EDUCATION SPRINT

CLASS- X Total Marks : 188

Section A

* Answer The Following Questions In One Sentence. [22]

1. For the following A.P.s, write the first term a and the common difference d: 3, 1, –
1, – 3, …
2. For the following A.P.s, write the first term a and the common difference
1 5 9 13
d : , , , ,…
3 3 3 3

3. For the following A.P.s, write the first term a and the common difference d: – 3.2,
– 3, – 2.8, – 2.6, …
4. Write first four terms of the A.P., when the first term a and the common
difference d are given as follows : a = 10, d = 10
5. Write first four terms of the A.P., when the first term a and the common
difference d are given as follows : a = – 2, d = 0
6. Write first four terms of the A.P., when the first term a and the common
difference d are given as follows : a = 4, d = – 3
7. Write first four terms of the A.P. when the first term a and the common
difference d are given as follows : a =
1
,d = −
1

2 6

8. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : 4, 10, 16, 22,…
9. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : – 2, 2, – 2, 2,…..
10. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : 2, 4, 8, 16,….
11. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P t , find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : 2,
5

2
, 3,
7

2
,…

12. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : – 10, – 6, – 2, 2,….
13. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : 12, 32, 52, 72,...
14. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : 1, 3, 9, 27,...
15. Find the indicated terms in each of following A.P.s: 1, 6, 11, 16, …; a20

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16. Find the 8th term of the A.P. whose first term is 7 and common difference is 3.
17. If the common difference of an A.P. is – 3 and the 18th term is – 5, then find its
first term.
18. If the first term of an A.P. is – 18 and its 10th term is zero, then find its common
difference.
19. Which term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, 18, … is 78?
20. Which term of the A.P. 7, 13, 19, … is 205?
21. If the numbers n – 2, 4n – 1 and 5n + 2 are in A.P., find the value of n.
22. Find the sum of the following A.P.s : 2, 7, 12, … to 10 terms

* Answer the following questions. [3 Marks Each] [72]

23. Find the 20th term from the last term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, …, 253.

Find the sum of the two middle most terms of the A.P. − 3 , −1, − 3 , … , 4 3
4 2 1
24.
25. 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, find its nth term.
26. The sum of 2nd and 7th terms of an A.P. is 30. If its 15th term is 1 less than
twice its 8th term, find the A.P.
27. Which term of the A.P. 3, 10, 17,… will be 84 more than its 13th term?
28. If the nth terms of the two A.g.s 9, 7, 5, … and 24, 21, 18, … are the same, find
the value of n. Also, find that term
29. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 3 and their product is – 35. Find the
numbers.
30. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 30 and the ratio of first number to the third
number is 3 : 7. Find the numbers.
31. The sum of the first three terms of an A.P.is 33. If the product of the first and
the third terms exceeds the second term by 29, find the A.P.
32. Find the sum of the following A.P.s: 1

15
,
1

12
,
1

10
,… to 11 terms

33. How many terms of the A.P. 27, 24, 21, …, should be taken so that their sum is
zero?
34. Find the sums given below : 34 + 32 + 30 + … + 10
35. Find the sums given below : – 5 + ( – 8) + ( – 11) + … + ( – 230)
36. In an A.P. (with usual notations) : given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50, find n and Sn

37. In an A.P. (with usual notations) : given a = 7, a13 = 35, find d and S13
38. In an A.P. (with usual notations) : given d = 5, S9 = 75, find a and a9

39. In an A.P. (with usual notations) : given a = 8, an = 62, Sn = 210, find n and d

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40. The sum of first 15 terms of an A.P. is 750 and its first term is 15. Find its 20th
term.
41. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 17 and 350 respectively. If the
common difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?
42. Solve for x : 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + … + x = 287.
43. If the third term of an A.P. is 1 and 6th term is – 11, find the sum of its first 32
terms.
44. Show that a1, a2, a3, … form an A.P. where an is defined as an = 3 + 4n. Also find
the sum of first 15 terms.
45. If an = 3 – 4n, show that a1, a2, a3, … form an A.P. Also find S20.

46. Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of first
four terms is half the sum of next four terms.

Section B

* Answer The Following Questions in Brief. [58]

1. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P. find the
– – −− −−
common difference d and write the next three terms : √2, √8, √18 , √32 …

2. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P. 4 , find
the common difference d and write the next three terms :
– – –
3, 3 + √2, 3 + 2√2, 3 + 3√2 ,..
3. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P. , find
the common difference d and write the next three terms :
– – – −−
√3, √6, √9, √12 , …

4. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : a, 2a, 3a, 4a,...
5. Which of the following lists of numbers form an A.P.? If they form an A.P., find
the common difference d and write the next three terms : a, 2a + 1, 3a + 2, 4a +
3,...
6. Find the A.P. whose nth term is 7 – 3K. Also find the 20th term.
7. Find the indicated terms in each of following A.P.s: – 4, – 7, – 10, – 13, …, a25, an

8. Find the nth term and the 12th term of the list of numbers: 5, 2, – 1, – 4, …
9. Which term of the A.P. 18, 15 12 , 13, … is -47 ?

10. Check whether – 150 is a term of the A.P. 11, 8, 5, 2, …

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13. Find the 12th from the end of the A.P. – 2, – 4, – 6, …; – 100.
14. Which term of the A.P. 53, 48, 43,… is the first negative term?
15. Determine the A.P. whose fifth term is 19 and the difference of the eighth term
from the thirteenth term is 20.
16. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th
term by 12
17. Find the 20th term of the A.P. whose 7th term is 24 less than the 11th term, first
term being 12.
18. If 8th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term.
19. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 3?
20. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by
both 2 and 5.
21. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300, which when divided by 4 leave a
remainder 3?
22. A man starts repaying a loan as first instalment of Rs 500. If he increases the
instalment by Rs 25 every month, what,amount will he pay in the 30th
instalment?
23. Ramkali saved Rs 5 in the first week of a year and then increased her savings by
Rs 1.75. If in the rcth week, her weekly savings become Rs 20.75, find n.
24. Justify whether it is true to say that the following are the nth terms of an A.P. 2n
–3
25. Justify whether it is true to say that the following are the nth terms of an A.P. n2
+1
26. In an A.P. (with usual notations) : given a = 3, n = 8, S = 192, find d.
27. Find the sum of first 22 terms, of an A.P. in which d = 7 and a22 is 149.

28. Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms are 14
and 18 respectively.
29. In an A.P., the sum of its first n terms is 6n – n². Find is 25th term.

* Questions with calculation. [4 Marks Each] [36]

30. Find the 31st term of an A.P. whose 11th term is 38 and 6th term is 73.
31. If the seventh term of an A.P. is 1

9
and its ninth term is 1

7
, find its 63 rd term.
32. The sum of 5th and 7th terms of an A.P. is 52 and the 10th term is 46. Find the
A.P.
33. 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.

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34. How many terms of the A.P. 25, 22, 19, … are needed to give the sum 116 ? Also
find the last term.
35. How many terms of the A.P. 24, 21, 18, … must be taken so that the sum is 78?
Explain the double answer.
36. If 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.
37. The sum of first n terms of an A.P. whose first term is 8 and the common
difference is 20 equal to the sum of first 2n terms of another A.P. whose first
term is – 30 and the common difference is 8. Find n.
38. The sum of first six terms of an arithmetic progression is 42 . The ratio of the 10
th term to the 30 th term is . Calculate the first and the thirteenth term.
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