PRANA MATHS

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

difference and write next 3 terms of each of the following TOPIC – 1

I. For the following APs, write the first term and the common
arithmetic progressions:
1. 3,1,-1,-3…
2. -5,-1,3,7….,
3. 1,-2,-5,-8,..
4. 0,-3,-6,-9,…
5. 51,59,67,75,…
6. 75,67,59,51,…
7. 119, 136, 153, 170,..
8. 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4,…
9. 0.6, 1.7, 2.8, 3.9…
10. 0.3, 0.55, 0.80, 1.05…
11. -1.1,-3.1,-5.1,-7.1,…
1 3 5 7
12. , , , ,…….
5 5 5 5
1 5 9 13
13. , , , ,,…
3 3 3 3
1
14. 0, , , ½, ¾ ,…
4
3
15. -1, ¼, ,,…
2
−5 −2
16. -1, , ,…
6 3
17. √ 7 ,√ 28, √ 63 ,….?
18. √ 2 , √ 8 , √18 , √ 32 ,….?
II. Which of the following are APs? If they form an AP, find the common difference d and write
three more terms
1. 2,4,8,16,…
2. -10,-6,-2,2,…
3. 0, -4, -8, -12,…
4. 1,3,9,27,…
5. 3,6,12,24,…
6. 12,2, -8, -18 …
7. 3,3,3,3…
8. -225, -425, -625, -825,…
9. 1.0, 1.7, 2.4, 3.1,…
10. -1.2, -3.2, -5.2, -7.2,…
 11. 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222,…
1 1 1 1
12. , , , ,….
2 4 6 8
−1 −1 −1 −1
13. , , , …
2 2 2 2
14. a, 2a, 3a, 4a,…
15. a, a2, a3, a4,…
16. P,p+90, p+180, p+270, … where p=(999)999
17. a+b, (a+1)+b, (a+1)+(b+1), (a+2)+(b+1), (a+2)+(b+2),…
18. 12,32,52,72,…
19. 12, 52, 72, 73,..
20. 10, 10+25 , 10+26 , 10+27,…
21. √ 3 , √6 , √ 9 , √12,….

22. For what value of k will the consecutive terms 2k +1,3k+3,and 5k-1 form an A.P.?
23. The first three terms of an A.P. are 3y-1, 3y+5 and 5y+1 respectively then find y
III. Write first four terms of the AP, when the first term a and the common difference ‘d’
are given as follows:
1. A = 10, d = 10
2. A = -2, d = 0
3. A = 4, d = -3
4. A=-2,d=-2
5. A = -1, d = ½
6. A = -1.25, d = -0.25
7. A = -1.5, d = -0.5
8. A = 10, d = 3
9. A = 1/3 , d = 4/3
10. A = 0.6, d = 1.1
11. A = 1/5, d = 2/5
IV. Important very short answer
1. For what value of k will the consecutive terms 2k +1,3k+3,and 5k-1 form an A.P.?
2. The first three terms of an A.P. are 3y-1, 3y+5 and 5y+1 respectively then find y
3. For what value of k will k+9, 2k-1 and 2k+7 are the consecutive terms of an A.P?
4. In the A.P. 2, x, 26 find the value of x
5. For what value of k; k+2,4k-6, 3k-2 are three consecutive terms of an A.P.
6. If 18, a, b, -3 are in A.P. then find a+b
1 1−6 q 1−12 q
7. Find the common difference of the A.P. , , ,…
3q 3q 3q
8. Find the first four terms of an A.P whose first term is 3x+y and common difference is x-y
9. Find the 37th term of the A.P. √ x , 3 √ x , 5 √ x , …..
 10. For an A.P. if a25 - a20 =45 then find the value of d

TOPIC – 2

GENERAL TERM OF AN A.P.

I. FINDING nth TERM OF AN A.P. (find an )

1. Find the 10th term of an A.P. : 2,7,12,…
2. Find the 12th , 24th and nth term of the A.P.: 9,13,17,21,25,…
3. Find the 10th term of the A.P.: 1,4,7,10…
4. Find the nth term of the A.P: 13,8,3,-2,…
5. Find the 10th term of the A.P: -40, -15, 10, 35,…
6.
7. Find the 8th term of the A.P: 117,104,91,78,…

8. Find the 11 t h term of the A.P: 10.0, 10.5, 11.0,11.5,…

3 5 7 9
9. Find the 9th term of the A.P: , , , ,…
4 4 4 4
10. Find the 16th term and nth term of the A.P.: 9,12,15,18,…
11. The first term of an A.P. is -7 and the common difference 5. Find its 18th

And nth term of the A.P.

