A.P.

Class X
TJ SINGH

1 Mark
1 If the common difference of an A.P. is 3, then a20 - a15 is (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 20 C2011
2 If the nth term of an A.P. is (2n + 1), then the sum of its first three terms is C2012
(a) 6n + 3 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 21
3 1 1  2q 1  4q C2013
, , ,.........
The common difference of the AP 2q 2q 2q is (a) – 1(b) 1(c) q (d) 2q
4 If k, 2k - 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an A.P.. value of k is(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) -3 (d) 5 C2014
5 For what value of k will k + 9, 2k- 1 and 2k+ 7 are the consecutive terms of an A.P. ? C2016
6 Which term of the A.P. 92, 88, 84, 80,.....is 0 ? (a) 23 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 24 A2011
7 The common difference of the A.P. -4, -2, 0, 2,……….. is (a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 1/2 (d) -1/2 A2012
8 If P – 1, P + 3 and 3p – 1 are three consecutive terms of in A.P., then P is equal to A2012
(a) 4 (b) -4 (c) 2 (d) -2
9 Find 5th term from the end of the A.P. : 17, 14, 11, …. , 40 A2016
2 Marks
10 Find how many two-digit numbers are divisible by 6. C2011
11 How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3 ? C2012
12 Find the number of all three-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 9. C2013
13 Find the number of natural, numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and C2014
5.
14 In an AP, if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the AP, where Sn denotes the sum of its first C2015
n terms.
15 The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A.P. is three times its 11th term. C2016
16 1 17 A2011
Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is and the 8th term is 6 . Also write
2
its 4th term.
17 The 8th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term. A2012
18 In an A.P. the first term is 25, nth term is -17 and the sum to first n terms is 60. Find n and d. A2012
19 For what value of n, are the nth terms of two AP’s 63, 65, 67, …. and 3, 10, 17, …. equal ? A2015
20 How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 260? A2016
3 Marks
21 Find an A.P. whose fourth term is 9 and the sum of its sixth term and thirteenth term is 40. C2011
22 Find the sum of all multiples of 7 lying between 500 and 900. C2012
23 The 19th term of an AP is equal to three times its sixth term. If its 9th term is 19, find the AP. C2013
24 The sum of the 5th and the 9th terms of an AP is 30. If its 25th term is three times its 8th term, C2014
find the AP.
25 The 14th term of an AP is twice its 8th term. If its 6th term is – 8, then find the sum of its first C2015
20 terms.
26 If the ratio of the sum of first n terms of two A.P's is (7n+1) : (4n + 27), find the ratio of their C2016
mth terms.
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27 How many terms of the A.P. 9, 17, 25,....., must be taken to get a sum of 450 ? A2011
28 The sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n. Find the A.P. Hence find its 15th term A2012
29 If the 8th term of the A.P. is 37 and the 15th term is 15 more than the 12th term, find the A.P. A2012
Hence find the sum of first 15 terms of the A.P.
30 The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms A2015
and the
common difference.
31 If sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is 256, find the sum of first A2016
10 terms.
4 Marks
32 The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 8 and 350 respectively. If its common difference is 9, C2011
how many terms are there and what is their sum ? OR
How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250 ? Also find their sum.
33 Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of its first four terms C2012
is half the sum of the next four terms.
34 The sum of first n terms of an AP is 5n2 + 3n. If its mth term is 168, find the value of m. Also C2013
find the 20th term of this AP.
35 In a school, students decided to plant trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution. It C2014
was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be double
of the class in which they are studying. If there are 1 to 12 classes in the school and each class
has two sections, find how many trees were planted by the students. Which value is shown in
this question ?
36 Find the 60th term of the AP 8, 10, 12, ..., if it has a total of 60 terms and hence find the sum of C2015
its last 10 terms.
37 The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of C2016
X such that sum of numbers of houses proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the
numbers of houses following X.
38 In November 2009, the number of visitors to a zoo increased daily by 20. If a total of 12300 A2011
people visited the zoo in that month, find the number of visitors on 1st Nov. 2009.
39 If S1, S2, S3 be the sum of n, 2n, 3n terms respectively of an A.P. Prove that S3 = 3(S2 – S1). A2012
40 A man repays a loan of Rs 32500 by paying 200 in the first month and the increased payment A2012
by Rs 150 every month. How long will it take him to clear the loan ?
41 Solve the equation : 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + … + x = 287 A2015
42 Find the sum of first 25 terms of an AP, in which the third term is 7 and seventh term is two A2015
more than thrice of its third term.
43 The sums of first n terms of three APs are S1, S2 and S3. The first term of each is unity and A2016
their common differences are 1,2 and 3 respectively. Prove that S 1S3 2S2.