Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progression Worksheet
Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progression Worksheet
a) 37 b) 40 c) 43 d) 58
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8. The 11th term of an AP −5, 2
, 0, 2 , … is
a) -20 b) 20 c) -30 d) 30
9. There are 60 terms is an AP of which the first term is 8 and the last term is 185.
The 31st term is
a) 56 b) 94 c) 85 d) 98
10. The two APs have the common difference. The first term of one of these is -1 and
that of the other is -8. Then the difference between their 4 th terms is
a) -1 b) -8 c) 7 d) -9
11. The first four terms of an AP whose first term is -2 and the common difference is -2
are
a) −2, 0, 2, 4 b) −2, 4, −8, 16 c) −2, −4, −6, −8 d) −2, −4, −8, −16
12. If the first term of an AP is -5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of the
first 6 terms is
a) 0 b) 5 c) 6 d) 15
13. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, … is
a) -320 b) 320 c) -352 d) -400
14. In an AP, if 𝑎 = 1, 𝑎𝑛 = 20, 𝑆𝑛 = 399 then n is equal to
a) 19 b) 21 c) 38 d) 42
15. If the 𝑛 term of an AP is given by 𝑎𝑛 = 5𝑛 − 3 then the sum of first 10 terms if
𝑡ℎ
2 marks:
1. If the number 𝑥 + 3, 2𝑥 + 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 − 7 are in AP find the value of 𝑥.
2. Find the values of a, b and c such that the numbers 𝑎, 10, 𝑏, 𝑐, 31 are in AP.
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3. Find the 21st term of the AP −4 2 , −3, −1 2 , …
4. Find the 7th term from the end of AP 7, 10, 13, … , 184.
5. Find the middle term of the AP 213, 205, 197, … , 37.
6. Find, 100 is a term of the AP 25, 28, 31, … or not.
7. Is 184 a term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, … ?
8. How many two digits numbers are divisible by 3?
9. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39, … will be 120 more than its 21st term?
10. The 8th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38 th term is triple of its 18th term.
11. For AP show that 𝑎𝑝 + 𝑎𝑝+2𝑞 = 2𝑎𝑝+𝑞 .
12. In an AP, 32nd term is twice the 12th term. Prove that 70th term is twice the 31st
term.
13. The seventeenth term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7. Find the common
difference.
14. If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its eighth term, show that
its 13th term is zero.
15. The ninth term of an AP is -32 and the sum of its eleventh and thirteenth term is
-94. Find the common difference of the AP.
16. How many terms of AP 3, 5, 7, 9, … must be taken to get the sum 120?
17. If 𝑆𝑛 the sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 3𝑛2 − 4𝑛. Find the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term.
18. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is 𝑛2 , then find its 10th term.
19. The fifth term of an AP is 20 and the sum of its seventh and eleventh terms is 64.
Find the common difference.
20. The fourth term of an AP is 11. The sum of the fifth and seventh terms of the AP is
34. Find the common difference.
21. If the sum of first m terms of an AP is the same as the sum of its first n terms,
show that the sum of its first (𝑚 + 𝑛) terms is zero.
3 marks:
1. The sum of four consecutive number in AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of the
first and last term to the product of two middle terms is 7: 15. Find the numbers.
2. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and that of its next 7 terms is 161. Find
the AP.
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3. Which term of the AP 20, 19 4 , 18 2 , 17 4 , … is the first negative term.
4. Find the middle term of the AP 7, 13, 19, … , 247.
5. Show that the sum of all terms of an AP whose first term is a, the second term is b
(𝑎+𝑐)(𝑏+𝑐−2𝑎)
and the last term is c, is equal to .
2(𝑏−𝑎)
6. If in an AP, the sum of first m terms is n and the sum of its first n terms is m, then
prove that the sum of its first (𝑚 + 𝑛) terms is – (𝑚 + 𝑛).
7. The 17th term of an AP is 5 more than twice its 8 th term. If 11th term of AP is 43,
then find its 𝑛𝑡ℎ term.