terms of an AP ?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 55. [Board 2018]

If the first term of AP is p and the common difference is q , Find the sum of first 8 multiples of 3.
then what is its 10th term?
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 56. [Board 2020 SQP Standard]
QUESTION 47. [Board 2020 SQP Standard] Find the number of natural numbers between 102 and 998
Fill the two blanks in the sequence 2 .........., 26, ......... so that which are divisible by 2 and 5 both.
the sequence forms an AP.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 57. [Board Term-2 2016]
Is - 150 a term of the AP 11, 8, 5, 2, .......?
The sum of first 20 terms of the AP 1, 4, 7, 10 .... is
Sol :
Sol :
Which of the term of AP 5, 2, - 1, ...... is - 49 ?
2 2 2 2
Show that (a - b) , (a + b ) and (a + b) are in AP.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 50. [Board 2020 OD Standard] Find the first four terms of an AP, whose first term is - 2 and
common difference is - 2.
Find the sum of all 11 terms of an AP whose middle term is
30.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 51. [Board 2020 Delhi Basic] Find the tenth term of the sequence 2 , 8 , 18 , ....
th th
If 4 times the 4 term of an AP is equal to 18 times the 18
Sol :
term, then find the 22 nd term.
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em151 QUESTION 61. [Board Term-2 2012]
Find the next term of the series 2 , 8 , 18 , 32 ....
Sol :
If the first three terms of an AP are b , c and 2b , then find
the ratio of b and c .
Sol :
QUESTION 62. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2014] QUESTION 71. [Board Term-2 2016]
What is the common difference of an AP in which a21 − a7 = 84
What is the next term of an AP 7, 28 , 63 , ....?
?
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 72.
Is series 3 , 6 , 9 , 12 , .... an AP? Give reason. [Board Term-2 2012]
In the AP 2, x, 26 find the value of x .
Sol :
Sol :
If the common difference of an AP is - 6 , find a16 - a12 . QUESTION 73.
[Board Term-2 2012]
If 18, a, b, - 3 are in AP, then find a + b .
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 65. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015]
The first three terms of an AP are 3y - 1, 3y + 5 and 5y + 1 QUESTION 74. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2011]
1 - 6q 1 - 12q
Find the common difference of the AP 1 ,
respectively then find y . ,
3q 3q 3q
, .....
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 66. [Board 2020 OD Basic]
If 3k - 2 , 4k - 6 and k + 2 are three consecutive terms of AP, QUESTION 75. [Board Term-2 2012]
Find the first four terms of an AP whose first term is 3x + y
then find the value of k .
and common difference is x - y .
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 67. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2016]
For what value of k will the consecutive terms 2k + 1, 3k + 3 QUESTION 76. [Board Term-2 2012]
th
and 5k - 1 form an AP?
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Find the 37 term of the AP x, 3 x, 5 x .
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 68. [Board Term-2 OD 2016] QUESTION 77. [Board Term-2 2011]
For what value of k , k + 9, 2k - 1 and 2k + 7 are the For an AP, if a25 − a20 = 45, then find the value of d.
consecutive terms of an AP
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 78. [Board Term-2 Delhi, 2014]
QUESTION 69.
[Board Term-2 Delhi 2014, 2012] Find the sum of first ten multiple of 5.
For what value of k; k + 2, 4k - 6, 3k - 2 are three consecutive
Sol :
terms of an AP.
Sol :
Find the sum of first five multiples of 2.
Sol :
Find the 25th term of the AP - 5, - 5 , 5 , .....
2 2
Sol :
QUESTION 80. [Board Term-2 2012] QUESTION 89. [Board Term-2 OD 2017]
Which term of the progression 20, 19 1 , 18 1 , 17 3 .... is the first
Find the sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, .....
4 2 4
negative.
Sol :
Sol :
What is the sum of five positive integer divisible by 6. QUESTION 90. [Board Term-2 2011]
If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an AP whose common

Sol :
difference is d and first term is a , find Sn − 2Sn − 1 + Sn − 2 .

