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ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS

Short Answer Type I Questions AP.

a 2 14. Find the sum of first 16 terms of an
1. For the AP a1, a2, a3,……..if 4  , then
a7 3 Arithmetic Progression (AP) whose 4th and
9th terms are –15 and –30 respectively.
a
find 6 15. If the sum of first 14 terms of an
a8
Arithmetic Progression (AP) is 1050 and its
2. Find the number of terms of the AP. fourth term is 40, then find its 20th term.
293, 285, 277, ......, 53
3. Find the sum of the first 40 positive 16. Find the common difference of the
integers divisible by 7. Arithmetic Progression (AP)
4. How many terms are there in the AP. 1 3  a 3  2a
, , ,.......(a  0)
12x, 10x, 8x, ..........., –2x? a 3a 3a
5. Find the number of all odd integers 17. Find the 21st term of the AP
between 2 and 100, divisible by 3. 1 1
4 ,  3,  1 ,......
6. Which term of the AP 5, 15, 25, ... will be 2 2
130 more than its 31st term? 18. Find how many two-digit numbers are
th 1 th divisible by 3?
7. If the p term of an AP is and the q
q 19. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39,... will
1 th be 120 more than its 21st term?
term is , then show that (pq) term is 1.
p 20. If Sn, the sum of first n terms of an AP is
2 th
Or given by Sn =3n – 4n, then find the n
1 term.
If the mth term of an AP is and nth 21. Find, how many two-digit natural numbers
n
1 are divisible by 7.
th
term is , then show that its (mn) term 22. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is n ,
2
m
is 1. then find its 10th term.
8. In an AP if the sum of third and seventh 23. If the nth term of an AP is pn + q, then find
term is zero, find its 5th term. its common difference.
9. Determine the AP whose third term is 5 24. Find the sum of given below
and seventh term is 9. 7 + 10 + 13 + ... + 46
10. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an AP, 25. If the 9th term of an AP is zero, then show
whose nth term is given as an = 5 – 2n. that its 29th term is double of its 19th
term.
11. Find the sum of first 20 terms of the
following AP sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, ....... 26. Which term of the AP 4, 7, 10, .... is 64
12.
2 2 2
Show that (a – b) , (a + b ) and (a + b)
2 27. Which term of the AP 10, 7, 4, .... is –41?
are in AP.
13. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 Short Answer Type II Questions
and that of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the
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1. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 16. If the sum of first four terms of an AP is 40
and that of first 17 terms is 289, then find and that of first 14 terms is 280. Find the
the sum of its first 20 terms. sum of its first n terms.
2. The ratio of the 10th term to its 30th term 17. The first term of an AP is 3, the last term
of an AP is 1 : 3 and the sum of its first six is 83 and the sum of all its items is 903.
terms is 42. bits Find the first term and Find the number of terms and the common
the common difference stof AP. difference of the AP.
3. If pth term of an AP is q and qth term is p, 18. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 0
then prove that its nth term is (p + q – n). and 50.

4. Find the common difference of an AP, Long Answer Type Questions

whose first term is 8, the last term is 65 1. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term
and the sum of all its terms is 730. of an AP is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of the 5th
5. Find the sum of all integers between 50 term to the 21st term. Also, find the ratio
and 500, which are divisible by 7. of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of
6. How many numbers lie between 10 and first 21 terms.
300, which when divided by 4 leave a 2. If the sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 36
remainder 3? Also, find their sum. and that of the first 16 terms is 256, then
7. The sum of four consecutive numbers in AP find the sum of first 10 terms.
is 32 and the ratio of the product of the 3. Find the sum of integers between 100 and
first and last terms to the product of two 200 which are
middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the numbers. (i) divisible by 9.
(ii) not divisible by 9.
8. Solve 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + x = 287. 4. Solve the equation
9. Show that the sum of all terms of an AP (–4) + (–1) + 2 + 5 + .... + x = 437
whose first term is a, the second term is b
and the last term is c is Assertion-Reason Questions
(a  c)(b  c  2a)
Direction : Each question consist of two
2(b  a) statements, one labelled as Assertion (A)
10. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an AP and other as Reason (R). Answer these
whose middle term is 30. questions by selecting the appropriate
11. If in an AP, the sum of first m terms is n option given below.
then prove and the sum of its first n terms (a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and
is m, that the sum of its first (m + n) terms Reason is the correct explanation of
is –(m + n). Assertion.
(b)Both Assertion and Reason are true, but
12. Which term of the given AP
Reason is not the correct explanation of
1 1 3
20, 19 , 18 , 17 ,....... Assertion.
4 2 4
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
is the first negative term.
13. Find the middle term of the AP (d) Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
7, 13, 19, ......, 247.
14. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression 1. Assertion (A) : an – an–1 is not independent
(AP) –7, –12, –17, –22, ... will be –82,? of n, then the given sequence is an AP.
Is –100 any term of the AP? Give reason Reason (R) : Common difference d = an –
for your answer. an–1 is constant or independent of n.
15. How many terms of the Arithmetic 2. Assertion (A) : 184 is the 50th term of the
Progression (AP) 45, 39, 33, ... must be sequence 3, 7, 11, ...
taken, so that their sum is 180? Explain Reason (R) : The nth term of AP is given
the double answer. by an = a + (n – 1) d.

