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Sequence and Series

The document contains 26 math word problems involving concepts like arithmetic progressions, geometric progressions, means (arithmetic, geometric, harmonic), sequences, and series. The problems provide information like terms, sums, ratios, and ask users to determine unknown values based on the given information.

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Sequence and Series

The document contains 26 math word problems involving concepts like arithmetic progressions, geometric progressions, means (arithmetic, geometric, harmonic), sequences, and series. The problems provide information like terms, sums, ratios, and ask users to determine unknown values based on the given information.

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Sequence and series numbers.

a) 10, 20, 40 or 40, 20, 10 b) 5, 15, 45

0.Sum of first 5 terms of an A.P. is one fourth of or 45, 15, 5 c) 8, 16, 32 or 32, 16, 8 d) – l, – 3, –

the sum of next five terms. If the first term = 2, 6 or – 6, – 3, – l

then the common difference of the A.P. is


a) 6 b) – 6 c) 3 d) 2 10.For two positive numbers, if A.M. = 25 and
G.M=12, then H.M. = a) 6.75 b) 5.86 c) 5.76 d)

1. If the pth, qth and rth term of an arithmetic 6.85

sequence are a , b and c respectively, then the 11.The A.M. between two numbers is 32 and

value of [a(q – r) + b(r – p) + c(p – q)] = their H.M. is 8. Thus, G.M. = a) 16 b) 4 c) 256 d)

a) 1 b) – 1 c) 0 d) 1 64

2. If A1 , A2 are arithmetic means between 1/ 3 12. If 12 + 22 + 32 + ... + n2 = 1015, then the value

and 1 /24 , then their values are of n is a) 13 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16

a) 7/72 5/ 36 b) 17/72 ,5/ 36 c) 7/36 , 5/ 72 d)


5/72 , 7/7 13.In an A.P., S1 = 6, S7 = 105, then Sn : Sn-3 is
same as a) (n + 3) : (n – 3) b) (n + 3) : n c) n :(n –

3. Which term of the sequence 8 – 6i, 7 – 4i, 6 – 3) d) 1

2i,.... is a real number ? a) 7th b) 6th c) 5th d) 4 th 14.The sum of first four terms of an A.P. is 56
and sum of last four terms is 112. If the first term

4. If the product of three consecutive terms of a is 11, then the number of terms is a) 10 b) 12 c)

G.P. is 216 and the sum of product of pair-wise is 11 d) none of these

15, 6, then the numbers will be 15.If the angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P.

a) 1, 3, 9 b) 2, 6, 18 c) 3, 9, 27 d) 2, 4, 8 whose common difference is 100 , then the


angles of the quadrilateral are a) 650 , 850 , 950 ,

5. The sum to n terms of 2 + 22 + 222 + . .... is 1050 b) 750 , 850 , 950 , 1050 c) 650 , 750 , 850 , 950

(a)1/81 [10(10n - 1)- 9n (b) 2/81 [10(10n - 1)- d) 650 ,950 ,1050 , 1150

9n] ( c) 2/81 [10(10n - 1)] (d) 1/81 [10(10n - 1)- 16.If the ratio of the sum of a terms of two A.P.’s

n] be (7n + 1) : (4n + 27), then the ratio of their 11th


term will be a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 4 c) 4 : 3 d) 5 : 6

6. If the first term of a G.P. is 2 and sum to 17.After inserting n A.M.’s between 2 and 38, the

infinity is 6, then r = sum of the resulting progression is 200. The

a) 1/ 3 b) 2/ 3 c) 3 /2 d) 4/3 value of n is a) 10 b) 8 c) 9 d) 7
18.The first and second terms of a G.P. are x–4

7. If three numbers a, 8, b, (a not equal to b) and xn respectively. If x52 is the eighth term of the

are in G.P and a, b, – 8 are in A.P. then the same progression, then n is equal to a) 13 b) 4 c)

values of a and b respectively are 5 d) 3

a) – 4, – 16 b) – 4, 16 c) 16, – 4 d) 16, 4 19.The product of first three terms of a G.P. is


1000. If 6 is added to its 2nd term and 7 is added

8.If the roots of the equation x 3 – 12x2 + 39x – 28 to its 3 rd term, the terms become in A.P. Find

= 0 are m A.P., then their common difference will the G.P. a) 5, 10, 20 b) 3, 6, 12 c) 7, 14, 28 d) 1,

be a) ± 1 b) ± 2 c) ± 3 d) ± 4 3, 9
20.The sum of first 10 terms of G.P. is equal to

9.Three numbers are in G. P. whose sum is 70. If 244 times to sum of its first five terms. Then the

the extremes be each multiplied by 4 and the common ratio is a) 7 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

means by 5, they will be in A.P. Find the


21.If second term of G.P. is 2 and the sum of its
infinite terms is 8, then its first term is a) 1/ 4 b) 1
/2 c) 2 d) 4
22.Which number should be added to the
numbers 13, 15, 19 so that the resulting numbers
be the consecutive terms of a H.P. a) 7 b) 6 c) –
6 d) – 7
23.If the ratio of two numbers be 9 : 1, then the
ratio of geometric and harmonic means between
them will be a) 1 : 9 b) 5 : 3 c) 3 : 5 d) 2 : 5
24.1.3 + 5.7 + 9.11 + ..... upto n terms is equal to
(a)n(n2 - 7)/ 3 (b)n(16n-7)/3 (c )n(16n2 + 7)/ 4
(d)n(16n2 - 7)/ 3
25.The sum of 13 + 33 + 53 + ..... + 213 is
a) 26191 b) 29161 c) 21619 d) 29611
26.A man saves Rs. 200 in each of the first three
months of his service. In each of the subsequent
months his saving increases by Rs. 40 more than
the saving of immediately previous month. His
total saving from the start of service will be Rs.
11040 after a) 18 months b) 19 months c) 20
months d) 21 months

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