JAI GURU DEV

MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
MULIPLE CHOICE QUESTION:
1. If ( x + 1), 3x and (4x + 2) are first three terms of an AP then its 5th term is
a. 14 b. 19 c. 24 d. 28
2. Find the 31st term of an AP whose 11th term is 38 and `16th term is 73.
a. 150 b. 178 c.210 d. 185
3. Find the number of all natural numbers that lie between 24 and 101,which are divisible
by 5.
a. 15 b. 16 c. 18 d. 20
4. If the third and ninth terms of an AP are 4 and -8 respectively, which term of this AP is
zero?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 6
5. The sum of r terms of an AP is 2r2 + 3r. The nth term is :
a. 2n-1 b. 4n+1 c. 3n - 1 d. 3n+1
6. Find the difference between the sum of first 100 natural numbers and the sum of even
numbers from 1 to 100.
a. 2200 b. 2400 c. 2500 d. 2700
7. The sequence of numbers 5, -2, -9, -16....is
a. An AP with d = -7 b. An AP with d = 7 c. An Ap with d=3 d. not an Ap
8. If the sum of P terms of an AP is q and the sum of q term is p, then the sum of p + q
terms will be
a. 0 b. p-q c. p + q d. -( p + q )
9. what is the arithmetic mean of the numbers a and b?
a. a+ b/a-b b. a+b/2 c. a+b d.a-b/2
10.Four numbers are in AP with d > 0 .If their sum is 20 and the sum of their square is 120
, then the middle terms are
a. 2,4 b. 4, 6 c. 6,8 d. 8,10
FILL IN THE BLANK:
1. In the arithmetic progression : 1, a, b, c, 9. then the common difference is_____.
2. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 – a13?
3. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is_______.
4. ________ term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, 18,..........is 78?
5. If 2x, x+10, 3x+2 are in AP, then the value of x is _______.
6. The sum of n terms of the AP 5, 2, -1, -4, -7,.... is _________.
7. The middle most term (s) of the AP:–11, –7, –3, ..., 49 is _______.
8. The famous mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural
numbers is _______.
9. In an AP, if a = 1, an = 20 and sn = 399, then n is equal to ________.
10.The (n-1)th term of an AP is given by 7, 12, 17, 22 ......is________.