CH-5, Arithmetic Progressions-Final

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Chapter-5:Arithmetic Progressions
CBSE BOARD-2007
1. Find the sum of first 25 terms of an A.P. whose 𝑛th term is 1 − 4𝑛.
2. Find the sum of all three digit whole numbers which are multiples of 7
CBSE BOARD-2008
3. The first term of an A. P. is P and its common difference is q. Find its 10th term.
4. The nth term of an A. P. is 7-4n. Find its common difference.
5. Write the next term of the A.P. √8, √18, √32,…
6. Which term of the A.P. 21, 18, 15,…… is zero?
7. From your pocket money, you save ₹1 on day 1 , ₹2 on day 2 , ₹3 on day 3 and so on.
How much money will you save in the month of March 2008?
8. If the 10th term of an A.P. is 47 and its first term is 2, find the sum of its first 15 terms.
9. Determine the A.P. whose 3rd term is 16 and when 5th term is subtracted from 7th
term, we get 12.
10. For what value of 𝑛 are the 𝑛th terms of two A.P.'s 63,65,67, and 3,10,17, … are equal.
11. In an A.P., the first term is 8, 𝑛th term is 33 and sum to first 𝑛 terms is 123 . Find 𝑛 and
𝑑, the common difference.
12. If 𝑚 times, the 𝑚th term of an A.P. is equal to 𝑛 times its 𝑛th term, find the (𝑚 + 𝑛)th
term.
13. In an A.P., the first term is 25; 𝑛th term is -17 and sum to first
𝑛 terms is 60 . Find 𝑛 and 𝑑, the common difference.
14. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24 and sum of 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find
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15. For what value of P, are 2𝑝 − 1,7 and 3𝑝 three consecutive terms of an A.P.?
16. If 4/5, 𝑎, 2 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then find the value of 𝑎.
17. Determine the value of 𝑘 , so that 3𝑘 − 2,4𝑘 − 6 and 𝑘 + 2 are three consecutive
terms of an A.P.
18. Write the common difference of an A.P. whose 𝑛th terms is 3𝑥 + 5.
19. For what value of 𝑘, are the numbers 𝑥, 2𝑥 + 𝑘, and 3𝑥 + 6 three consecutive terms
of an A.P. ?
20. If 𝑆𝑛 , the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is given by S𝑛 = 3𝑛2 − 4𝑛, then find its 𝑛th term.
21. Which term of the A.P. 3,15,27,39 will be 120 more than its 21st term.
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22. 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 and the thirteenth term of the A.P.
23. The 9th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that its 29th term is double of its 19th term.
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24. If the sum of first 𝑃 terms of an A.P. is 𝑎𝑃 2 + 𝑏𝑃, find its common difference.
25. In an A.P., the first ten terms is -150 and the sum of its next ten terms is -550. Find the
A.P.
26. The sum of the first sixteen terms of an A.P. is 112 and the sum of its next fourteen
terms is 518. Find the A.P.
27. Find the value of middle terms of the A.P. −6, −2,2, 58.
CBSE BOARD-2011
28. Find whether -150 is a term of the A.P. 17,12,7,2, … …
29. Find how many two digit numbers are divisible by 6 .
30. Which term of the A.P. 3, 14, 25, 36, will be 99 more than its 25th term.
31. How many natural numbers are there between 200 and 500 which are divisible by 7?
32. Determine the A.P. whose fourth term is 18 and the difference of the ninth term from
the fifteenth term is 30.
33. Find the A.P. whose fourth term is 9 and the sum of its sixth terin and thirteenth term is 40 .
34. Which term of the A.P. 3,14,25,36, … will be 99 more than its 25th term?
35. If the sum of first 4 terms of an A.P is 40 and that of first 14
terms is 280 , find the sum of its first 𝜋 terms.
36. The first and last terms of an A.P are 8 and 350 respectively. If its common difference
is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?
37. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250? Also find their sum.