12. Find the 10th of the sequence √ 2 , √ 8 , √ 18 ,….

13. If the common difference of an A.P. is -6 find a16 –a12
14. Find the 25th term of the A.P. -5,-5/2, 0, 5/2
II. Find ‘n’ of the A.P.
1. Which term of the A.P. 3,8,13,…is 248?
2. Which term of the A.P.: 84, 80, 76,… is 0?
3. Which term of the A.P.: 4,9,14,….is 254?
4. Which term of the A.p. : 21,42,63,84,…is 420?
5. Which term of the A.P. : 121,117,113…is its first negative term?
6. Which term of the A.P.: 21,18,15,…. Is -81? Is any term 0?
7. Which term of the A.P. 5,2,-1,….is -49?
8. Check whether -150 is a term of the A.P. : 11,8,5,2…
9. Which term of the A.P. : 3,8,13,18,…is 78?
10. Is 68 a term of the A.P.: 7,10,13,…?
11. Is 302 a term of the A.P. : 3,8,13,….?
12. Is -150 a term of the A.P. 11,8,5,2,….?
 13. Is 184 a term of the A.P. : 3,7,11….?
14. How many terms are there in the A.P.? 7,10,13,…43
15. How many terms are there in the A.P.? 7,13,19,…,205
1
16. How many terms are there in the A.P.? 18, 15 , 13,…, -47
2
−5 −2 −1 10
17. How many terms are there in the A.P. : -1, , , ,…….
6 3 2 3
18. The first term of an A.P. is 5, the common difference is 3 and the last term is 80;
find the number of terms
19. Which term of the sequence 4,9,14,19,…is 124?
20. How many terms are there in the sequence3,6,9,12,…111?
21. Find whether zero is a term of an A.P. 40,37,34,31…..
22. Which term of the sequence -1,3,7,11,….is 95?
23. Find, 100 is a term of the A.P. 25,28,31,…. Or not
24. Which term of an A.P. 150, 147, 144,…is its first negative term?
1 1 3
25. Which term of the sequence20,19 , 18 ,17 ,… is the first negative term?
4 2 4
III. APPLICATION OF Nth TERM OF AN A.P.
1. The 6th term and 17th terms of an A.P. are 19 and 41 respectively find the 40th term
2. If 9th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that its 29th term is double the 19th term
3. If 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 15 times the 15 th term show that 25th term of the
A.P. is zero
4. The 10th and 18th terms of an A.P. are 41 and 73 respectively. Find 26th term
5. In a certain A.P. the 24th term is twice the 10th term. Prove that the 72nd term is twice the 34th
term
6. In a certain A.P. 32nd term is twice the 12th term. Prove that 70th term is twice the 31st term?
7. The 8th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term
8. If five times the fifth term of an A.P. is equal to eight times its eighth term, show that its 13 th
term is zero.
9. The fifth term of an A.P. is 20 and the sum of its seventh and eleventh terms is 64. Find the
common difference
10. The 9th term of an A.P. is -32 and the sum of its eleventh and thirteenth term is -94. Find the
common difference of the A.P.
11. The 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7 . Find the common difference
12. The fourth term of an A.P. is 11. The sum of the fifth and seventh terms of the A.P. is 34 . Find
the common difference
13. If the 2nd term of an A.P. is 8 and th 5th term is 17 find its 19th term
14. If the numbers x+3,2x+1 and x-7 are is A.P. find the value of x
15. Find the values of a,b and c such that the numbers a,10,b,c,31 are in A.P.
16. For A.P. show that ap+ap+2q = 2ap+q
17. The 4th term of an A.P. is zero .Prove that the 25th term of the [Link] three times its 11th term
18. Which term of the A.P. 5,15,25,… will be 130 more than its 31st term?
19. Find the 31st term of an A.P. whose 11th term is 38 and the 16th term is 73
20. An A.P. consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106 find the 29th term
21. If the 3rd and 9th terms of an A.P. 4 and -8 respectively which term of this A.P. is zero?
22. The 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7 . Find the common difference
23. Which term of the A.P.: 3,15,27,39,…will be 132 more than its 54 th term?
24. The 26th , 11th and last term of an A.P. are 0,3 and -1/5, respectively. Find the common difference
and the number of terms
25. The 4th term of an A.P. is three times the first and the 7 th term exceeds twice the third term by 1.
Find the first term and common difference
26. Find the second term and nth term of an A.P. whose 6th term is 12 and the 8th term is 22
27. An A.P. consists of 60 terms. If the first and last terms be 7 and 125 respectively find 32 nd term
28. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P is 24 and the sum of the 6 th and 10th terms is 34. Find the
first term and common difference of the A.P.******
29. The first term of an A.P. is 5 and its 100th term is -292. Find the 50th term of this A.P.
