Student’s Success is My Real Success Arithmetic Progressions PYQs Which term of the following A. P. 27, 24,21, .is Zero? [CBSE SQP, 2020-21] Show that the sum of all terms of an A.P. whose first term is a, the second term is b and the last term is c is equal to ieee [CBSE Board 2020] Solve the equation: 1 + 4 +7 + 10+...+x = 287. [CBSE Board 2020] . Ifin an A.P., the sum of first m terms is m and the sum of tm terms is m, then prove that the sum of its first (m + n) terms is —(m + n). [CBSE Board 2020] Find the sum of all 11 terms of an A.P. whose middle term is 30. [CBSE Board 2020]6. Ifthe sum of first m terms of an A.P. is the same as the sum of its first n terms, show that the sum of its first (m ++ m) terms is zero. [CBSE Board 2020] 7. Which term of the AP: 3, 15, 27, 39, ... will be 120 more than its 21% term? [CBSE 2019] 8. If Sq the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sa = 3n? - 4n, find the nth term. [CBSE 2019] 9. Which term of the Arithmetic progression -7, -12, -17, -22, ... will be - 82. Is -100 any term of the AP? given reason for your answer. [CBSE 2019] 10. ‘The first term of an AP is 3, the last term is 83 and the sum of all its terms is 903. Find the number of terms and the common difference of the AP. [CBSE 2018] 11. ‘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. [CBSE 2018] 12. If the pth term of an AP is 1/q and qth term is 1/p, prove that the sum of first pq terms of the AP is (2). [CBSE 2017] 13. If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two APs is (7n + 1) : (4n + 27), then find the ratio of their 9% terms. [CBSE 2017] 14, Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8. [CBSE 2017] 15. Which term of the progression 20, 197,185,17,... is the first negative term? — [CBSE 2017] 16. If seven times the 7* term of an AP is equal to eleven times the 11° term, then what will be its 18" term? [CBSE 2017] 17. Find the sum of n terms of the series (4-2) + (4-2) +(4-3)+ .. [CBSE 2017] 18. If the pth term of an AP is q and qth term is p, prove that is nth term is (p + q~n). [CBSE 2017] 19. The first term of an AP 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 AP. [CBSE 2017] 20. Find the sum of the following series: 5 + (-41) +9 + (-39) + 13 + (-37) + 17+... + (-5) + 81 + (-3). [CBSE 2017] at: In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of the first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15 terms is 2565. Find the AP. [CBSE 2017]22. ‘The digits of a positive number of three digits are in AP and their sum is 15. The number obtained by reversing the digits is 594 less than the original number. Find the number. [CBSE 2016] 23. ‘The sums of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1, Sz and $3 respectively. The first term of each AP is 1 and their common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that Si + S3 = 2S». [CBSE 2016] 24. Divide 56 in four parts in AP such that the ratio of the product of their extremes (1*t and 4*) to the product of means (2"4 and 3") is 5 : 6. [CBSE 2016] 25. ‘The pth, qth and rth terms of an AP are a, b and c respectively, show that a(q - r) + b(r- p) + c(p - q) = O[CBSE 2016] 26. Find the 9% term from the end (towards the first term) of the AP 5, 9, 13, ..., 185. [CBSE 2016] 27. A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/minute in the first minutes and increases his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief. [CBSE 2016] 28. The sum of three numbers in AP is 12 and sum of their cubes is 288. Find the numbers. [CBSE 2016] 29. 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 proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X. [CBSE 2016] 30. Ramkali required Rs 2500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She saved Rs 100 in the first week and increased her weekly saving by Rs 20 every seek. Find whether she will be able to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks or not. What value is generated in the above situation? [CBSE 2015] 31: Find the middle term of the sequence formed by all three-digit numbers which leave a remainder 3, when divided by 4. Also find the sum of all numbers on both sides of the middle terms separately. [CBSE 2015] 32. Find the middle term of the AP 213, 205, 197, 2015] 33. If Sq denotes the sum of first n-terms of an AP, prove that S30 = 3[S20-S:o] [CBSE 2015] 34. If the seventh term of an AP is 1/9 and its ninth term is 1/7, find its 63" term. [CBSE 2014] 35. ‘The sum of the 24 and the 7t terms of an AP is 30. If its 15% term is 1 less than twice its 8 term, find the AP. [CBSE 2014] 37. [CBSE36. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the 28t" term of this AP. [CBSE 2014] 37. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and 5. [CBSE 2014] 38. In a school, students decided to plant trees in an 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. Which value is shown in the question? [CBSE 2014] Ans. 312, students are concerned about safety and pollution free environment. 39. Find the number of terms of the AP - 12, -9, -6, ... 21. If Lis added to each term of this AP, then find the sum of all terms of the AP thus obtained. [CBSE 2013] 40. Find the sum of all three digit natural numbers, which are multiples of 11. [CBSE 2012] 41. In an AP, the first term is 12 and the common difference is 6. If the last term of the AP is 252, find its middle term. [CBSE 2012] 42. Find the number of terms of the AP: 18, 15 3, 13, ... (-492) and find the sum of all its terms. [CBSE 2013] 43. ‘The nth term of an AP is given by (-4n + 15). Find the sum of first 20 terms of this AP. [CBSE 2013] 44, Find the common difference of an AP whose first term is 5 and the sum of its first four terms is half the sum of the next four terms. [CBSE 2012] 45. A.sum of Rs 1600 is to be used to given ten cash prizes to students of a school for their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs 20 less than its preceding prize, find the value of each of the prizes. [CBSE 2012]Answers 1.10 42. 441 2. 43. -540 3. 44, 2 4, 45. Rs 250, 230, 210, 190, 8. 330 170, 150, 130, 110, 90, 70 6... 7. 31% 8. 6n-7 9. 16% ,No 10. 21,4 11, 2,6,10,14 12. eee 13. 24/19 14. 37 15. 2st 16. 0 17. 7-1/2 16 19. 16,8/3 20. 420 21. 3,7,11 22. 852 asc 24. 8,12,16,20 as 26. 153 27. 5 minutes 28. 2,4,6 22 35 30. Saved Rs. 2520, so she will be able to send her daughter to school. Aware of Education’s need 31. 551,36400,87024 32. 125 33. a 34. 1 35. 1,5,9,... 36. 57 37. 89 38. 312 39. 66 40. 44550 41. 132