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38.Find the sum of all three digit natural numbers, which are multiples of 11.
39. The 7th term of an A.P. is 20 and its 13th term is 32. Find the A.P.
40. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 3?
41. How many three digit natural numbers are divisible by 7?
42. Find the sum of all three digit numbers, which are multiples of 9.
43. The 15th term of an A.P is 3 more than twice its 7th term. If the 10th term of the A.P.
is 41 , then find its 𝑛th term.
44. The 17th term of an A.P is 5 more than twice its 8th term. If the 11th term of the A.P
is 43 , then find its 𝑛th term. BY BK SINGH (AUTHOR)
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46. The sum of the first 15 terms of an A.P is 750 and its first term is 15 . Find its 20th term.
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48. Sum of first 20 terms of an A.P. is - 240, and its first term is 7. Find its 24th term.
49. 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 the next four terms.
50. If the sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P is 119 and that of the first 17 terms is 714 , find
the sum of its first 𝑛 terms.
51. Find the sum of all multiples of 9 lying between 400 and 800.
52. A sum of ₹1600 is to be used to give ten cash prizes of a school for their overall
academic performance. If each prize is ₹20 less than its preceding prize, find the value
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53. If the sum of first 𝑚 terms of an A.P. is 2𝑚2 + 3𝑚, then what is its second term?
1 1−𝑝 1−2𝑝
54. Find the common difference of the A.P. , , ,
𝑝 𝑝 𝑝
1 1−6𝑞 1−12𝑞
55. Find the common difference of the A.P. , , ,…
3𝑞 3𝑞 3𝑞
56. Find the number of all three digit natural numbers which are divisible by 9.
57. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 8 and 65 respectively. If the sum of all its
terms is 730, find its common difference.
58. The 𝑛th term of an A.P. is given by (−4𝑛 + 15). Find the sum of first 20 terms of this
A.P.
59. The sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is 3𝑛2 + 4𝑛. Find the 25th term of this A.P.
60. The 19th term of an A.P. is equal to three times its 6th term.
If its 9th term is 19 , find the A.P.
61. If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and that of first 17 terms is 289, find the sum
of its first 𝑛 terms.
62. The 24th term of an A.P is twice its 10th term. Show that its 72nd term is 4 times its
15th term.
63. Find the number of terms of the A.P. −12, −9, −6, … ,21. If 1 is added to each term of
this A.P, then find the sum of all terms of the A.P, thus obtained.
64. The sum of 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 this A.P.
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65. The sum of first terms of an A.P is 63𝑞 − 3𝑞 2 . If its 𝑃th term is -60 , find the value of 𝑃.
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66.If the sum of all its terms is 400 , find its common difference
67. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both
2 and 5.
68. If the seventh term of an A.P. is 1/9 and its ninth term is 1/7, find its 63rd term.
69. The sum of the 5th and 9th terms of an A.P. is 30. If its 25th term is three times its 8th
term, find the A.P.
70. The sum of the first seven terms of an A.P. is 182. If it’s 4th and [C the 17th terms are
in the ratio1: 5, find the A.P.
71. In an A.P. of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15 terms
is 2565. Find the A.P.
72. In a school, students decided to plant trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution.
It 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.
CBSE BOARD-2015
73.In an A.P., if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the A.P. Where Sn denotes the sum of
its first n terms.
74. Find the middle term of the A.P. 213, 205, 197,.…., 37.
75. If 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P., prove that,
S12 = 3( S8 − S4 )
1
76. If the sum of the first 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is (3𝑛2 + 7𝑛), then find its 𝑛th term. Hence,
2
write its 20th term.
77. If 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an A.P., prove that, S30 = 3( S20 − S10 )
78. The 14th term of an A.P. is twice its 8th term. If its 6th term is - 8, then find the sum of its first
20 terms.
79. The 16th term of an A.P. is five times its third term. If its 10th term is 41, then find the
sum of its first fifteen terms.
