PRC-02: QUANTITATIVE METHODS CH-03: MATHEMATICAL PROGRESSION

CHAPTER-03
(MATHEMATICAL PROGRESSION)

IN THIS CHAPTER:

We will learn to solve questions related to:

1 Arithmetic progression
2 Geometric progression

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3.1) Each term is formed by adding a constant to the previous term is known as
a) geometric progression b) arithmetic mean

c) arithmetic progression d) geometric mean

3.2) Each term is formed by multiplying the previous term by a constant is known as
a) geometric progression b) arithmetic mean

c) arithmetic progression d) geometric mean

3.3) The number added or subtracted to construct the progression is known as

a) Difference b) common difference
c) common ratio d) ratio

3.4) Find the 10th term of the sequence 500, 475, 450….
a) 175 b) 275
c) 225 d) 175

3.5) A person sets aside Rs.1,000 in the first month, 1,100, in the second, 1,200 in the third and so on. How many
months will it take to save Rs.9,100?
a) 5 b) 6
c) 7 d) 8

3.6) The first term is 10 and the series has a common difference of 2. How many terms are needed to produce a
sum of 252?
a) 10 b) 8
c) 12 d) 15

3.7) Ali intends to start saving in July. He will set aside Rs.5,000 in the first month and increase this by Rs.300 in each of
the subsequent months. How much will he set aside in March next year?
a) Rs 8,400 b) Rs 7,400
c) Rs 6,400 d) Rs 9,400

3.8) For an A.P: a10 =275 and a3 = 450.Find the first term and common difference of the progression.
a) a = 500, d = –25 b) a = 500, d = +25

c) a = 400, d = –20 d) a = 300, d = 15

3.9) Calculate the 5th and 12th term of a series which starts at 8 and has a common difference of 7.
a) 5th = 36, 12th = 80 b) 5th = 36, 12th = 85

c) 5th = 26, 12th = 75 d) None of these

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3.10) The sum of 12 terms of an arithmetic progression is 234 and the last term is 36. Find the common difference
and the first term.
a) a1 = 2, d = 5 b) a1 = 1, d = 10
c) a1 = 3, d = 3 d) None of these

Data for Question Q11 to 12:

A company is funding a major expansion which will take place over a period of 18 months. It will commit Rs.
100,000 to the project in the first month followed by a series of monthly payments increasing by Rs. 10,000
per month.

3.11) What is the monthly payment in the last month of the project?
a) Rs.170,000 b) Rs.210,000
c) Rs.270,000 d) Rs.370,000

3.12) What is the total amount of funds invested by the end of the project?
a) Rs. 3,330,000 b) Rs. 2,230,000
c) Rs. 1,440,000 d) Rs. 5,630,000

Data for Question Q13 to 14:

A company has spare capacity of 80,000 hours per month. (This means that it has a workforce which could
work an extra 80,000 hours if needed).
The company has just won a new contract which requires an extra 50,000 hours in the first month. This figure
will increase by 5,000 hours per month.
The company currently has enough raw material to service 300,000 hours of production on the new contract.
It does not currently use this material on any other contract. January is the first month of the contract

3.13) In what month will the company need to hire extra labour?
a) June b) July

c) August d) September

3.14) In what month will the existing inventory of raw material run out?
a) n = 4 (April) b) n = 5 (May)

c) n = 6 (June) d) n = 7 (July)

3.15) A property owner has to repay his loan of Rs. 425,000. He can pay Rs. 20,000 in the first year and then increases
payment by Rs. 5,000 in every installment. How many installments will it take for him to clear his loan?
a) 4 b) 6

c) 8 d) 10

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3.16) Find the sum of all integers between 170 and 1000 which are exactly divisible by 8.
a) 70,201 b) 60,152

c) 75,253 d) 65,250

3.17) Find the sum of all the odd integers from 7 to 7291 inclusive.
a) 13,293,307 b) 11,293,307
c) 12,493,307 d) 10,193,307

