ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

LEVEL 1

1 Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first term) of the A.P. 10, 7, 4, ..., – 62.

2 In an AP, if the common difference (d) = –4, and the seventh term (a7) is 4, then find the first term
3 Which term of the Arithmetic Progression –7, –12, –17, –22, ... will be –82 ?
Is –100 any term of the A.P.? Give reason for your answer.
4 Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16 and 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12
5 Which term of the A.P. – 4, – 1, 2, ... is 101 ?
6 If the first term of an A.P. is 2 and common difference is 4, then find the sum of its first 40 terms.
7 If in an A.P., a = 15, d = – 3 and an = 0, then find the value of n.
8 If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference.
9 Write the common difference of the A.P. √3, √12, √27, √48, …. ...
10 The nth term of an A.P. is given by t n  4n  5 . Find common difference.

11 Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.
12 If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference of the A.P.
13 What is the common difference of an A.P. in which a21 - a7 = 84?
14 How many terms of the A.P. 18, 16, 14, .... be taken so that their sum is zero?
15 Find the 9th term from the end (towards the first term) of the A.P. 5, 9, 13, ....., 185
16 For what value(s) of k will k+9, 2k-1 and 2k+7 are the consecutive terms of an AP?
17 In a flower bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second, 19 in the third, and so on. If
there are 5 rose plants in the last row, how many rows are there in the flower-bed ?
18 If the first and last terms of an A.P. are 1 and 11 respectively, and the sum of all its terms is 36, find the
number of terms in the A.P
19 Find the sum of first 8 multiples of 3.
20 The first three terms of AP are 3y-1, 3y+5 and 5y+1. Find the value of y.
21 Find the sum of first 20 odd natural numbers
22 If the nth term of AP is (2n+1) then find the sum of its first three terms
23 Find the value of a30-a20 for the AP 2,7,12,17,.......
24 Determine the AP whose fourth term is 18 and the difference of the ninth term from the fifteenth
term is 30.
25 In an AP, if d=-2, n=5 and an=0. Find the value of a
26 If the sum of first m terms of an A.P. is 2m2+3m, then what is its second term?
27 Find the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.

28 For what value of p, are 2p- 1, 7 and 3 p three consecutive terms of an A.P.?

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29 Find the 10th term from the end of the A.P. 8, 10, 12, …….,126
30 The nth term of an A.P. is 6n + 2. Find its common difference

LEVEL 2

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1 Find the 21st term of the A.P −4 2 , −3, −1 2 , ….
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2 Find the number of terms in the A.P. : 18, 152 , 13, … … − 47
3 How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 205?
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The sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is 4n 2  2n . Find the n th term of this A.P.
1 3−𝑎 3−2𝑎
5 Find the common difference of the Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) , , ……
𝑎 3𝑎 3𝑎
6 If Sn, the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = 2n 2 + n, then find its nth term.
7 Find the sum of all the two digit numbers which leave the remainder 2 when divided by 5.
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How many terms of the AP : 24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?

9 The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 17 and 350 respectively. If its common difference is 9, find
the number of terms in the A.P. and find their sum
10 In an A.P if sum of its first n terms is 3n2 + 5n and its kth term is 164, find the value of k.

11 The 4th and the last terms of an A.P. are 11 and 89 respectively. If there are 30 terms in the A.P., find
the A.P. and its 23rd term.
12 The sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is 5n2 + 3n. If its mth term is 168, find the value of m. Also find
the 20th term of the A.P.
13 The 5th and 15th terms of an A.P. are 13 and –17 respectively. Find the sum of first 21 terms of the A.P.
14 The first term of an A.P. is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum of all its terms is 400. Find the number of
terms and the common difference of the A.P.
15 Find whether -150 is a term of the AP 17,12,7,2,..........?
16 The 4th term of AP is 0. Prove that 25th term is 3 times 11th term
17 The 14th term of an AP is twice its 8th term. If its 6th term is –8, then find the sum of its first 20 terms.
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Find the sum of all the natural numbers less than 100 which are divisible by 6.

19 How many 2-digit numbers are divisible by 7?

20 Sum of first 14 terms of an AP is 1505 and its first term is 10. Find 25th term
21 Find sum of first n terms of AP whose nth term is 5n-1. Hence find the sum of first 20 terms
22 In an A.P., the first term is 2, the last term is 29 and sum of terms is 155. Find the common difference
of A.P.
23 If the sum of first p terms of an A.P., is ap2+bp, find its common difference
24 The sum of first six terms of an arithmetic progression is 42. The ratio of its 10th term to its 30th term
is 1: 3. Calculate the first and the thirteenth term of the A.P.

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25 Which term of the A.P. · 3, 15, 27, 39 ... will be 120 more than its 21st term?
26 The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24 and sum of 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find A.P.
If Sn, the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = 3n2 - 4n then find its nth term
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28 If the sum of 1st n terms of an A.P. is given by S n  2n 2  5n, find the nth term of the A.P.
29 Find the sum of first 25 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is 1-4n.
30 If the sum of 1st n terms of an A.P. is given by S n  3n 2  2n. Find nth term of the A.P.

