Chapter - 5

Arithmetic
Progressions
1. For the AP : , , – , – write the first term a and the
common difference d.
2. Which of the following list of numbers form an AP? If they

form an AP, write the next two terms:

(i) 4, 10, 16, 22

(ii) 1, – 1, – 3, – 5
(iii) – 2, 2, – 2, 2, – 2

(iv) 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3
3. Which of the following form an AP? Justify your answer.
(i) –1, –1, –1, –1
(ii) 0, 2, 0, 2
(iii) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3
(iv) 11, 22, 33
(v) , ,
(vi) 2, 22 , 23 , 24
(vii) , , ,
4. In which of the following situations, do the lists of numbers involved form an

AP? Give reasons for your answers.

a) The fee charged from a student every month by a school for the whole
session, when the monthly fee is Rs 400.

b) The fee charged every month by a school from Classes I to XII, when the
monthly fee for Class I is Rs 250, and it increases by Rs 50 for the next
higher class.

c) The amount of money in the account of Varun at the end of every year
when Rs 1000 is deposited at simple interest of 10% per annum.

d) The number of bacteria in a certain food item after each second, when
they double in every second.
5. Justify whether it is true to say that the following are the nth terms of an AP.

(i) 2n – 3

(ii) 3n2 + 5

(iii) 1 + n + n2
6. Find the 10th term of the AP: 2, 7, 12.
7. Fill in the blanks in the following table, given that a is the first term, d

the common difference and an the nth term of the AP :

8. In an AP, if d = –4, n = 7, an = 4, then a is

(A) 6

(B) 7

(C) 20

(D) 28
9. In an AP, if a = 3.5, d = 0, n = 101, then an will be

(A) 0

(B) 3.5

(C) 103.5

(D) 104.5
10. The list of numbers – 10, – 6, – 2, 2 is…

(A) an AP with d = – 16

(B) an AP with d = 4

(C) an AP with d = – 4

(D) not an AP
11. The 11th term of the AP: –5, – 5/2 , 0, 5/2 is..

(A) –20

(B) 20

(C) –30

(D) 30
12. The first four terms of an AP, whose first term is –2 and the

common difference is –2 are

(A) – 2, 0, 2, 4

(B) – 2, 4, – 8, 16

(C) – 2, – 4, – 6, – 8

(D) – 2, – 4, – 8, –16
13. The 21st term of the AP whose first two terms are –3 and

4 is

(A) 17

(B) 137

(C) 143

(D) –143
14. If the 2nd term of an AP is 13 and the 5th term is 25, what is its 7th
term?

(A) 30

(B) 33

(C) 37

(D) 38
15. Which term of the AP: 21, 42, 63, 84... is

210?

(A) 9th

(B) 10th

(C) 11th

(D) 12th
16. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 –

a13?

(A) 5

(B) 20

(C) 25

(D) 30
17. What is the common difference of an AP in which a18 – a14 = 32?

(A) 8

(B) – 8

(C) – 4

(D) 4
18. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of

one of these is –1 and that of the other is – 8. Then the

difference between their 4th terms is:

(A) –1

(B) – 8

(C) 7

(D) –9
19. If 7 times the 7th term of an AP is equal to 11 times its 11th

term, then its 18th term will be

(A) 7

(B) 11

(C) 18

(D) 0
20. The 4th term from the end of the AP: –11, –8, –5, 49

is

(A) 37

(B) 40

(C) 43

(D) 58
21. Which term of the AP: 21, 18, 15 is – 81? Also, is any term

0? Give reason for your answer.

22. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9.
23. Check whether 301 is a term of the list of numbers 5, 11, 17,

23.
24. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
25. Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first

term) of the AP: 10, 7, 4, – 62.

26. A sum of Rs. 1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per year.

Calculate the interest at the end of each year. Do these interests form

an AP? If so, find the interest at the end of 30 years making use of this

fact.
27. How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7?
28. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
29. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67,

and 3, 10, 17, equal?

30. Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term

exceeds the 5th term by 12.

31. Ramkali saved Rs. 5 in the first week of a year and then

increased her weekly savings by Rs. 1.75. If in the n^th week,

her weekly savings become Rs. 20.75, find n.

32. If the numbers n – 2, 4n – 1 and 5n + 2 are in AP, find the value of

n.
33. Find the value of the middle most term (s) of the AP: –11, –7, –3,

49.
34. The sum of the first three terms of an AP is 33. If the

product of the first and the third term exceeds the second

term by 29, find the AP.

35. Find a, b and c such that the following numbers are in AP: a, 7, b, 23, c.
36. If the 9th term of an AP is zero, prove that its 29th term is

twice its 19th term.

37. Determine k so that k2 + 4k + 8, 2k2 + 3k + 6, 3k2 + 4k + 4

are three consecutive terms of an AP.

38. Split 207 into three parts such that these are in AP

and the product of the two smaller parts is 4623.

39. Which term of the AP: 53, 48, 43... is the first negative term?
40. The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP is 32 and the ratio

of the product of the first and the last terms to the product of the two

middle terms is 7: 15. Find the numbers.

41. Solve the equation: 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 +...+ x =

287
42. Find the sum of:

(i) the first 1000 positive integers

(ii) the first n positive integers.

43. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers

whose nth term is given by an = 3 + 2n.

44. A manufacturer of TV sets produced 600 sets in the third year

and 700 sets in the seventh year. Assuming that the production

increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, find:

(i) the production in the 1st year

(ii) the production in the 10th year

(iii) the total production in first 7 years

45. In an AP:

(i) given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50, find n and Sn.

