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GRADE: 10 SUBJECT: Mathematics
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WORK SHEET: ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS
1. If an Arithmetic Progression whose first term ‘a’ and common difference‘d’ then what are the nth term
and sum to n terms Sn of this A.P.
2. Check whether the following are the nth terms of A.P’s or not, without actually finding the terms.
a) an = 2n + 5 b) an = 3n2 – 2
an = 4 – 7n d) an = n2 + n + 1
3. Find the first term and common difference of the following nth terms of A. P.
a) an = 2n + 3 b) an = 1 – 4n
𝑝+𝑞 𝑝 𝑞 𝑝−𝑞
𝑎𝑛 = {𝑝−𝑞} 𝑛 + {𝑞 } d) 𝑎𝑛 = {𝑝+𝑞} 𝑛 − { }
𝑞

4. If k+1, 3k and 4k+2 be three consecutive terms of A.P. find the value of k.
5. If 3x+k, 2x+9 and x+13 are three consecutive terms of A.P. find the value of k.
6. Determine k so that k+2, 4k-6 and 3k-2 are three consecutive terms of A.P.
7. Find the value of k for which 2k+1, 8 and 3k are three consecutive terms of A.P.
8. Which term of the A.P. 3,8,13,………………, is 78?
9. Find the number of terms in each of the following A.P’s:
i) 7, 13, 19, ……………………………..,205
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ii) 18, 15 2 , 13, …………………………..., -47.
10. Which term of the A.P: 3, 15 ,27, …………………….will be 132 more than its 54th term.
11. How many three digit numbers are divisible by 7?
12. For what value of n are the nth terms of both the A.P.’s : 63, 65, 67, ………………… and
3, 10, 17,………… equal?
13. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16 and the seventh term exceeds the fifth term by 12.
14. Find the 20th term from the last term of A.P.: 3, 8, 13, ………………253.
15. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. 24 and sum of the 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find the first three
terms of A.P.
16. Jai started work in 1995 at an annual salary of Rs.5000 and received an increment of Rs.200 each year.
In which year did his income reach Rs.7000?
17. Which term of A.P.: 21,18, 15,………………… is 0?
18. Which term of the A.P. 45, 41, 37, …………..is the first negative term?
19. Is 200 any term of the sequence of the A.P.3, 7, 11, 15, ………………..?
20. Find the 6th term from the end of the A.P.17, 14, 11, …………, -40.
21. Find the common difference and next three terms of the A.P.: √3, √6, √9, √12,……….
22. Find the number of odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3.
23. How many three digit numbers are such that when divided by 7 leave a remainder 3 in each case.
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24. The 8th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term.
25. An A.P. has 21 terms. The sum of 11th , 12th and 10th terms is 129 and the sum of the last three terms is
237. Find the A.P.
26. Two A.P.’s have the same common difference. The difference between the 100th terms is 112223333
then find the difference between their 1000th terms.
27. The sum of first six terms of an A.P. is 42. The ratio of its 10th term to its 30th term is 1:3. Calculate the
first term and thirteenth term of this A.P.
28. If rth term is m and mth term is r then prove that its nth term is (m + r - n) and hence prove that its (r + m)th
term is zero.
29. Find the middle term(s) of the A.P.: 20, 16, 12,…………….-176.
30. If a, b, c are pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. then prove that a( q – r ) + b( r – p ) + c( p – q ) = 0.
31. Is 84 a term of the sequence 3, 7, 11,……………..?
32. In a garden bed there 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second row, 19 in the third row and so on.
There are 5 rose plants in the last row, how many rows are there of rose plants? Also find the total
number of plants in the garden.
33. Each year a tree grows 5cm less than it did the preceding year. If it grew by 1m in the first year , in how
many years will it have ceased growing?
34. A man starts repaying a loan with first monthly instalment of Rs. 1000. If he increases the instalment by
Rs.50 every month, what amount will he pay in the 30th instalment?
35. Find the 10th term from the end of 4, 9, 14, ……………………254.
36. Which term of the A.P. 120, 116, 112,……………..is its 2nd negative term.
37. Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is ½ and the 8th term is 17/6 . also write its 4th
term.
38. Find the 31st term of an A.P. whose 11th term is 38 and 16th term is 73.
39. Find the 20th term of an A.P. whose 3rd is 7 and 7th term exceeds three times the 3rd term by 2. Also find
its nth term.
40. Find the number of all natural numbers between 200 and 300 and which are divisible by both 2 and 3.
41. In an A.P. a = 7, 𝑎13 = 35 find d and , 𝑆13
42. The first term of an A.P. is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms and the
common difference.
43. Which of the following are the sum to n terms of A.P., if so find the first term, common difference and
first three terms of corresponding A.P.’s.
i) 𝑆𝑛 = 2n2 + 3n ii) 𝑆𝑛 = 5- n2 + n
𝑆𝑛 = 2n – n3 iv) 𝑆𝑛 = 1 + n
𝑚 𝑚+𝑝 1 2
𝑆𝑛 = { } 𝑛2 + { }𝑛 vi) 𝑆𝑛 = { } 𝑛2 + { } 𝑛
𝑝 𝑚−𝑝 3 5
44. In a school students thought of planning trees in and around the school to reduce the air pollution. It was
decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the same as the class,
in which there are studying.e.g.,a section of class I will plant 1 tree, a section of class II will plant 2 trees
and so on till class XII. There are 3 sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the
students?
45. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centres alternatively at A and B, starting with centre
at A, of radii 0.5cm, 1.0cm, 1.5cm, and so on as shown in the figure. What is the total length of such a
spiral made up of thirteen consecutive semicircles?
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46. 200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next row, 18 in the
row next to it and so on. In how many rows are the 200 logs placed and how many logs are in the top
row?
47. In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 10m from the first potato, and the other
potatoes are placed 6m apart in a straight line. There are 13 potatoes in the line. A competitor starts from
the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops in the bucket, runs back to pick up the
next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she continues in the same way until all the potatoes are
in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
48. If the nth term of an A.P. is (2n+1), find sum of its n terms.
49. Find the number of terms of the A.P.: 54, 51, 48, …………. So that their sum is 513.
50. Find the sum of all 2 digit numbers which when divided by 3 yields the remainder 1.
51. The sum of the first 8 terms of an A.P.is 100 and the sum of its first 19 terms is 551. Find the first term
and the common difference of the A.P.
52. If the ratio of the sums of n terms of two A.P.’s is n+7 : 3n+1 then find the ratio of their 7th terms.
𝑝𝑞+1
53. If the pth term of an A.P.is 1/q and qth term is 1/p , show that sum of pq terms is 2
54. The sum of n, 2n and 3n term of an A.P. are S1, S2 and S3 respectively. Prove that S3 = 3( S2 – S1)
55. A circle is completely divided into ‘n’ sectors in such a way that angles at the centre of the circle are in
A.P. if the smallest angle is 8° and the largest is 72°, calculate n and the angle of the third sector taking
the smallest angle as first.
56. Find the sum of first n terms of A.P. a, a+d, a+2d, ………..a+(n-1)d.
57. If the sum of first q terms of the A.P. is 2q+q2 , find the common difference of A.P.
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58. How many terms of the A.P.:20, 19 3 , 18 3 , … … … … … … … …. Should be taken so that their sum is zero.
Explain the double answer.
59. If 12th term of an A.P. is -13 and the sum of its first four terms is 24. What is the sum of its first 10
terms?
60. In an A.P., the first term is 25, nth term is -17 and the sum of first n terms is 60. Find n and d.
61. If the 8th term of an A.P. is 37 and 15th term is 15 more than the 12th term, find the A.P. hence find the
sum of first 15 terms of A.P.
3𝑛2 5𝑛
62. In an A.P., the sum of first n terms is 4
+ 8
. Find its 25th term.
63. A sum of Rs. 280 is to be used to award four prizes. If each prize after the first is Rs.20 less than its
preceding prize, find the value of each of the prizes.
64. The sum of the third and seventh terms of an A.P.is 6 and their product is 8.find the sum of first 16
terms of this A.P.
65. The sum of n terms of three A.P.’s are S1, S2 and S3. The first terms of each is unity and the common
differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that S1 + S3 = 2S2.
66. If in an A.P. the sum of m terms is equal to n and the sum of n terms is equal to m then prove that the
sum of its (m + n) terms is – (m + n).
67. If the sum of m terms of an A.P. is same as sum of n terms, show that the sum of its (m + n) terms is 0.
68. The sum of the first p, q and r terms of an A.P. are a, b and c respectively. Show that
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
(𝑞 − 𝑟)+ (𝑟 − 𝑝) + (𝑝 − 𝑞) = 0
𝑝 𝑞 𝑟
69. The ratio of sum of n terms of two A.P.’s is (7n + 1) : (4n + 27). Find the ratio of their mth terms.

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70. Devasish buys a shop for Rs 1,20,000. He pays half of the amount in cash and agrees to pay the balance
in 12 annual instalments of Rs 5000 each. If the rate of interest is 12% and he pays with the instalment
the interest due on the unpaid amount, find the total cost of the shop.
71. Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first goes with uniform speed of
10kmph. The second goes at a speed of 8kmph in the first hour and increases the speed by ½ km in each
succeeding hour. After how many hours will the second car overtake the first car if both cars go
nonstop?
72. 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 the value of x.
73. A ladder has rungs 20.5cm apart. The rungs decrease uniformly in length from 50cm at the bottom to
30cm at the top. If the top and bottom rungs are 3.075m apart, what is the length of the wood required
for the rungs?
5+9+13+⋯…………………..𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑜 𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 17
74. If = 16 then find the value of n.
7+9+11+⋯……………………𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑜 (𝑛+1)𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
75. Find the common difference of the following A.P.’s.
1 1−2𝑞 1−4𝑞
i) , , , … … … … … … … … … … ..
2𝑞 2𝑞 2𝑞
1 1−3𝑏 1−6𝑏
ii) , , , … … … … … … … … … … ..
3 3 3
1 1−6𝑏 1−12𝑏
iii) , , , … … … … … … … … … … ..
2𝑏 2𝑏 2𝑏
76. A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50m long and built of solid
concrete. Each step has a rise of ¼ m and a tread of ½ m. Calculate the total volume of concrete required
to build the concrete.
77. 150 workers were engaged to finish a piece of work in a certain number of days. Four workers dropped
the second day, four more workers dropped the third day and so on. It takes 8 more days to finish the
work now. Find the number of days in which the work was completed.
78. The ratio of the sum of m and n terms of an A.P. is m2 : n2. Show that the ratio of mth and nth terms is
(2m – 1) : (2n – 1).
79. If there are (2n + 1) terms in an A.P., then prove that the ratio of the sum of odd terms and the sum of
even terms is (n + 1) : n.
80. If Sn denotes, the sum of the first n terms of an A.P., prove that S12 = 3(S8 – S4).