ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

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SECTION A (1 X 20 = 20)
1. Find the 17th term from the end of the AP: 1, 6, 11, 16 … … 211, 216.
2. What is the common difference of an A.P. in which 𝑎21 − 𝑎7 = 84?
3. Find the tenth term of the sequence √2, √8, √18, ….
4. For what value of 𝑘 will the consecutive terms 2𝑘 + 1, 3𝑘 + 3 and 5𝑘 − 1 form an A.P.?
5. Find the 9th term from the end (towards the first term) of the A.P. 5,9,13, … … ,185.
6. For what value of 𝑘 will 𝑘 + 9, 2𝑘 − 1 and 2𝑘 + 7 are the consecutive terms of an A.P.?
7. If the common difference of an AP is 3, then what is 𝑎15 − 𝑎9?.

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8. Find the 25𝑡ℎ term of the A.P. -5, -5/2,0, 5/2…
9. If 𝑘, 2𝑘 − 1 and 2𝑘 + 1 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., the value of 𝑘 is
A) 2. B) 3. C) −3. D) 5

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10. The common difference of the AP 1/p, 1-p/p , 1-2p/p is
A) p B) -p C) −1 D) 1

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11. If the 𝑛th term of an A. P. is (2𝑛 + 1), then the sum of its first three terms is

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A) 6𝑛 + 3 B) 15 C) 12 D) 21
12. The next term of the A. P. √18, √50, √98, … is
A) √146 B) √128 C) √162 D) √200

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13. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is:
A) 100 B) 210 C) 400 D) 420
14. If the common difference of an A.P. is 3, then 𝑎20 − 𝑎15 is
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15. The value of 𝑎30 − 𝑎20 for the A.P. 2, 7, 12, 17, … is
A) 100. B) 10 C) 50 D) 20
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16. In an AP, if 𝑑 = −2, 𝑛 = 5 and 𝑎𝑛 = 0, then the value of 𝑎 is

A) 10 B) 5 C) −8 D) 8
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17. If the sum of first 𝑚 terms of an A.P. is 2𝑚2 + 3𝑚, then what it its second term?
18. If the sum of first 𝑝 terms of an A.P., is 𝑎𝑝2 + 𝑏𝑝, find its common difference.
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19. If 4/5, 𝑎, 2 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then find the value of 𝑎.
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20. For what value of 𝑘, are the numbers 𝑥, 2𝑥 + 𝑘 and 3𝑥 + 6 three consecutive terms of an
A.P.?
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SECTION B (2 X 10 = 20)

21. Find the sum of all natural numbers that are less than 100 and divisible by 4.
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22. If seven times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to eleven times the 11th term, then what will
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be its 18th teIf the ratio of sum of the first 𝑚 and 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is m2 : n2 , show that the
ratio of its 𝑚th and 𝑛th terms is (2𝑚 − 1) ∶ (2𝑛 − 1).
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23. In an AP, if 𝑆5 + 𝑆7 = 167 and 𝑆10 = 235, then find the AP, where 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of its
first 𝑛 terms.
24. The fourth term of an A.P. is 11. The sum of the fifth and seventh terms of the A.P. is 34.
Find its common difference.
25. Find the middle term of the A.P. 6, 13, 20, … , 216.
26. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2
and 5.
27. How many three-digit natural numbers are divisible by 7?
28. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?.
29. In an AP, the first term is 12 and the common difference is 6. If the last term of the A.P. is
252, find its middle term.
30. Find the sum of all three digit natural numbers, which are multiples of 11.
SECTION C (3 X 4 = 12)
31. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay of completion beyond a certain
date as follows: Rs. 200 for Ist day,, Rs. 250 for second day, Rs. 300 for third day and so on. If
the contractor pays Rs. 27750 as penalty, find the number of days for which the construction is
delayed.

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32. Determine the AP whose fourth term is 18 and the difference of the ninth term from the
fifteenth term is 30.

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33. The sum of the first sixteen terms of an A.P. is 112 and the sum of its next fourteen terms is
518. Find AP

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34. In an A.P., the sum of first ten terms is −150 and the sum of its next ten terms is −550. Find

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the A.P.
SECTION D (4 X 2 = 08)
35. The minimum age of children to be eligible to participate in a painting competition is 8

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years. It is observed that the age of youngest boy was 8 years and the ages of rest of
participants are having a common difference of 4 months. If the sum of ages of all the
participants is 168 years, find the age of eldest participant in the painting competition.
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36. 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,
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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
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