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3. Assertion (A) : Common difference of an progressions as –5, –2, 1, 4,... and 187, 184,
AP in which a21 – a7 = 84 is 14. 181, teacher asks various students of the
Reason (R) : nth term of AP is given by class the respectively. Now, the following
an = a + (n – 1) d. questions on these two progressions. Help
4. Assertion (A) : There will be 10 rows in students to find the answers of the
the flower bed, if there are 23 plants in the questions.
first row, 21 in the second row, 19 in the (i) Find the 32nd term of the progression
third row and so on. Also, rose plants are written by Neeta.
in the last row. (a) 84 (b) 88
Reason (R) : Sum of first n terms of an AP (c) 94 (d) 98
n (ii) Find the 21st term of the progression
is given by Sn = [2a + (n – 1) d]. written by Geeta.
2
(a) 52 (b) 55
5. Assertion (A) : Sum of all 11 terms of an
(c) 49 (d) 58
AP whose middle most term is 30, is 330.
(iii)Find the sum of first 14 terms of the
Reason (R) : Sum of first n terms of an AP progression written by Geeta.
n (a) 84 (b) 98
is given by Sn = [a +l]. l is the middle
2 (c) 203 (d) 200
term. Case 3 : Isha is planning to grow her
6. Assertion (A) : The difference between orchard. She wants to plant rows of fruit
any two consecutive terms in the sequence trees in a way that each row has more
of numbers 6, 24 , 54 , 96 ,...is 3 6 . tress than the one before, following a
Reason (R) : The sequence of numbers specific pattern. Given below are the
details of her plan:
6, 24 , 54 , 96 ,........ form an arithmetic
 The first row will have 5 trees.
progression.
 Each new row will have 3 more trees
than the one before.
Case-Based Type Questions  There will be a total of 10 rows of trees.
Case 1 : Mudit wants to participate in a Based on the above information answer
200 m race. He can currently run that the following questions.
distance in 51 sec and with each day of (i) Calculate the number of trees in the
practice it takes him 2 sec less. He wants 10th row of the orchard. Show your work.
to do in 31 sec. (ii) What will be the total number of trees
Based on the above information answer in the orchard after all 10 rows are
the following questions. planted? Show your answer.
(i) Which of the following terms are in AP (iii) Isha changed her plan by not planting
for the given situation? in TOWS 5 and 6 to create a pathway for
(a) 51, 53, 55, ... walking, without altering the pattern for
(b) 51, 49, 47, ... the rows. All rows will have the same
(c)–51, –53, –55,... number of trees as before. Calculate the
(d) 51, 55, 59, ... number of trees now.Show your work.
(ii) The minimum number of days he needs Case 4 : A theatre charges 350 for the
to practice till his goal achieved is first ticket and 20 less for every
(a) 10 (b) 12 subsequent ticket. The offer is valid for 12
(c) 11 (d) 9 tickets only.
(iii) In how many days will Mudit run the Based on the above information, answer
distance in 35 sec? the following questions.
(a) 9 (b) 8 (i) Find the discounted price for the first
(c) 10 (d) 7 four tickets.
Case 2 : In a class the teacher asks every (ii) How much would someone pay for 8
student to write an example of AP. Two tickets?
friends Geeta and Neeta writes their (iii) What would be the discounted price of

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the 12 ticket? Show your work. where a is any rational number. Show your
Case 5 : The cannon fires every 2 min, work.
with the first shot occurring 10 min after 8. Amit makes the following statement:
the start of the fight. Additionally, the “The sequence of positive integers
weight of each cannonball increases by 0.5 divisible by 2 but not by 6 form an
kg with each successive shot, starting with arithmetic progression.”
the first ball weighing 0.5 kg. Check if Amit's statement is true. Give
Based on the above information, answer reason for your answer.
the following questions. 9. The 3rd and the 14th terms of an
(i) How many balls are fired after the first arithmetic progression are –9 and 35,
30 min of fight? respectively.
(ii) What is the ball's weight when the Which term of this arithmetic progression
12th ball is fired? is five times the 6th term? Show your
(iii) After how much time will the ball of work.
10 kg be fired?

Subjective Questions
1. Write the first four terms of an arithmetic
progression, whose first term is 3.75 and
the common difference is (–1.5).
"In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must
2. If the first term of an arithmetic
be held of higher value than solving it."
progression (AP) is 5 and the common
difference is (–3), then the nth term of the – Georg Cantor
progression is given by Tn = 5n – 3.
Is the above statement true or false?
Justify your answer.
3. The nth term of an arithmetic progression
(AP) is
2
Tn = (2n + 1) – 3.
Determine the sum of the first 10 terms of
the AP. Show your work.
4. Given below are 2 arithmetic progressions
(AP):
AP1 : 5, 9, 13, 17, ...
AP2 : 30, 40, 50, 60, ...
The xth term of AP, is the same as the yth
term of AP2. Find the relationship between
x and Show your work.

5. In an arithmetic progression, the sum of

2
the first n terms is given by Sn = 2n – 5n.
Determine the first term and the common
difference of this arithmetic progression.
Show your work.
6. The difference between the 2nd and 4th
term of an arithmetic progression (AP) is
6. Find the common difference of the AP.
Show your work.
7. Determine whether the following sequence
is an arithmetic progression or not.
(–12 + 12a), (–11 + 11a), (–10 + 10a), ....
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