Sol :
If the sum of n terms of an AP is 2n2 + 5n, then find the 4th
term. QUESTION 91. [Board Term-2 Delhi Compt 2017]
Find the sum of first 15 multiples of 8.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 83. [Board SQP 2017]
The sum of first terms of an AP is given by Sn = 2n2 + 8n.
Find the sixteenth term of the AP.
Sol :
TWO MARKS QUESTION
QUESTION 84. [Board Term-2 2012] If the sum of first m terms of an AP is the same as the sum
If the sum of first k terms of an AP is 3k2 - k and its common of its first n terms, show that the sum of its first (m + n)
terms is zero.
difference is 6. What is the first term?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 85. [Board Term-2 OD 2017] QUESTION 93. [Board 2020 OD Basic]
Which term of the AP 8, 14, 20, 26, ...... will be 72 more than How many terms of AP 3, 5, 7, 9, ..... must be taken to get
its 41st term.
the sum 120?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 86. [Board Term-2 OD Compt. 2017] QUESTION 94. [Board 2019 Delhi]
th
If the n term of an AP - 1, 4, 9, 14, ..... is 129. Find the value
How many two digits numbers are divisible by 3?
of n.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 95. [Board Term-2 SQP 2016]

QUESTION 87. [Board Term-2 OD Compt. 2017]
How many two digit numbers are divisible by 7?
Write the nth term of the AP 1 , 1 + m , 1 + 2m , .....
m m m Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 96. [Board 2019 Delhi]
QUESTION 88. [Board Term-2 OD 2017]

Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39, ... will be 120 more than
its 21st term?
What is the common difference of an AP which a21 − a7 = 84.
Sol :
QUESTION 97. [Board 2019 Delhi] QUESTION 106. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015]
2
If Sn the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n − 4n The fifth term of an AP is 20 and the sum of its seventh and
, find the nth term.
eleventh terms is 64. Find the common difference.
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 98. [Board 2019 OD] QUESTION 107. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015]
st
Find the 21 term of the AP - 4 , - 3, - 1 , ...
1
2
1
2 The ninth term of an AP is - 32 and the sum of its eleventh
and thirteenth term is - 94 . Find the common difference of
Sol :
the AP
Sol :
If the sum of first n terms of an AP is n2 , then find its 10th

QUESTION 108.
term. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015]
The fifth term of an AP is 20 and the sum of its seventh and

Sol :
eleventh terms is 64. Find the common difference.
Sol :
Is 184 a term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, .......?
QUESTION 109. [Board Term-2 2015, 2014]
Sol : The seventeenth term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7.
Find the common difference.
Sol :
Find, 100 is a term of the AP 25, 28, 31, ...... or not.
Sol : QUESTION 110. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015]
The fourth term of an AP is 11. The sum of the fifth and
seventh terms of the AP is 34. Find the common difference.
th
Sol :
Find the 7 term from the end of AP 7, 10, 13, .... 184.
Sol :
Find the middle term of the AP 213, 205, 197, .... 37.
QUESTION 103. [Board Term-2 2015, 2012]
th th
Sol :
In a certain AP 32 term is twice the 12 term. Prove that
70th term is twice the 31st term.
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em203 QUESTION 112. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015]
Find the middle term of the AP 6, 13, 20, .... 216.
Sol :
The 8th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38th term is

triple of its 18th term.
Sol : If the number x + 3, 2x + 1 and x - 7 are in AP find the value
of x .
Sol :
If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its

eighth term, show that its 13th term is zero.
Sol :
QUESTION 114. [Board Term-2 2012] QUESTION 123. [Board Term-2 2012]
st th
Find the values of a, b and c , such that the numbers If the 1 term of a series is 7 and 13 term is 35. Find the
a, 10, b, c, 31 are in AP sum of 13 terms of the sequence.
Sol : Sol :
th
For AP show that a p + a p + 2q = 2a p + q .
If the n term of a sequence is 3 - 2n. Find the sum of fifteen
terms.
Sol :
Sol :