3.18) A firm agrees to hire an employee at the pay of Rs. 65,000 per month. Annual increase in salary would be
78,000. However, it does not agree to increase the salary after it reaches Rs. 1,638,000 per year. How long
would it take the employee to exhaust his increment?
a) 10 b) 12
c) 14 d) 15

3.19) Mr. Z has opted for a loan from the bank. In his tenth installment he paid Rs. 25,000 and in the fifteenth, he
paid Rs. 30,000. How much he paid in the first month? And how many installments it would reach until it does
not exceed Rs. 72,000.
a) 57 b) 60
c) 67 d) 70

Data for Question 20 to 21:

Alia’s annual installment for the loan taken increases by the same amount every year. At its fourth installment,
she has to pay Rs. 3,700. In her thirteenth she has to pay Rs. 6,400.
3.20) How much she will have to pay in her last twentieth installment?
a) Rs. 6500. b) Rs. 7500.
c) Rs. 8500. d) Rs. 9500.

3.21) What is the total amount paid?

a) Rs. 103,000 b) Rs. 113,000
c) Rs. 123,000 d) Rs. 233,000

3.22) A company earned a profit of Rs.37,000 in its first year of operation. It is estimated that the profit will increase
by Rs.7,000 each year. Find the total profit of first 10 years using the method of Arithmetic Progression.
a) Rs.685,000 b) Rs.600,000
c) Rs.775,000 d) Rs.885,000

3.23) The sum of 16 terms of an Arithmetic Progression, whose last term is 250, is 2800. Find the first term and
common difference.
a) a1 = 100, d = 15 b) a1 = 100, d = 10
c) a1 = 105, d = 08 d) None of these

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3.24) A person has monthly income of Rs.1000 and his income increase by Rs.50 of the previous month income.
On which term his total salary will exceed 100,000.
th th
a) 45 term b) 46 term
th th
c) 47 term d) 48 term

3.25) If the common ratio is numerically greater than or equal to 1 or less than or equal to –1, the series will have?
a) Maximum value b) Minimum value
c) Infinite value d) finite value

3.26) If the common ratio is between +1 and –1 the series will have?
a) Maximum value b) Minimum value
c) Infinite value d) finite value

3.27) The sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200 is:
a) 7500 b) 8500

c) 800 d) 700

3.28) Mr. Hasnan saved Rs.x amount in January. Each month he saved Rs. 2000 more than the previous month. If his
total savings at the end of December stood at Rs. 300,000 how much did he save in January.
a) 7000 b) 14000

c) 9000 d) 24000

3.29) An auditorium has 20 seats in the front row, 25 seats in the second row, 30 seats in the third row and so on for
13 rows. How many seats are there in the thirteenth row?
a) 50 b) 60
c) 70 d) 80

3.30) Find the sum of following sequence: 49, 44, 39, ………… upto 17 terms
a) 133 b) 143

c) 153 d) 163

3.31) Find the 15th term of the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24, …, 12,288
a) 10,080 b) 49,152
c) 11,225 d) 40,548

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3.32) What is the 9th term and their sum? When a= 3; r = 2

a) 1,533 b) 1,500
c) 1,633 d) 2,533

3.33) Which one of the following is not from Geometric Progression?

1 1 1
a) , , b) 1, 3, 9
1.1 1.12 1.13

1 1
c) 1, , d) 2, 4, 6
2 4

3.34) Find the 10th term of the geometric progression, 5, 10, 20……..
a) 2500 b) 2560

c) 2460 d) 2350

3.35) Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric progression, 5, –10, 20, –40 ……..
a) –1500 b) –1450

c) –1304 d) –1705

3.36) How many terms are there in 1, 3, 9, …………. 243.