LEVEL 3

1 If m times the mth term of an Arithmetic Progression is equal to n times its nth term and m ≠ n, show
that the (m + n)th term of the A.P. is zero
2 Find the value of x, when in the A.P. given below 2 + 6 + 10 + ... + x = 1800
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3 In an A.P., the nth term is𝑚 and the mth term is 𝑛. Find (i) (mn)thterm, (ii) sum of first (mn) terms.
4 The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and the
last term to the product of two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the numbers
5 If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two A.Ps is (7n + 1): (4n + 27), then find the ratio of their
9th terms
6 If Sn denotes sum of first n terms of an AP then prove that S12=3(S8-S4).
7 In an AP, if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the AP, where Sn denotes the sum of its first n terms
8 In an AP of 50 terms, sum of first 10 terms is 210 and sum of its last 15 terms is 2565. Find the AP
9 The sum of first sixteen terms of an A.P. is 112 and the sum of its next fourteen terms is 518. Find A.P.
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If the pth term of an A.P.is and the qth term is , show that the sum of pq terms is ( pq  1) .
q p 2

If S n denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P., prove that S 30  3S 20  S10 .
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The sum of n, 2n, 3n terms of an A.P. are S1 , S 2 , S3 respectively. Prove that S 3  3S 2  S1  .

If pth term of an A.P. is q and qth term is p. Prove that its nth term is  p  q  n .
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14 If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of first seventeen terms is 289 then find the sum of
first n terms
15 In an A.P., the sum of first ten terms is -150 and the sum of its next ten terms is -550. Find A.P
16 In an A.P., the first term is -4, the last term is 29 and the sum of all its terms is 150. Find its common
difference.

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The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P. is m 2 : n 2 . Show that the ratio of the mth and nth
terms is 2m  1 : 2n  1 .

18 Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of the first four terms is half
the sum of its next four terms.
19 The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 27and their product is 405. Find the numbers
20 How many terms of the Arithmetic Progression 45, 39, 33, ... must be taken so that their sum is 180 ?
Explain the double answer.
21 If the sum of the first p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum of the first q terms is p; then show that the
sum of the first (p + q) terms is { – (p + q)}.
22 Find three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 15 and whose product is 105
23 Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of its first four terms is half
the sum of its next four terms
24 Which term of the A.P: 121, 117, 113,…, is its first negative term?
25 Find the middle term of AP: 6,13,20,.....,216.
26 Find the 60th term of the AP 8, 10, 12, ..., if it has a total of 60 terms and hence find the sum of its last
10 terms
27 The sum of three terms in A.P. is -3, and their product is 8. Find the numbers.

28 The sum of the first three numbers in an Arithmetic Progression is 18. If the product of the first and
the third term is 5 times the common difference, find the three numbers.
29 1 1+𝑘 1+2𝑘
Write the mth term of 𝑘 , , ……
𝑘 𝑘
30 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.

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 ANSWER KEY AP
Q. Answer LEVEL 1 Q Answer LEVEL 2 Q Answer LEVEL 3
no. no. no.
1 𝑎11 = −32 1 51 1 Proof
𝑎21 =
2
2 𝑎 = 28 2 n=27 2 n = 30
x = 118
3 n = 16 3 n = 49 3 1
𝑎= ,
–100 is not a term of 𝑚𝑛
the AP 1
𝑑= ,
𝑚𝑛
𝑎𝑚𝑛 = 1,
1 + 𝑚𝑛
𝑆𝑚𝑛 =
2
4 A.P. is 4, 10, 16, ... 4 an =8n-2 4 Numbers are 2, 6, 10, 14
−1 24
5 n = 36 5 d= 5
3
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6 𝑆𝑛 = 3200 6 an = 4n – 1 6 Proof
7 n=6 7 n = 18, 7 A.P is 1, 6, 11, 16…..
Sn = 981
8 d=1 8 n=13 or n=4 8 AP is 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23,
…
9 d = √3 9 n=38 S38=6973 9 A.P is -8, -6, -4, …
10 d=4 10 K=27 10 Proof
11 n=27 11 A.P is 2, 5, 8, … 11 Proof
a23=68
12 d=1 12 m=17 a20=198 12 Proof
13 d=6 13 a=25, d=-3 13 proof
S21=-105
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14 n=19 14 n=16 𝑑=3 14 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛2
15 9 th term from the end 15 no 15 a=3, d=-4
= 153 A.P is 3, -1, -5, …
16 K=18 16 16 d=3
17 Number of rows=10 17 S20=-340 17 Proof
18 n=6 18 n=16 18 d=2
S16=816
19 S8=108 19 n=13 19 3, 9, 15
Or
15, 9, 3

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20 y=5 20 d=15 20 n = 6, n = 10
𝑎25 = 380 Sum of a7, a8, a9, a10 = 0
∴ n = 6 or n = 10
21 Sum is 400 21 𝑛(5𝑛 + 3) 21 Proof
𝑆𝑛 =
2
S20=1030
22 Sum=15 22 n=10 22 Terms are
n=3 3, 5, 7
Or
7, 5, 3
23 50 23 d=2a 23 d=2
24 A.P is 24 a=2, d=2 24 32nd term
3, 8, 13, .. 𝑎13 = 26
25 a=8 25 31st term 25 Middle term is 111
26 2nd term is 9 26 A.P is 26 60th term is 126
-13, -8, -3, … Sum is 1170
27 Sum is 1661 27 𝑎𝑛 = 6𝑛 − 7 27 Terms are
2, -1, -4
28 P=3 28 an= 4n+3 28 Three numbers are 15, 6
and –3 or
2, 6 and 1
29 10th term fro last is 108 29 Sum is -1275 29 1+𝑚𝑘−𝑘
𝑘
30 d=6 30 an= 6n-3 30 X=35

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