th th
The 4 term of an AP is zero. Prove that the 25 term of the QUESTION 125. [Board Term-2 2012]
AP is three times its 11th term. th
If the n term of an AP is 7 - 3n, find the sum of twenty
five terms.
Sol :
Sol :
How many terms of the AP 65, 60, 55, .... be taken so that QUESTION 126. [Board Term-2 2013]
The n term of an AP is given by ^− 4n + 15h . Find the sum
their sum is zero? th
of first 20 terms of this AP.
Sol :
Sol :
How many terms of the AP 18, 16, 14 ..... be taken so that QUESTION 127. [Board Term-2 OD Comptt. 2017]
their sum is zero? Find the sum of first 24 terms of an AP whose nth term is
given by an = 3 + 2n.
Sol :
Sol :
How many terms of the AP 27, 24, 21 .... should be taken so QUESTION 128. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2014]
that their sum is zero? The sum of first n terms of an AP is 5n - n2 . Find the nth
term of the AP.
Sol :
Sol :
How many terms of the AP - 6, - , - 5, - .... are needed to

11
2
9
2 QUESTION 129. [Board Term-2 2012]
give their sum zero. The first and last term of an AP are 5 and 45 respectively.
If the sum of all its terms is 400, find its common difference.
Sol :
Sol :
In an AP, if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the AP,
where Sn denotes the sum of first n terms.
Sol : QUESTION 130. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2012]
If the sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of the
first 17 terms is 289, find the sum of its first n terms.
Sol :
Find the sum of sixteen terms of an AP - 1, - 5, - 9, ...... .
Sol :
QUESTION 131. [Board Term-2 Compt. 2017]

THREE MARKS QUESTION
Which term of the AP 3, 12, 21, 30, ..... will be 90 more than
its 50th term.
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em231 QUESTION 139. [Board 2020 Delhi Standard, 2018]
The sum of four consecutive number in AP is 32 and the ratio

of the product of the first and last term to the product of two
middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the numbers.
QUESTION 132. [Board Term-2 Delhi Compt. 2017]
Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible Sol :
by 8.
Sol : QUESTION 140. [Board 2020 Delhi Standard]
The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and that of its
next 7 terms is 161. Find the AP.
The fifth term of an AP is 26 and its 10 th

term is 51. Find Sol :
the AP
Sol : QUESTION 141. [Board 2020 OD Standard]
Which term of the AP 20, 19 1 , 18 1 , 17 3 , ... is the first

4 2 4
negative term.
Sol :
Find the AP whose third term is 5 and seventh term is 9.
Sol :
Find the middle term of the AP 7, 13, 19, ...., 247.
Find whether - 150 is a term of the AP 11, 8, 5, 2, .... Sol :
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em235 QUESTION 143. [Board 2020 OD Standard]
Show that the sum of all terms of an AP whose first term

is a , the second term is b and last term is c , is equal to
If seven times the 7th term of an AP is equal to eleven times (a + c) (b + c − 2a)
the 11th term, then what will be its 18th term. 2 (b − a)
Sol :

If in an AP, the sum of first m terms is n and the sum of its
In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of the first 10 terms is 210 and
first n terms is m , then prove that the sum of its first (m + n)
the sum of its last 15 terms is 2565. Find the AP.
terms is − (m + n).
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 145. [Board 2020 OD Basic]
How many multiples of 4 lie between 11 and 266?
The 17 th term of an AP is 5 more than twice its 8 th term. If
11 th term of AP is 43, then find its nth term.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 146. [Board 2020 Delhi Basic]
How many terms of the AP 24, 21, 18, .... must be taken so
that their sum is 78?
Sol :
QUESTION 147. [Board Term-2 Delhi Compt 2015] QUESTION 155. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2016]
How many terms of an AP 9, 17, 25, .... must be taken to give An AP has p , q and r terms as a, b and c respectively,
th th th
Show that a ^q − r h + b ^r − p h + c ^p − q h = 0.
a sum of 636?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 148. [Board Term-2 2012] QUESTION 156. [Board Term-2 2013, 2012]
th rd 2
Find the 20 term of an AP whose 3 term is 7 and the The sum of n terms of an AP is 3n + 5n. Find the AP. Hence
seventh term exceeds three times the 3rd term by 2. Also find find its 15th term.
its nth term ^an h .
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 157. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2014, 2012]
QUESTION 149. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2014] The sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 − 4n
If 7th term of an AP is 1 and 9th term is 1 , find 63rd term. . Determine the AP and the 12th term.
9 7
Sol : Sol :

th
If the 2nd term of an AP is 8 and the 5th term is 17, find its For what value of n, are the n terms of two APs 63, 65, 67,
19th term. ... and 3, 10, 17, .... equal?
Sol :
The sum of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are