a) 4 b) 5
c) 6 d) 7

1 1 1 1 1
3.37) Sum of an infinite geometric series + + + +⋯ +…….. are
2 4 8 16 n

a) 0.125 b) 1
c) 1.129 d) 0.287

3.38) Find the common ratio of the three consecutive terms x, y and z in a geometric progression
x y y z
a) = b) =
y z x y
x y y y
c) = d) =
z z x z

1 1 2
3.39) Find the sum of following sequence: , , , ……. Upto 7 terms.
2 3 9

a) 0.41 b) 2.58
c) 1.41 d) 1.25

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3.40) Find the sum of following sequence: 1.8, 3.6, 7.2, ……… 57.6
a) 113.4 b) 112.4
c) 111.4 d) 105.2

3.41) Find the sum of following sequence: 3 + √3 + 1 + …………….

a) 6.1 b) 7.09
c) 5.02 d) 8.11

3.42) A person decided to make charity during coming month of holy Ramadan by giving 1 paisa on first day, 2 paisa
on second day, 4 paisa on third day, 8 paisa on fourth day and so on up to 30th day. Calculate how much money
should arrange him to act upon his charity plan?
a) Rs.10.01 million b) Rs.10.4 million
c) Rs.10.74 million d) Rs.10.07 million

3.43) Borrowed amount Rs.1,500,000 and returned 80,000 in the first year. In each upcoming year he returned 1.2
times of the previous year. In which year will he be able to return the loan
a) 8th b) 9th
c) 10th d) 11th

3.44) A gardener has been given the task of digging an area of 800 square meters. It is expected that he will dig 10
square meters on the first day and on each successive day he will dig 1.2 times more than the area he dug on
the previous day. Find the number of days the gardener will take to complete the task.
a) 15.54 b) 16.15
c) 14.5 d) 17.25

3.45) Mr. K. is planning for a loan from a bank. The installment increases 25% every year. If the installment starting
in 2020 is Rs. 4,000, what would be the installment in the year 2027.
a) Rs. 20,073.6 b) Rs. 21,073.6

c) Rs. 18,073.6 d) Rs. 19,073.6

3.46) A company earns a profit of Rs. 75000 in its first year. In the second year, it made Rs. 86250. If the profit
continues to grow in geometric sequence, what will be the profit in its 4 th year. What will be the total earned
profit?
a) Rs. 124,500 b) Rs. 222,500

c) Rs. 374,500 d) Rs. 594,500

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SOLUTION:

Solution
Questions Key

3.1) arithmetic progression C

3.2) geometric progression A
3.3) common difference B

3.4) a10 = a + 9d B
= 500 + 9(-25) = 275

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.5) 𝑛 C
9100 = [2x1000 + (n-1) 100]
2
n=7

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.6) 𝑛 C
252 = [2x10 + (n-1) 2]
2
n = 12

3.7) A9 = a + 8d B
= 5000 + 8(300) = Rs 7,400
a10 = a + 9d (i) a3 = a + 2d (ii)
275 = a + 9d 450 = a + 2d
3.8) Solve simultaneously (i) and (ii) A

a = 500, d = -25

3.9) a5 = a + 4d a12 = a + 11d B

a5 = 8 + 4x7 = 36 a12 = 8 + 11x7 = 85

𝑛
S = [a + an] a12 = a + 11d
2
3.10) 12 36 = 3 + 11d C
234 = [a + 36]
2 d=3
a=3

a18 = a + 17d
3.11) C
a18 = 100,000 + 17x10,000
= Rs.270,000

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.12) 18 A
S= [2x100,000 + (18-1) x 10,000]
2
S = Rs. 3,330,000

3.13) 80,000 = 50,000 + (n-1)5000 C

n= 7 (August)

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𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.14) 𝑛 B
300,000 = [2x50,000 + (n-1) 5000]
2
n = 5 (May)

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.15) 𝑛 D
425,000 = [2x20,000 + (n-1) 5000]
2
n = 10