30. The eighth term of an A.P. is half of its second term and the eleventh term exceeds one third of
its fourth term by 1 . Find the 15th term
31. Find the arithmetic progression whose third term is 16 and seventh term is exceeds its fifth term
by 12
32. The 7th term of an A.P. is 32 and its 13th term is 62. Find A.P.
33. Which term of the A.P. 3,10,17,….will be 84 more than its 13th term?
34. Which term of the arithmetic progression 8,14,20,26,… will be 72 more than its 41 st term?
35. Find the term of the arithmetic progression 9,12,15,18… which is 39 more than its 36 th term
36. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24 and the sum of 6th and 10th terms is 44 find the A.P.
37. Which term of the A.P. 3,15,27,39,…. Will be 120 more than its 21st term?
38. The 17th term of an A.P. is 5more than twice its 8 th term. If the 11th term of the A.P. is 43 find the
nth term
39. The 19th term of an A.P. is equal to three times its sixth term, If its 9th term is 19 find the A.P.
40. The 9th term of an A.P. is equal to six times its second term. If its 5th term is 22 find the A.P.
41. The 24 th term of an A.P. is twice its 10 th term. Show that its 72nd term is 4 times its 15th
term
42. If the 7th term of an A.P. is 1/9 and its 9th term is 1/7. Find its 63rd term
43. The sum of 5th and 9th terms of an A.P. is 30 . If its 25 th term is three times its 8 th term, find the
A.P.
44. If the 5th term of an A.P. is 31 and 25th term is 140 more than the 5th term, find the A.P.
45. The sum of 5th and 9th terms of an A.P. is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97. Find the A.P.
46. Determine the general term of an A.P. whose 7th term is -1 and 16th term 17
47. Which term of the A.P. 3,15,27,39,…will be 132 more than its 54th term?
48. If the 10th term of an A.P. is 52 and 17th term is 20more than the 13th term find the A.P
49. The 10th term of an A.P. is 52 and its 16th term is 82. Find the 32nd term and the general term
50. Which term of the A.P. 5,15,25,…will be 130 more than its 31st term?
51. If the 8th term of an A.P. is 31 and the 15th term is 16 more than the 11th term find the A.P.
 52. If five times the fifth term of an A.P. is equal to 8 times its 8th term, show that its 13th term is zero
53. Find the 20th term of an A.P. whose 3 rd term is 7 and the seventh term exceeds three times the
3rd term by 2. Also find its nth term(an)
1 1
54. If 7th term of an A.P. is and 9th term is find 63rd term
9 7
55. The 9th term of an A.P. is equal to seven times the second term and twelfth term exceeds five
times the third term by 2 . Find the first term and common difference
56. Determine an A.P. whose third term is 9 and when fifth term is subtracted from 8 th term we get
6.
57. Divide 56 in four parts in A.P. such that the ration of the product of their extremes (1 st and 4th )
to the product of means (2nd and 3rd) is 5:6
58. The digit of a positive number of three digits are in A.P. and their sum is 15. The number
obtained by reversing the digits is 594 less then the original. Find the number
59. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 12 and sum of their cubes is 288. Find the numbers
60. Find the value of a,b and c such that the numbers a,7,b,23 and c,are in A.P.
61. If the nth term of the A.P. 9,7,5,… is same as the nth term of the A.P.15,12,9,… find n
62. If the mth term of an A.P. be 1/n and nth term be 1/m, then show that its (mn)th term is 1
63. If the pth term of an A.P. is q and the qth term is p, prove that its nth term is (p+q-n)
64. If m times the mth term of an [Link] equal to n times its nth term show that the (m+n) th term of
the A.P. is zero
65. If pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b,c respectively then show that
i. a (q-r)+b(r-p)+c(p-q)=0
ii. (a-b)r +(b-c)p+(c-a)q = 0
66. Two [Link] have same common difference. The difference between their 100 th terms is 100 what
is the difference between their 1000th term
67. For what value of n are the nth terms of two APs: 63,65,67,… and 3,10,17,…equal?
68. Subba Rao started work in 1995 at an annual salary of Rs.5000 and received an increment of
Rs.200 each year. In which year did his income reach Rs. 7000?
69. Ramkali saved Rs.5 in the first week of a year and then increased her weekly savings by Rs.1.75 .
If in the nth week her weekly savings become Rs.20.75,find n
70. In a flower bed there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second,19 in the third and so
on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the flower bed?

