C2.

7 Arithmetic Progressions
1.

The sixth term of an arithmetic series is 19 and the tenth term is 55

(a)
Show that the common difference is 9 and find the first term
(b)

Find the sum of the first 400 terms of the series

2.

The sum of the first five terms of an arithmetic series is 5 and the sum of the
next five terms is 105. Find the first term and the common difference

3.

The sum of the first 19 terms of an arithmetic series is 266

(a)
Show that a + 9d = 14
(b)

The sum of the fifth and eighth terms is 7. Find the values of a and d

4.

An arithmetic progression has first term 3 and common difference d. The nth
term is 93 and the sum of the first n terms is 768. Find the values of n and d

5.

The first term of an arithmetic series is 1. The common difference of the series
is 6. Given that the sum of the first n terms is 7400. Show that 3n2 2n 7400
= 0 and find the value of n

6.

An arithmetic series has nth term un, where un = 3n + 5

(a)
Find the values of u1 and u2
(b)

State the common difference of the arithmetic series

(c)

Hence, or otherwise, find

30

n 1

7.

An arithmetic series has nth term un. The fifth term is 46 and twentieth term is
181
(a)
Show that the common difference is 9 and find the first term
(b)

Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the series

(c)

Given that the sum of the first 50 terms of the series is 11525, find the
50

value of

n 21