𝑛
S = [a + an]
2
3.16) 103 B
S= [176 + 992]
2

S = 60,152

𝑛
S = [a + an] an = a + (n-1) d
2
3.17) 3643 7291 = 7 + (n-1) 2 A
S= [7 + 7291]
2 n = 3643
S = 13,293,307

an = a + (n-1) d
3.18) B
1638,000 = (65,000X12) + (n-1) 78,000
n = 12

a10 = a + 9d (i) a15 = a + 14d (ii)

25000 = a + 9d 30000 = a + 14d
Solve simultaneously (i) and (ii)
3.19) a = 16000, d = 1000 A
an = a + (n-1) d
72,000 = 16000 + (n-1) 1000
n = 57

a4 = a + 3d (i) a13 = a + 12d (ii)

3700 = a + 3d 6400 = a + 12d
Solve simultaneously (i) and (ii)
3.20) C
a = 2800, d = 300
an = a + (n-1) d
a20 = 2800 + 19 x 300
a20 = 8500

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3.21) S= [2x2800 + (20-1) 300] B
2
S = Rs. 113,000

10
3.22) S= [2x37000 + (10-1) 7000] A
2
S = Rs.685,000

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𝑛
a16 = a + 15d (i) S = [a + an]
2
3.23) 250 = a + 15d 16 B
2800 = [a + 250]
250 = 100 + 15d 2
a = 100
d = 10

12
240,000 = [2(a) + (11) 20,000]
2
3.24) C
th
n = 47 term

3.25) Infinite value C

3.26) finite value D

𝑛
S = [a + an]
2
3.27) 50 A
S= [101 + 199]
2
S = 7500

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.28) 12 B
300,000 = [2(a) + (11) 2,000]
2
a = 14000

3.29) a13 = a + 12d D

a13 = 20 + 12(5) = 80

𝑛
S = [2a + (n-1) d]
2
3.30) 17 C
S= [2(49) + (16) -5]
2
S = 153

an =arn-1
3.31) B
a15 =ar14
=3x214 = 49,152

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛−1)
3.32) S= A
𝑟−1
3(29 −1)
S= = 1,533
2−1
3.33) 2, 4, 6 D

3.34) a10 =ar9 B

=5x29 = 2560

𝑎(1− 𝑟 𝑛)
3.35) S= D
1− 𝑟
5(1− (−2)10 )
S10 = = –1705
1+2

3.36) an =arn-1 C
243 =1x3n-1

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n=6

𝑎
S∞ =
1−𝑟
3.37) 1/2 B
S∞ = =1
1−1/2

3.38) y z B
=
x y

𝑎(1− 𝑟 𝑛)
3.39) S= C
1− 𝑟
0.5(1− (0.67)7 )
S7 = = 1.41
1− 0.67

1.8(2𝑛 −1) an =arn-1

3.40) S= A
𝑟−1
1.8(26 −1)
57.6 = 1.8 x 2n-1
S= = 113.4 n=6
2−1

𝑎
S∞ =
1−𝑟
3.41) 3 B
S∞ = = 7.09
1−√3/3

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛−1)
3.42) S= C
𝑟−1
1(230 −1)
S30 = = Rs.10.74 million
2−1

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛−1)
S=
𝑟−1
3.43) 80,000(1.2𝑛−1)
B
1500,000 =
1.2 − 1
n = 9th

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛−1)
S=
𝑟−1
3.44) 10(1.2𝑛−1)
A
800 =
1.2 − 1
n = 15.54

an =arn-1
3.45) D
a8 =4000 (1.25)7
a8 = Rs. 19,073.6

𝑎(𝑟 𝑛−1)
S=
𝑟−1
3.46) 75000(1.154−1)
C
S=
1.15 − 1
S = Rs. 374,500

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PRC-02: QUANTITATIVE METHODS CH-04: LINEAR PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER-04
(LINEAR PROGRAMMING)

IN THIS CHAPTER:

We will learn to solve questions related to:

1 Linear programming
2 Linear programming of business problems

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