80. Ramkali required ₹2500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She saved
₹100 in the first week and increased her weekly saving by ₹20 every week. Find
whether she will be able to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks.
81. Find the 60th term of the A.P. 8,10,12, …, if it has a total of 60 terms and hence, find
the sum of its last term.
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82. An arithmetic progression 5,12,19, … has 50 terms. Find its last term. Hence, find the
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83. Find the 9 term from the end (towards the first term) of the
A.P. 5,9,13, … ,185.
84. For what value of 𝑘, will 𝑘 + 9,2𝑘 − 1 and 2𝑘 + 7 are the consecutive terms of an
A.P.?
85. How many terms of the A.P. 18, 16, 14,…. Be taken so that, their sum is zero?
86. How Many terms of the A.P. 65, 60, 55,….. be taken so that, their sum is zero?
87. The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A. P. is three times its
11th term.
88. If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and that of its first 17 terms is 289, find the
sum of first 𝑛 terms of the A.P.
89. 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 𝑚th terms.
90. The sums of first 𝑛 terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1 , S2 and S3
respectively. The first terms of each A.P. is 1 and their common differences are 1, 2 and
3 respectively. Prove that, S1 + S3 = 2 S2 .
91. The sum of three numbers in A.P is 12 and sum of their cubes is 288 . Find the
numbers.
92. The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that, there exists
a value of 𝑋 such that, sum of numbers of houses preceding the house numbered 𝑋 is
equal to sum of the numbers of houses following 𝑋.
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93. What is the common difference of an A.P. in which, 𝑎21 − 𝑎1 = 84?
94. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.
1 1 3
95. Which term of the progression 20, 19 , 18 , 17 … is the first negative term?
4 2 4
1 2 3
96. Find: (4 − ) + (4 − ) + (4 − ) + ⋯ 𝑛 terms.
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
1 1
97. If the 𝑚th term of an A.P. be and its 𝑛th term be . Show that its (𝑚𝑛)th term is 1.
𝑛 𝑚
98. If the ratio of the sum of the first 𝑛 terms of two A. Ps is (7𝑛 + 1) : (4𝑛 + 27), find the
ratio of their 9th terms.
99.In an A.P. of 50 terms, the sum of the first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15
terms of 2565. Find the A.P.
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CBSE BOARD-2018
100. In an AP, if the common difference (d) = –4, and the seventh term (a7) is 4, then find
the first term.
101. Find the sum of first 8 multiples of 3.
102. 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
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103. How many two digits numbers are divisible by 3?
104. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39… will be 120 more than its 21st term?
105. If Sn, the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sn=3n2-4n, find the nth term.
106. If the sum of first four terms of an AP is 40 and that of first 14 terms is 280. Find the
sum of its n terms.
107. Which term of the Arithmetic progression -7,-12,-17,-22… will be -82? Is -100 any
term of the AP? Give Reason for your answer.
108. How many terms of the arithmetic Progression 45, 39, 33… must be taken so that
their sum is 180? Explain the double answer.
109. 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
110. 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.
111. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 205?
112. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16 and 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.
113. Find the value of x, when in the A.P. given below
2 + 6 + 10 + ... + x = 1800.
114. If in an A.P., a = 15, d = – 3 and an = 0, then find the value of n.
115. If Sn, the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is given by S n = 2n2 + n, then find its nth
term.
116. If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference.
117. 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)}.
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118. If the mean of the first n natural number is 15, then find n.
119. Show that (a-b) 2, (a2+b2) and (a+b) 2 are in AP.
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120. The sum of four consecutive numbers in AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of the
first and last terms to the product of two middle terms is 7:15. Find the numbers.
121. Solve : 1+4+7+10+…+x=287
122. The nth term of an AP is (7-4n), then what is its common difference?
123. If 4 times the 4th term of an AP is equal to 18 times the 18th term, then find the 22nd
term.
