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RCB machine Pvt Ltd started making road roller 10 years ago. Company
increased its production uniformly by fixed number every year. The company
produces 800 roller in the 6th year and 1130 roller in the 9th year.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
i) What was the company's production in first year? 1

ii) What was the company's production in the 8th year? 1

iii) What roller the company's total production of the first 6 years? 2

OR

What was the increase in the company's production every year? 2

LEVEL – III

MCQ:
1. Mr. Singh buys a property every year for 12 years. Every year he buys X acres
more than the previous year. If in the 8th year he bought 45 acres of land and in
the 5th year he bought 30 acres of land, how many acres did he buy in the last
year?
a) [10 + 11(5)] Acres b) [10 + 12(5)] Acres

c) [5 + 11(10)] Acres d) [5 + 12(10)] Acres

2. The cylindrical bumps on top of Lego blocks are called studs.

Pragun has built a solid inverted Lego pyramid as shown below. The number of
studs in successive floors forms an arithmetic progression. Pragun figures out
that the sum of the number of studs used in the first p floors is given by

6 p 2
 2p  .

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How many studs are there in the 5th floor?

a) 140 b) 88 c) 64 d) 52
3. If the first, second and last term of an A.P are a, b and 2a respectively, then its
sum is:
ab ab 3ab
a) b) c) d) None
2 b  a  b a 2 b  a 

4. In an A.P am n  am n is equal to:

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2am d) am

1 1
5. If pth term of an A.P. and qth term is , then the sum of pq terms is:
q p
p q p q pq  1 pq  1
a) b) c) d)
2 2 2 2
6. If the sum of first n even natural numbers is equal to k times the sum of first n

odd natural numbers then the value of k will be:

a) 1/n b) (n-1)/n c) (n+1)/2n d) (n+1)/n

7. If in an A.P., Sn  n 2 p , Sm  m 2 p and Sr denotes the sum of r terms of the AP.,

then S p = __________.

1 3
a) p b) mnp c) p 3 d m  n  p 2
2
8. The number of terms of an A.P. 3, 7, 11, 15... to be taken so that the sum is 406
is
a) 5 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14
3p 1
9. If p th term of an A.P is , then the sum of first n terms of an A.P is:
6
n n
a)  3n  1 b)  3n  1
12 12
n n
c)  3n  1 d)  3n  1
6 6

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10. Sum of all natural numbers lying between 250 and 1000 which are exactly

divisible by 3 is

a) 157365 b) 153657 c) 156375 d) 155637

2-MARKS:

1. The taxi fare after each km, when the fare is Rs 15 for the first km and Rs 8 for

each additional km, does not form an AP as the total fare (in Rs) after each km is

15, 8, 8, 8,… Is the statement true? Give reasons.

2. Which term of the AP 3, 10, 17……. will be 84 more than its 13th term?

3. Find the number of odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3.

4. The 8th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term.

5. Show that the sequence defined by =2 + 1 is not an A.P.

6. Write an A.P. whose first term and common difference are −1.25 and −0.25

respectively.

7. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one AP is 2 and

that of the other is 7. The difference between their 10th terms is the same as the

difference between their 21st terms, which is the same as the difference between

any two corresponding terms. Why?

8. In the AP: 10,5,0, −5, … the common difference is equal to 5 . Justify whether

the above statement is true or false.

9. Divya deposited ₹1000 at compound interest at the rate of 10% per annum. The

amounts at the end of first year, second year, third year,..., form an A.P. Justify

your answer.

10. For the AP: −3, −7, −11, …, can we find directly a30  a 20 without actually finding

a 30 and a 20 ? Give reasons for your answer.

11. Match the APs given in column A with suitable common differences given in
column B.

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3-MARKS:

1. Find the sum of all two digit natural numbers which when divided by 3 gives 1

as the remainder.

2. Find the sum of all odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3.

3. Find the sum of all three digit numbers which leave the remainder 3, when

divided by 5.

4. If the 8th term of the A.P. is 37 and the 15th term is 15 more than the 12th term,

find the A.P. Hence find the sum of first 15 terms of the A.P.

5. Consider the sequence defined by = + + . If = 1, = 5 and = 11

then find the value of a .

6. Divide 32 into four parts which are in A.P. such that the product of extremes is

to the product of means is 7: 15.

7. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an A.P. in which 3rd term is 7 and 7th term is

two more than thrice of its 3rd term.

4 2 1
8. Find the sum of the two middle most terms of the AP:  ,  1,  ,......4 .
3 3 3
9. In an AP, if Sn  3n 2  5n and ak  164 , find the value of .

10. The sum of the first terms of an 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 .

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11. The 26th, 11th and the last term of an AP are 0, 3 and  respectively. Find the
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common difference and the number of terms.
12. Find the 20th term of the AP whose 7th term is 24 less than the 11th term, first

term being 12.

13. Split 207 into three parts such that these are in AP and the product of the two

smaller parts is 4623.

14. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300, which when divided by 4 leave a

remainder 3?

15. Find the sum of last ten terms of the AP: 8, 10, 12,……..126

16. Find the sum of first seven numbers which are multiples of 2 as well as of 9

5-MARKS:
1. The sum of the first 3 terms of an A.P. is 21 and the sum of their squares is 155.

Find the AP.

2. The 10th term of an AP is 29 and the sum of its first 20 terms is 610. Find the

sum of its first 30 terms.

3. In an A.P. 6th term is half the 4th term, and the 3rd term is 15. How many terms

are needed to give a sum that is equal to 66?

4. Find the sum:

1 2 3
a) 4   4   4  .......upto n terms
n n n
a  b 3a  2b 5a  3b
b)    .....to 11 terms
a b a b a b

5. If there are (2 + 1) terms in an A.P. then prove that the ratio of the sum of odd

terms and the sum of even terms is ( + 1): .

6. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and

the sum of the last three is 429. Find the AP.

7. Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 200 that are:
i) divisible by 9 ii) not divisible by 9

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8. Find four numbers in A.P. whose sum is 20 and the sum of whose squares is

120.

9. Find the:

i) Sum of those integers between 1 & 500 which are the multiples of 2 as well as

of 5.

ii) Sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5.

iii) Sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 or 5.

10. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an A.P is 2:3. Find the ratio of the

5th term to the 21st term, and also the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to

the sum of first 21 terms.

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