IV. Middle term problems

1. Find the middle term of the A.P. 6,13,20…..216
2. Find the middle term of the A.P. 7,13,19,….241
3. Find the middle term of the A.P.213,205,197,…37
4. Consider the A.P.2,5,8,11,….,302. Show that twice of the middle term of the above A.P.
is equal to the sum of its first and last term
5. In the A.P. 1,7,13,19,…,415 prove that the sum of the middle terms is equal to the sum
of first and last term
 6. If the 5th term of an A.P. is 31 and 25th term is 140 more than the 5th term find the A.P.
−4 −2 −1 1
7. Find the sum of two middle terms of the A.P.: , -1, , ,……4
3 3 3 3

V. Finding terms from End:

1. Find the 20th term from the last term of the A.P. : 3,8,13,…253
2. Determine the 10th term from the end of the A.P. 4,9,14,…254
3. Find the 6th term from the end of the A.P. 17,14,11,….,-40
4. Find the 12th term from the end of the following A.P.
i. 3,5,7,9,…,201
ii. 1,4,7,10,….,88
iii.
iv. -2,-4,-6,…,-100
VI. Divisible problems
1. How many three – digit numbers are divisible by 7?
2. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
3. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 7?
4. Find the number of integers between 50 and 500 which are divisible by 7
5. How many numbers of two digit are divisible by3
6. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
7. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300 which when divided by 4 leave
remainder3?

TOPIC- 3

SUM OF FIRST N TERMS OF AN A.P.

VII. Finding sum of n terms

1. 50,46,42,… to 10 terms
2. 1,3,5,7… to 12 terms
9 15
3. 3, , 6 , , …. To 25 terms
2 2
4. 41,36,31,… to 12 terms
5. A+b, a-b, a-3b, …..to 22 terms
6. (x-y)2 , (x2+y2 ), (x+y) 2……. To n terms
x− y 3 x −2 y 5 x−3 y
7. , , , ….. to n terms
x+ y x+ y x+ y
1 2 3
8. Find the sum of n terms of the series(4- ) + (4- ) + (4- ) +……..
n n n
9. −26 , -24, -22,….to 36 terms
10. 5,2,-1,-4,-7,…. To n terms
 11. 2,7,12,… to 10 terms
12. -37,-33,-29,…. To 12 terms
13. 0.6,1.7,2.8,…. To 100 terms
14. 8,3,-2,…. To 22 terms
15. Find the sum of the first 11 terms of A.P. 2,6,10,14……
16. Find the sum of the first 13 terms of A.P . -6,0,6,12….
17. Find the sum of first 16 terms of an A.P.:10,6,2,…….
18. Find the sum of 16 terms of an A.P.: -1,-5, -9,……….
19. Find the sum of the first 51 terms of A.P. whose second term is 2 and forth terms is 8
20. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.

21. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by (a)3 (b) 5 (c)6
22. Find the sum of all 3 – digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13
23. Find the sum of all 3-digit natural numbers which are multiples of 11
24. Find the sum of all 2-digit natural numbers divisible by 4
25. Find the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose nth term is given by an =5-6n.
26. Find the sum of first 15 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an=3+4n.
27. Find the sum of first 15 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= 5+2n.
28. Find the sum of first 15 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= 6-n.
29. Find the sum of first 15 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= 9-5n.
30. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= An+B.
31. Find the sum of first 25 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= 2-3n.
32. Find the sum of first 25 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is an= 7-3n.
33. Find the sum of 15 terms of an A.P. Whose nth term is 3-2n.

