Arithmetic Progressions (AP) and Arithmetic Means (AM)

Direct Questions

1. Find the 15th term of an AP whose first term is 7 and common difference is 4.

2. If the 3rd term of an AP is 12 and the 7th term is 24, find the common difference.

3. Which term of the AP 21, 18, 15, … is –81?

4. Find the 10th term from the end of the AP: 4, 9, 14, …, 254.

5. Insert two arithmetic means between 4 and 16.

6. If 𝑎, 8, 𝑏 are in AP, find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 given 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 20.

7. Determine 𝑘 so that 𝑘 + 2,4𝑘 − 6,3𝑘 − 2 are three consecutive terms of an AP.

8. Find the 10th term (𝑎10 ) of an AP where 𝑎 = 5 and 𝑑 = 3.

9. Find the first term (𝑎) of an AP if the 12th term is 30 and common difference is 2.
𝑛
10. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of an AP with 𝑎 = 2 and 𝑑 = 3 using 𝑆𝑛 = 2 [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑].

𝑛(𝑛+1)
11. Find the sum of the first 50 natural numbers using 𝑆𝑛 = .
2
𝑛
12. Find the sum of an AP with 10 terms where the first term is 5 and the last term is 25 using 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎 + 𝑙).
𝑛
13. If 𝑛 = 15, 𝑎 = 3, and 𝑑 = 2, calculate 𝑆15 using 𝑆𝑛 = 2 [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑].
𝑛
14. Calculate the sum of 10 terms of an AP where 𝑎 = 1 and 𝑑 = 4 using 𝑆𝑛 = 2 [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑].
𝑛
15. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of an AP if 𝑎 = 5 and 𝑙 = 33 using 𝑆𝑛 = 2 (𝑎 + 𝑙).

Matrices
2 5 1 −2
16. If 𝐴 = [ ] and 𝐵 = [ ], find 𝐴 + 𝐵.
1 3 4 0
1 2
17. Given 𝐴 = [ ], find 2𝐴.
3 4
1 5
18. Find the transpose of matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
2 6
19. Construct a 2 × 2 matrix 𝐴 = [𝑎𝑖𝑗 ] where 𝑎𝑖𝑗 = 𝑖 + 𝑗.

𝑥 2 4 2
20. Find 𝑥 and 𝑦 if [ ]=[ ].
3 𝑦 3 5
3
21. Find the product [1 2] [ ].
4
1 2
22. Find the inverse of the matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
3 4
2 1
23. Find the inverse of the matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
5 3
4 7
24. If 𝐴 = [ ], find the inverse matrix 𝐴−1.
1 2
1 3
25. Find the inverse of the matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
2 7
Determinants
2 4
26. Find the determinant of matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
−5 1
1 2
27. Find the determinant of matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
3 4
3 5
28. Find the determinant of matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
2 1
𝑘 2
29. Find the value of 𝑘 if the determinant of [ ] is 0.
3 4
5 2
30. Find the determinant of matrix 𝐴 = [ ].
2 1