S1, S2 and S3 respectively. The first term of each AP is 1 and
th nd common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that
The 10 term of an AP is - 4 and its 22 term is - 16 . Find
S1 + S3 = 2S2 .
its 38th term.
Sol :

QUESTION 152. [Board 2008, 2010]
If Sn denotes, the sum of the first n terms of an AP prove
that S12 = 3 ^S8 − S 4h .
The ninth term of an AP is equal to seven times the second
term and twelfth term exceeds five times the third term by 2.
Find the first term and the common difference. Sol :
Sol :

The 14th term of an AP is twice its 8th term. If the 6th term
is - 8, then find the sum of its first 20 terms.
Determine an AP whose third term is 9 and when fifth term
is subtracted from 8th term, we get 6.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 154.
If the ratio of the sums of first n terms of two AP’s is
^7n + 1h: ^4n + 27h , find the ratio of their m terms.
[Board Term-2 Foreign 2016]
th
Divide 56 in four parts in AP such that the ratio of the
product of their extremes (1st and 4rd ) to the product of Sol :
means (2nd and 3rd ) is 5: 6.
Sol :
QUESTION 163. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015] QUESTION 171. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2014]
If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 63n + 7n@, then

1
2
2
The sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and sum of its next 7
find its nth term. Hence write its 20th term. terms is 161. Find 28th term of AP.
Sol :
QUESTION 164. [Board Term-2 SQP 2015] QUESTION 172. [Board Term-2 2014]
2
In an AP the sum of first n terms is 3n + 13n . Find the Find the sum of all two digits odd positive numbers.
2 2
25th term.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 165. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015] Find the sum of all two digit natural numbers which are
th
In an AP, if the 12 term is - 13 and the sum of its first four divisible by 4.
terms is 24, find the sum of its first ten terms.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 166. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015] Find the sum of the following series.
The tenth term of an AP, is - 37 and the sum of its first six 5 + ^− 41h + 9 + ^− 39h + 13 + ^− 37h + 17 + .... +
^− 5h + 81 + ^− 3h
terms is - 27 . Find the sum of its first eight terms.
Sol :
Find the number of multiple of 9 lying between 300 and 700.
Sol :
th th
Find the sum of first seventeen terms of AP whose 4 and 9
terms are - 15 and - 30 respectively.
Sol : If the sum of the first 14 terms of an AP is 1050 and its first
term is 10 find it 20th term.
The common difference of an AP is - 2 . Find its sum, if first

Sol :
term is 100 and last term is - 10 .
th
Sol : If the tenth term of an AP is 52 and the 17 term is 20 more
than the 13th term, find AP
QUESTION 169.
th rd
[Board Term-2 OD 2015]
The 13 term of an AP is four times its 3 term. If the fifth

Sol :
term is 16, then find the sum of its first ten terms.
QUESTION 178. [Board Term-2 Delhi Compt 2017]
Sol : Find the sum of all odd number between 0 and 50.
Sol :
The 16th term of an AP is five times its third term. If its 10th
term is 41, then find the sum of its first fifteen terms.
Find the sum of the two digits numbers divisible by 6.
Sol :
Sol :

FIVE MARKS QUESTION
Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 200 that are
divisible by 6.
Sol :
If the sum of first four terms of an AP is 40 and that of first

14 terms is 280. Find the sum of its first n terms.
Find the sum of all two digit natural numbers which are
divisible by 4. Sol :
Sol :
The first term of an AP is 3, the last term is 83 and the sum

of all its terms is 903. Find the number of terms and the
If mth term of an AP is 1 and nth term is 1 find the sum of
common difference of the AP.
n m
first mn terms.
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 190. [Board 2019 OD]
QUESTION 183. [Board Term-2 OD 2014] Find the common difference of the Arithmetic Progression
Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 (AP) 1 , 3 - a , 3 - 2a , ... (a ! 0)
a 3a 3a
which are divisible by both 2 and 5.
Sol :
Sol :