124. How many terms of the AP: 24, 21, 18… must be taken so that their sum is 78?
125. How many two digits numbers are divisible by 7?
126. Find the sum of the first 50 natural numbers.
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127. Find the 8th term of the AP whose first term is -2 and common difference is 3.
128. CSBQ: Roshni being a plant lover decides to start a nursery. She bought few plants
with pots. She placed the pots in such a way that the number of pots in the first row is
2, in the second is 5, in the third row is 8 and so on.
Based on the above, answer the following questions:

(i) How many pots were placed in the 7th row?
(A) 20
(B) 23
(C) 77
(D) 29
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(iii) How many pots are placed in the last row?
(A) 20
(B) 23
(C) 26
(D) 29
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(iv) If Roshni has sufficient space for 12 rows, then how w many total number of pots
are placed by her with the same arrangement?
(A) 222
(B) 155
(C) 187
(D) 313
(v) The difference in number of pots placed in the 4th row and the 2nd row, is
(A) 3
(B) 4
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129. If 3/5, a, 4 are three consecutive terms of an AP., then find the value of a.
130. In an AP., if the common difference d=-3 and the eleventh term a11=15, then find the
first term.
131. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP., prove that S12=3(S8-S4).
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132. Find the sum of first 30 terms of AP: 30, 24, 18 ... .
133. In an AP if Sn = n (4n + 1), then find the AP
134. CSBQ: In Mathematics, relations can be expressed in various ways. The matchstick
patterns are based on linear relations. Different strategies can be used to calculate the
number of matchsticks used in different figures. One such pattern is shown below.
Observe the pattern and answer the following questions using Arithmetic Progression:
(A) Write the AP for the number of triangles used in the figures. Also, write the nth
term of this AP.
(B) Which figure has 61 matchsticks?
135. In an AP, if a = 50, d = 4 and Sn = 0, then find the value of n.
136. Find the sum of the first twelve 2-digit multiples of 7, using an AP.
137. CSBQ: Do you know old clothes which are thrown as waste not only fill the landfill
site but also produce very harmful greenhouse gas So, it is very important that we reuse
old clothes in whatever way we can. The picture given below on the right, shows a
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footmat (rug) made out of old t-shirts yarn. Observing the picture, you will notice that
a number of stitches in circular rows are making a pattern: 6, 12, 18, 24...
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
(a) Check whether the given pattern forms an AP. If yes, find the common difference
and the next term of the AP. 2
(b) Write the nth term of the AP. Hence, find the number of stitches in the 10th circular
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138. Find the sum of first 25 terms of the AP, whose nth term is given by a n=5+6n. Also,
find the ratio of 20th term to 45th term.
139. In an AP, if Sn=3n2+5n and ak=164, find the value of k.
140. The sum of first 15 terms of an AP is 750 and its first term is 15. Find its 20th term.
141. Rohan repays his total loan of Rs. 1, 18,000 by paying every month starting with the
first instalment of Rs. 1,000. If he increases the instalment by Rs. 100 every month,
what amount will be paid by him in the 30th instalment? What amount of loan has he
paid after 30th instalment?
142. How many terms are there in A.P whose first and fifth term are -14 and 2,
respectively and the last term is 62.
143. Which term of the A.P: 65, 61, 57, 53… is the first negative term.
144. Prerna saves Rs. 32 during the first month, Rs. 36 in the second month and Rs. 40 in
the third month. If she continues to save in this manner, in how many months will she
save Rs. 2,000?
145. The ratio of 11th term to the 18th term of an AP is 2:3. Find the ratio of the 5th term
to the 21st term. Also, find the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of first 21
terms.
146. If the sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is 256, find the
sum of first 10 terms.
147. If pth term of an AP is q and qth term is p, then prove that its nth term is (p+q-n).
148. In an AP., the sum of the first n terms is given by Sn=6n-n2. Find its 30th term.
149. How many terms are there in A.P whose first and fifth term are -14 and 2,
respectively and the last term is 62.
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