(ii) given a = 7, a13 = 35, find d and S13.

(iii) given a12 = 37, d = 3, find a and S12.

(iv) given a3 = 15, S10 = 125, find d and a10.

(v) given d = 5, S9 = 75, find a and a9.

(vi) given a = 2, d = 8, Sn = 90, find n and an.

(vii) given a = 8, an = 62, Sn = 210, find n and d.

(viii) given an = 4, d = 2, Sn = –14, find n and a.

(ix) given a = 3, n = 8, S = 192, find d.

(x) given l = 28, S = 144, and there are total 9 terms. Find

a.
46. Show that a1, a2 , . . ., an , form an AP where

an is defined as below :

(i) an = 3 + 4n (ii) an = 9 – 5n
47. If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4n – n2 , what is the

first term (that is S1 )? What is the sum of first two terms? What is

the second term? Similarly, find the 3rd, the 10th and the nth

terms.
48. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centers alternately

at A and B, starting with center at A, of radii 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0

cm, as shown in Figure. What is the total length of such a spiral made up

of thirteen consecutive semicircles?

(Take π = 22/7)
49. 200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the

bottom row, 19 in the next row, 18 in the row next to it and so

on (see Figure). In how many rows are the 200 logs placed and

how many logs are in the top row?

48. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centers alternately

at A and B, starting with center at A, of radii 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 cm,

. . . as shown in Figure. What is the total length of such a spiral made up of

thirteen consecutive semicircles?

(Take π = 22/7)
50. In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is

5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3 m

apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes in the line (see

Figure).
50. A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato,

runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next

potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she continues in the same

way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance

the competitor has to run?

[Hint: To pick up the first potato and the second potato, the total
distance

(in meters) run by a competitor is 2 × 5 + 2 × (5 + 3)]

51. Find the sum of the first 22 terms of the AP: 8, 3, –

2.
52. The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49.

Show that there is a value of x such that the sum of the numbers of the

houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the

numbers of the houses following it. Find this value of x.

[Hint: Sx-1 = S49 – Sx]

53. A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of

which is 50 m long and built of solid concrete. Each step has a rise of 1/4

m and a tread of 1/4 m. (see Figure). Calculate the total volume of

concrete required to build the terrace.

[Hint: Volume of concrete required to build the first step = 1/4 x 1/2 x

50m3] 01
54. A ladder has rungs 25 cm apart. (See Figure). The rungs decrease

uniformly in length from 45 cm at the bottom to 25 cm at the top. If

the top and the bottom rungs are 2 1/2 m apart, what is the length of

the wood required for the rungs?

[Hint: Number of rungs = 250/25 + 1]

55. Find the sum:

(i) 1 + (–2) + (–5) + (–8) + ... + (–236)

(ii) 1 4 – + 4 – + 4 – +... up to n terms

(iii) + + +…11 terms

56. In an AP, if Sn = n (4n + 1), find the AP.
57. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP, prove that S12 = 3(S8 –S4)
58. Verify that each of the following is an AP, and then write its next
three terms:
i. 0, , , ….

ii. 5, , 4….

iii. , 2, 3…

iv. a + b, (a + 1) + b, (a + 1) + (b + 1), ...

v. a, 2a + 1, 3a + 2, 4a + 3,...
59. Determine the AP whose fifth term is 19 and the
difference of the eighth term from the thirteenth term is
20.
60. Find the 20th term of the AP whose 7th term is
24 less than the 11th term, first term being 12.
61. Find whether 55 is a term of the AP: 7, 10, 13 --- or
not. If yes, find which term it is.
62. India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of

manpower and strong technical and engineering capabilities

contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV

sets in a factory increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It

produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1. Find the production during first year.

2. Find the production during 8th year.

3. Find the production during first 3 years.

4. In which year, the production is Rs 29,200.

5. Find the difference of the production during

7th year and 4th year.
63. Your friend Veer wants to participate in a 200m race. He can currently run

that distance in 51 seconds and with each day of practice it takes him 2

seconds less. He wants to do in 31 seconds.

i). Which of the following terms are in AP for the given situation?

a) 51, 53, 55….

b) 51, 49, 47….

c) -51, -53, -55….

d) 51, 55, 59…

ii). What is the minimum number of days he needs to
practice till his goal is achieved

a) 10 b) 12

c) 11 d) 9

iii). Which of the following term is not in the AP of the

above given situation

a) 41 b) 30

c) 37 d) 39
iv). If nth term of an AP is given by an = 2n + 3 then common
difference of an AP is

a) 2 b) 3

c) 5 d) 1

v). The value of x, for which 2x, x+ 10, 3x + 2 are three

consecutive terms of an AP

a) 6 b) -6

c) 18 d) -18
64. Your elder brother wants to buy a car and plans to take loan

from a bank for his car. He repays his total loan of Rs 1,18,000

by paying every month starting with the first instalment of Rs

1000. If he increases the instalment by Rs 100 every month,

answer the following:

i. The amount paid by him in 30th installment is

a) 3900 b) 3500

c) 3700 d) 3600
ii. The amount paid by him in the 30 installments is

a) 37000 b) 73500

c) 75300 d) 75000

iii. What amount does he still have to pay offer 30th installment?

a) 45500 b) 49000

c) 44500 d) 54000
iv. If total installments are 40 then amount paid in the last installment?

a) 4900 b) 3900

c) 5900 d) 9400

v. The ratio of the 1st installment to the last installment is

a) 1:49 b) 10:49

c) 10:39 d) 39:10
Thankyou!