Which term of the Arithmetic Progression
If the ratio of the 11th term of an AP to its 18th term is 2 : 3,
- 7, - 12, - 17, - 22, ... will be - 82 ? Is - 100 any term of the
find the ratio of the sum of the first five term of the sum of
AP ? Given reason for your answer.
its first 10 terms.
Sol :
Sol :

How many terms of the Arithmetic Progression 45, 39, 33, ...
How many three digit numbers are such that when divided by
must be taken so that their sum is 180? Explain the double
7, leave a remainder 3 in each case?
answer.
Sol :
Sol :
How many terms of the AP - 6, , - 5, ..... are needed to

11
2
given the sum - 25 ? Explain the double answer.
How many three digit natural numbers are divisible by 7? Sol :
Sol :
The sum of three numbers in AP is 12 and sum of their cubes

is 288. Find the numbers.
Prove that the nth term of an AP can not be n2 + 1. Justify
your answer. Sol :
Sol :
rd th
Find the value of a, b and c such that the numbers a, 7, b, 23 The sum of the 3 and 7 terms of an AP is 6 and their
and c are in AP. product is 8. Find the sum of first 20 terms of the AP.
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 196. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015, Foreign 2014] QUESTION 204. [Board Term-2 2012]
If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP, prove that, If the sum of first m terms of an AP is same as the sum of its
S30 = 3 ^S20 − S10h first n terms ^m = Y n h, show that the sum of its first ^m + n h
Sol :
terms is zero.
Sol :
The sum of first 20 terms of an AP is 400 and sum of first 40 QUESTION 205. [Board 2020 Std, Board Term-2 Foreign 2017]
If 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 ..... + n = 287, find the value of n.
terms is 1600. Find the sum of its first 10 terms.
Sol : Sol :
Find the number of terms of the AP - 12, - 9, - 6, ........, 21.

If 1 is added to each term of this AP, then find the sum of all
QUESTION 198. [Board Term-2 2015] the terms of the AP thus obtained.
Find b 4 − 1 l + b7 − 2 l + b10 − 3 l + ..... upto n terms.
n n n Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 207. [Board Term-2 2012 ]
QUESTION 199.
If S1, S2, S3 be the sum of n, 2n , 3n terms respectively of an
AP, prove that S3 = 3 ^S2 − S1h .
[Board Term-2 Delhi 2017]
Find the sum of n terms of the series
b 4 − n l + b 4 − n l + b 4 − n l + .......
1 2 3 Sol :
Sol :
www.nodia.study/ma/em299 QUESTION 208. [Board Term-2 SQP 2017]
An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle

most terms is 225 and the sum of the past three terms is 429.
Find the 60th term of the AP 8, 10, 12, ...., if it has a total of
Find the AP.
60 terms and hence find the sum of its last 10 terms.
Sol :
Sol :
An arithmetic progression 5, 12, 19, ..... has 50 terms. Find its Word Problem
last term. Hence find the sum of its last 15 terms.
Sol : QUESTION 209. [Board 2018]
The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP is 32 and

the ratio of the product of the first and the last term to the
product of two middle terms is 7:15. Find the numbers.
If the sum of first n term of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 + 4n. Sol :
Determine the AP and the nth term.
Sol :
QUESTION 210. [Board Term-2 OD 2016] QUESTION 216. [Board Term-2 2012]
The digit of a positive number of three digits are in AP and A sum of Rs. 280 is to be used towards four prizes. If each
their sum is 15. The number obtained by reversing the digits prize after the first is Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, find
is 594 less then the original number. Find the number. the value of each of the prizes.
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 211. [Board Term-2 SQP 2016] QUESTION 217. [Board Term-2 2012]
The minimum age of children to be eligible to participate in a In a garden bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21
painting competition is 8 years. It is observed that the age of are in the 2nd , 19 in 3rd row and so on. There are 5 plants in
youngest boy was 8 years and the ages of rest of participants the last row. How many rows are there of rose plants> also
are having a common difference of 4 months. If the sum of find the total number of roes plants in the garden.
ages of all the participants is 168 years, find the age of eldest
Sol :
participant in the painting competition.
Sol :
A sum of Rs. 1890 is to be used to given seven cash prizes to

