AP & GP: Class Exercise

1. If the 8th and the 25th terms of an AP are 24 and –27 respectively, which term of this AP
is zero?

a. 13rd b. 14th c. 15th d. 16th

2. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6th and 10th terms
is 44. Find the first term of the AP

a. –13 b. 13 c. 5 d. –5

3. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67, . . . and 3, 10, 17, . . .
equal?

a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

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4. Which term of the Geometric Progression , , , ...... will be equal to 243?
27 9 3
a. 9th b. 8th c. 7th d. 6th

5. How many terms of the AP : 24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?

a. 4 b. 8 c. 13 d. 4 or 13

6. The first and the last terms of an AP are 17 and 350 respectively. If the common
difference is 37, what is their sum?

a. 1836 b. 1828 c. 1835 d. 1844

7. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first
24 terms.

a. 676 b. 576 c. 578 d. 529

8. Find the sum of all two-digit numbers that are divisible by 7.

a. 714 b. 686 c. 728 d. 735

9. If the 7th term of an A.P. is 10, find the sum of first 13 terms of the A.P.?

a. 130 b. 78 c. 60 d. Cannot be determined

10. Find the sum of 6 terms of the Geometric Progression whose first term is 81 and third
term is 36? All the terms of the G.P. are positive.

a. 601/2 b. 601/4 c. 601/9 d. 665/3

11. ABCD is a square of side 8 cm. B1, the midpoint of AB; D1, the midpoint of AD; and C1,
the center of the square ABCD are marked. And the square AB1C1D1 is also drawn. Next,
B2, the midpoint of AB1; D2, the midpoint of AD1; and C2, the center of the square
AB1C1D1 are marked. And the square AB2C2D2 is also drawn. And this process is
repeated infinitely. Find the sum of areas of all the squares.

a. 64 b. 128 c. 256 d. 256/3

12. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 120 meters. After every striking of the floor, the
th
3
ball rebounds of the height it drops in the just previous drop. Find the total distance
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travelled by the ball till it comes to rest.

a. 300 b. 600 c. 180 d. 480

13. The first term of a G.P. is 2 more than the second term. If the sum of infinite terms of the
series is 50, find the common ratio of the G.P.

a. 4/5 b. 1/5 c. 2/5 d. 3/5

14. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 24 and their product is 440. Find the common
difference of the A.P.

a. 3 b. 2 c. 2.5 d. 4

15. The product of three terms in a G.P. is 216 and their sum is 21. Find the largest of the
three terms.

a. 3 b. 6 c. 12 d. 18

AP & GP – Home Exercise

1. If (x + 2), 3x and (4x + 1) are in an Arithmetic Progression, find the value of the common
difference of the AP.

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

2. If a, (a + 1) and (a + 3) are in a Geometric Progression, find the value of the common ratio
of the G.P.

a. 2 b. 1 c. 1/2 d. ½ or 2

1 2 3 3
3. Find the number of terms in the series, 12, 11 , 10 , 9 , ......., - 5 .
5 5 5 5

a. 20 b. 21 c. 22 d. 23

4. The first and last term of an AP having 25 terms is 37 and 133 respectively. Find the 15th
term of the same series.

a. 89 b. 97 c. 93 d. 99

5. In an AP, the 25th term is twice the 20th term. If the 5th term is 20, which term of the
series will be equal to –20?

a. 25th b. 24th c. 26th d. 28th

6. 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 15 times the 15th term of the same A.P., find
the 25th term of the A.P.

a. 0 b. 5 c. –5 d. 25

7. The fourth and seventh term of a G.P. are 12 and 96. Find the first term of the G.P.

a. 1 b. 1.5 c. 2 d. 4

8. The first term of a G.P. is 2. The sum of the third and fifth term of the G.P. is 40. If all
the terms of the G.P. are real rational numbers, find the common ratio of the G.P.

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

9. There are two A.P.s: 50 terms of 2, 5, 8, 11, .......; and 60 terms of 3, 5, 7, 9, ....... Find
the number of identical terms of the two A.P.s.

a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21

10. Find the sum: 3 + 11 + 19 + 27 + ...... + 91 + 99.

a. 660 b. 663 c. 612 d. 672

11. Find the sum of all three digit numbers that are divisible by 15

a. 33,165 b. 32,850 c. 32,745 d. 33,060

12. In an AP, the fifth term is 40 and the sum of first 8 terms is 296. Find the common
difference of the AP.

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

13. There are 10 trees in a straight line, with distance between any two consecutive trees
being 4 meters. At one end of the same straight line, there is a well at a distance of 6
meters from the first tree. The gardener starts from the well, carries water to water the 1st
tree. He returns to the well, again carries water to water the 2nd tree. Again he returns to
the well and carries water to water the 3rd tree. And so on till he waters the 10th tree and
returns to the well. Find the total distance walked by the gardener.

a. 240 b. 360 c. 480 d. None of these

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14. Find the sum of 5 terms of the Geometric Progression , -1, , ......
3 2

55 273 183 53
a. b. c. d.
24 36 42 12

15. Find the sum of 8 terms of the Geometric Progression whose first two terms, in order, are
1
2& .
2

255 2 255 2 127 2 127 2

a. b. c. d.
256 128 128 256
16. If 1 + 2 + 22 + 23 + ...... + 2n = 255, find the value of n.

a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

17. The first term of G.P. is 2 and the sum of infinite terms of the same G.P. is 6. Find the
common ratio.

a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. None of these

18. The sum of infinite terms of a G.P. is 8. If its second term = 2, find the first term.

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. Cannot be determined

19. The ratio of the sum of the first three terms of a G.P. to the sum of the next three terms
of the G.P. is 125 : 512. Find the common ratio of the G.P.

a. 2/5 b. 5/3 c. 3/5 d. 8/5

20. The sum of three consecutive terms of an A.P. is 21. And the product of the first and
third terms exceed the second term by 6. Find the common difference of the A.P.

a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3

21. Four numbers are in A.P. such that the greatest number is 4 times the smallest number.
If the sum of the four numbers is 50, find the common difference of the A.P.

a. 2 b. 2.5 c. 4 d. 5

22. The third term of a G.P. is 4. Find the product of the first 5 terms of the G.P.

a. 64 b. 256 c. 1024 d. Cannot be determined

23. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 54. If 1, 2, 4 are added to them respectively, the
resulting numbers are in a G.P. Find the common difference of the A.P.

a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 1

24. The second, third and sixth terms of an A.P. are consecutive terms of a G.P. Find the
common ratio of the G.P.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. Cannot be determined

Answer Key
Class Exercise

1. d 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. d
11. d 12. d 13. a 14. a 15. c
Home Exercise

1. d 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. a 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. b
11. b 12. c 13. c 14. a 15. b 16. b 17. c 18. b 19. d 20. a
21. d 22. c 23. c 24. b