VIII. FIND THE SUM OF THE TERMS WHEN LAST TERM IS

GIVEN:-
1. Find the sum: 2+4+6+……+200.
2. Find the sum: 3+11+19+.....+803.
3. Find the sum: (-5)+(-8)+(-11)+…..+(-230).
4. Find the sum: 1+3+5+……+199.
5. Find the sum: 34+32+30…..+10.
6. Find the sum: 25+28+31+……100.
1
7. Find the sum: 7+10 +14+…….+84.
2
1 1
8. Find the sum: 18+15 +13+……+(-49 ).
2 2
9. Find the sum all natural numbers between 1 and 100 Which are divisible by 3.
10. Find the sum of first n odd natural numbers.
 11. Find the sum of all odd natural numbers between 0 and 50.
12. Find the sum of all odd natural numbers between 100 and200.
13. Show that the sum of all odd integers between 1 and 1000 Which are divisible by 3 is 83667.
14. Find the sum of all integers between 84 and 719 which are multiples of 5.
15. Find the Sum of all integers between 50 and 500 which are divisible by 7.
16. Find the sum of all even integers between 101 and 999.
17. Find the sum of all integers between 100 and 550 which are divisible by 9.
18. Find the sum of all integers between 100 and550 which are not divisible by 9.
19. Find the sum of all integers between 1 and 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5.
20. Find the sum of all integers 1 to 500 which are multiples are multiples of 2 or 5.
21. Find the sum of first 10 multiples of 5.
22. Find the sum of first 5 multiples of 2.
23. What is the sum of 5 positive integers divisible by 6.
IX. Finding the missing terms in an A.P.:-(Let there be an A.P. with first term’A’ and common
difference ‘d’. If an denotes its nth and Sn the sum of n terms.
1. Find n, and Sn if a=5, d=3 and an= 50.
2. Find n and a, if an=4, d=2, Sn=(-14).
3. Find d, if a=3, n=8, and Sn=192.
4. Find a, if an=28, sn=144, and n=9.
5. Find n and d, if a=8, an=62, sn=210.
6. Find n and an, if a=2, d=8, Sn=90.
7. Find K, if sn=3n2 + 5n and ak=164.
8. Find a, if sk=3k2-k and d=6.
9. Find S22, if d=22, a22=149.
10. Find d, S13, if a=7, a13=35.
11. Find a and S12, if a12=37, d=3.
12. Find d and a10, if a3=15, S10 =125.
13. Find a and a9, if d=5, S9=75.

X. Application of an and Sn:-

1. How many terms of an series: 54, 51,48,……. taken, so that their sum is 513.
1 2
2. Find the number of a series: 20 + 19 + 18 + ………… of which the sum is 300.
3 3
3. How many terms of an sequence: 18, 16,14,…….. should be taken so that their sum is 0.
4. How many terms of an A.P.: 9,17,25,…….. must be taken so that their sum is 636.
5. How many terms of an A.P. 63,60, 57,…………. Must be taken so that their sum is 693.
6. How many terms of an A.P.: 27,24, 21,…….. Should be taken so that their sum is 0.
7. If the sum of the certain number of terms starting from first term of an A.P. is 25, 22, 19,…….. is
116. Find the last term.
8. How many terms are there in the A.P. Whose first and 5th terms are: -14, and 2 respectively and
the sum of the terms is 40.
9. How many terms of an A.P.: 65, 60, 55,……. Be taken so that their sum is 0.
10. The first and 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.
11. The third term of an A.P. is 7, and the 7th term exceeds 3 times the 3rd term by 2. Find the first
term and common difference and the sum of first 20 terms.
12. The first tem of an A.P. is 2 and the last term is 50, the sum of all these terms is 442. Find the
common difference.
13. The fist term of an A.P. is 5 and the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of
terms and the common difference.
14. In an A.P. the first term is 8 and the nth term is 33 and the sum to first n terms is 123. Find n and
common difference.
15. In an A.p. the first term is 22 and the nth term is -11 and the sum to first n terms is 66. Find n
and the common difference.
16. The first and last term of an A.P. are 7 and 49 respectively. If sum of all its terms is 420, find its
common difference.
17. The first and the last tem of an A.P. are 5 and 45. If the sum of all its terms is 400, find its
common difference.
18. If 12th term of an A.P. is -13 and sum of the first four terms is 24, what is the sum of first 10
terms.
19. In an A.P. if the first term is 22, common difference is -4 and sum to n terms is 64. Find n.
20. In an A.P. 5th and 12th terms are 30, and 65 respectively. What is the sum of first 20 terms.
21. Find the sum of 51 terms of an A.P. whose second and third terms are 14 and 18 respectively.
22. Find the sum of n terms if the sum of seven terms of an A.P. is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289.
23. In an A.P. first tem is 2 and last term is 29 and the sum of the terms is 155. Find the common
difference of the A.P.
24. 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.
25. The sum of first q terms of an A.P. is 162, the ratio of its 6th term to its 13th term is 1:2. Find the
first and 15th term of the A.P.
26. If the tenth tem of the A.P. is 21, and the sum of the first ten terms is 120. Find its n th term.
27. The sum of first seven terms of an A.P. is 63 and the sum of its next seven terms is 161. Find the
28th term of this A.P.
28. The sum of first seven terms of an A.P. is 182. If its 4th and 17th are in the ratio of 1:5. Find the
A.P.
29. The sum of the first 14 terms of an A.P. is 1505 and its first term is 10 and find its 25th term.
30. In an A.P. the sum of first ten terms is -150 and the sum of its next ten terms is -550. Find the
A.P.
31. Find the sum of first 22 terms of an A.P. in which d=7, and 22nd term is 149.
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