students of a school for their overall academic performance.
If each prize is Rs. 50 less than its preceding prize, find the
value of each of the prizes.
Sol :
A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one

minute a policeman runs after the thief to catch him. He goes QUESTION 219. [Board Term-2 2012]
with a speed of 100/minute in the first minute and increased A man repays a loan of Rs. 3250 by paying Rs. 20 in the
his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After first month and then increases the payment by Rs. 15 every
how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.
month. How long will it take him to clear the loan?
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 213. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015] QUESTION 220. [Board Term-2 2012]
Find the middle term of the sequence formed by all three- A spiral is made up of successive semi-circles with centres
digit numbers which leave a remainder 3, when divided by 4. alternately A and B starting with A, of radii 1 cm, 2 cm, 3
Also find the sum of all numbers on both sides of the middle cm, ...... as shown in the figure. What is the total length of
terms separately. spiral made up of eleven consecutive semi-circles? ( U s e
π = 3.14 )
Sol :
QUESTION 214. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2014, 2015]
Find the middle term of the sequence formed by all three-

digit numbers which leave a remainder 5 when divided by 7.
Also find the sum of all numbers on both sides of the middle
term separately.
Sol :
Sol :
Find the middle term of the sequence formed all numbers
between 9 and 95, which leave a remainder 1 when divided The ratio of the sums of first m and first n terms of an
by 3. Also find the sum of the numbers on both sides of the AP is m2: n2 . Show that the ratio of its mth and nth terms is
^2m - 1h: ^2n - 1h .
middle term separately.
Sol : Sol :
QUESTION 222. [Board Term-2 SQP 2017]
An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle

most terms is 225 and the sum of the past three terms is 429.
Find the AP.
Sol :
The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49.

Show that there exists a value of X such that sum of numbers
of houses proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum
of the numbers of houses following X .
Sol :
Sol :
COMPETENCEY BASED QUESTION
QUESTION 224.
Salary : In investigating different job opportunities, you find
that firm A will start you at Rs 25,000 per year and guarantee
you a raise of Rs 1,200 each year whereas firm B will start you
at Rs 28,000 per year but will guarantee you a raise of only
Rs 800 each year.
(i) Over a period of 15 years, how much would you receive
from firm A?
(ii) Over a period of 15 years, how much would you receive QUESTION 226.
from firm B?
Arc of a Baby Swing : When Mackenzie’s baby swing is
(iii) What would be your annual salary at firm A for the tenth started, the first swing (one way) is a 30 inch arc. As the
year? swing slows down, each successive arc is 1.5 inch less than the
(iv) What would be your annual salary at firm B for the tenth previous one.
year? (i) Find the length of the tenth swing.
(ii) How far Mackenzie has travelled during the 10 swings ?
Sol :
QUESTION 225.
Investment : Eleven years ago an investment earned Rs 7,000
for the year. Last year the investment earned Rs 14,000. If
the earnings from the investment have increased the same Sol :
amount each year, what is the yearly increase and how much
income has accrued from the investment over the past 11
years?

Computer Animations : The animation on a new computer Sales Goals : At the time that I was newly hired, 100 sales per
game initially allows the hero of the game to jump a (screen) month was what I required. Each following month—the last
distance of 10 inch over booby traps and obstacles. Each plus 20 more, as I work for the goal of top sales award. When
successive jump is limited to 34 inch less than the previous 2500 sales are thusly made, I get a holiday package.
one. (i) How many sales were made by this person in the seventh
(i) Find the length of the seventh jump month?
(ii) Find the total distance covered after seven jumps. (ii) What were the total sales after the 12th month?
(iii) Was the goal of 2500 total sales met after the 12th month?
Sol :
Sol :
Seating Capacity : The Fox Theater creates a “theater in the Temperature Fluctuation: At 5 P.M. in Coldwater, the
round” when it shows any of Shakespeare’s plays. The first temperature was a chilly 36c F . If the temperature decreased
row has 80 seats, the second row has 88, the third row has by 3c F every half-hour for the next 7 hr, at what time did
96, and so on. the temperature hit 0c F ?
(i) How many seats are in the 10th row?
(ii) How many seats are in the 25th row?
(ii) If there is room for 25 rows, how many chairs will be
needed to set up the theatre?
Sol :
QUESTION 231.
Model Teachers’ Earnings : According to the National Teachers
Association, teachers in the India earned an average of Rs
Sol : 30,532 in 2000. This amount has increased by approximately
Rs 1472 per year.
(i) Write a formula for the n th term of the arithmetic
sequence that models teachers’ average earnings n years
after 1999.
QUESTION 234.
(ii) How much will India teachers earn, on average, by the
year 2030? It takes 5 toothpicks to build the top trapezoid shown at
below. You need 9 toothpicks to build 2 adjoined trapezoids
and 13 toothpicks for 3 trapezoids.
(i) If 1000 toothpicks are available, how many trapezoids
will be in the last complete row?
(ii) How many complete rows will there be?
(iii) How many toothpicks will you use to construct these
rows?
(iv) Use the numbers in this problem to carefully describe the
difference between a sequence and a series.
Sol :
QUESTION 232.
Contest Prizes : A contest offers 15 prizes. The 1st prize is
Sol :
Rs 5000, and each successive prize is Rs 250 less than the
preceding prize.
(i) What is the value of the 15th prize?
QUESTION 235.
(ii) What is the total amount of money distributed in prizes?
Book Reading : On the first day of October an English teacher
suggests to his students that they read five pages of a novel
and every day thereafter increase their daily reading by two
pages. If his students follow this suggestion, then how many
pages will they read during October?
Sol :
QUESTION 233.
QUESTION 236.
Bequests to Charity : At the time our mother left this Earth,
Increasing Salary : A lab technician has a salary of Rs 22,000
she gave Rs 90000 to her children of birth. This we kept and
her first year and is due to get a Rs 500 raise each year,
each year added Rs 30000 more, as a lasting memorial from
(i) What will her salary be in her seventh year?
the children she bore. When Rs 4,20,000 is thusly attained,
all goes to charity that her memory be maintained. (ii) What is the total salary for 7 years of work for the lab
technician ?
(i) What was the balance in the sixth year?
(ii) In what year was the goal of Rs 420,000 met?
Sol :
Sol :

Piono : Suppose you practice the piano 45 min on the first Old Age Home : Your grandmother has assets of Rs 500,000.
day of the semester and increase your practice time by 5 min One option that she is considering involves an adult residential
each day. community for a six-year period beginning in 2020. The
(i) How much total time will you devote to practicing during model an = 1800n + 64130 describes yearly adult residential
the first 15 days of the semester? community costs n years after 2019. Does your grandmother
(ii) How much total time will you devote to practicing during have enough to pay for the facility?
the first 35 days of the semester?
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 240.
QUESTION 238. TOWER OF PISA : To prove that objects of different

CONSTRUCTION : The table at the below shows typical weights fall at the same rate, Galileo dropped two objects
costs for a construction company to rent a crane for one, two, with different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in
three, or four months. If the sequence continues, how much Italy. The objects hit the ground at the same time. When an
would it cost to rent the crane for twelve months? object is dropped from a tall building, it falls about 16 feet in
the first second, 48 feet in the second, and 80 feet in the third
Months Cost (Rs) second, regardless of its weight.
1 75,000 (i) How many feet would an object fall in the sixth second?
2 90,000 (ii) How many feet would an object fall in the six second?
(iii) How many feet would an object fall in the eight second?
3 105,000
4 120,000
Sol :
Sol :
QUESTION 241.
Jessica arranges a display of soup cans as shown in figure.
RCB Machine Pvt Ltd started making road roller 10 year

(i) List the number of cans in the top row, the second row, ago. Company increased its production uniformly by fixed
the third row, and so on, down to the tenth row. number every year. The company produces 800 roller in the
(ii) Write a recursive formula for the terms of the sequence. 6th year and 1130 roller in the 9th year.
(iii) If the cans are to be stacked 47 rows high, how many cans (i) What was the company’s production in first year ?
will it take to build the display?
(ii) What was the company’s production in the 8th year ?
(iv) If Jessica uses six cases (273 cans), how tall can she make
(iii) What was the company’s total production of the first 6
the display?
years?
Sol :
(iv) What was the increase in the company’s production every
year ?
(v) In which year the company’s production was 1350 rollers
QUESTION 242.
?
RADIO : A radio station is giving away a total of Rs 124,000
in August on promotion. If they increase the amount given Sol :
away each day by Rs 100,
(i) How much should they give away the first day?
(ii) How much have they give away on the 15th day ? QUESTION 244.
(iii) How much have they give away in 15 day ? Heavy Penalties : If an air-conditioning system is not
completed by the agreed upon date, the contractor pays a
penalty of Rs 500 for the first day that it is overdue, Rs 600
for the second day, Rs 700 for the third day, and so on. If
the system is completed 10 days late, then what is the total
amount of the penalties that the contractor must pay?
Sol :
QUESTION 243.
Road Roller : A road roller (sometimes called a roller-
compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-type engineering
vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in
the construction of roads and foundations. Similar rollers Sol :
are used also at landfills or in agriculture. Road rollers are
frequently referred to as steamrollers, regardless of their
method of propulsion.
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Chap 5

Arithmetic Progression Page 75

(c) (2n + 1) a (d) 2na

The 11th term of an AP - 5 , - 5 , 0, 5 , ....., is

The first term of AP is p and the common difference is q ,

QUESTION 11. QUESTION 17.

QUESTION 23. QUESTION 29.

QUESTION 35. QUESTION 40.

QUESTION 54. [Board 2018]

QUESTION 55. [Board 2018]

QUESTION 56. [Board 2020 SQP Standard]

QUESTION 57. [Board Term-2 2016]

Is - 150 a term of the AP 11, 8, 5, 2, .......?

QUESTION 58. [Board Term-2 2012]

Which of the term of AP 5, 2, - 1, ...... is - 49 ?

QUESTION 59. [Board Term-2 2012]

QUESTION 60. [Board Term-2 2016]

What is the common difference of an AP in which a21 − a7 = 84

QUESTION 63. [Board Term-2 2015]

QUESTION 64. [Board Term-2 2014]

If the common difference of an AP is - 6 , find a16 - a12 . QUESTION 73.

If 18, a, b, - 3 are in AP, then find a + b .

QUESTION 65. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015]

QUESTION 66. [Board 2020 OD Basic]

Find the first four terms of an AP whose first term is 3x + y

QUESTION 67. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2016]

Which term of the progression 20, 19 1 , 18 1 , 17 3 .... is the first

QUESTION 81. [Board Term-2 2012]

If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an AP whose common

QUESTION 82. [Board Term-2 2012]

QUESTION 83. [Board SQP 2017]

The sum of first terms of an AP is given by Sn = 2n2 + 8n.

QUESTION 92. [Board 2020 SQP Standard]

QUESTION 95. [Board Term-2 SQP 2016]

QUESTION 96. [Board 2019 Delhi]

QUESTION 88. [Board Term-2 OD 2017]

If the sum of first n terms of an AP is n2 , then find its 10th

The fifth term of an AP is 20 and the sum of its seventh and

Sol : QUESTION 110. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2015]

The fourth term of an AP is 11. The sum of the fifth and

The 8th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38th term is

If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its

QUESTION 116. [Board Term-2 OD 2016]

AP is three times its 11th term. th

QUESTION 117. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2015]

The n term of an AP is given by ^− 4n + 15h . Find the sum

QUESTION 118. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2016]

QUESTION 119. [Board Term-2 Delhi 2016]

QUESTION 120. [Board Term-2 OD Compt. 2017]

How many terms of the AP - 6, - , - 5, - .... are needed to

QUESTION 121. [Board Term-2 OD 2015]

In an AP, if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the AP,

Sol : QUESTION 130. [Board Term-2 Foreign 2012]

If the sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of the

QUESTION 131. [Board Term-2 Compt. 2017]

The sum of four consecutive number in AP is 32 and the ratio

Sol : QUESTION 140. [Board 2020 Delhi Standard]

The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and that of its

The fifth term of an AP is 26 and its 10 th