CHINMAYA VIDYALAYA’S, CHENNAI
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION – WORKSHEET
STD: 10
1. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P. If S2n = 3Sn, then S3n : Sn is equal to
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d.10
2. If the first, second and last term of an A.P. are a , b and 2 a respectively, its sum is
ab ab 4 ab
a. b. c. d. none of these
2(b−a) (b−a) 2(b−a)
3. The sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3 n2 +5 n , then 164 is its
a. 24th term b. 27th term c. 26th term d. 25th term
4. The next term of the A.P. √ 6 , √24 , √54 , … … … is
a. √ 60 b. √ 96 c. √ 72 d. √ 216
5. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is
a. 100 b. 210 c. 400 d. 420
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6. ASSERTION (A): If an denotes the n term of the A.P. 2, 7, 12, 17, ………
Then a 5050−a2020=15150
REASON (R): If an denotes the nth term of the A.P. with common difference d , then
a p−a q=( p−q ) d
7. ASSERTION (A): a , b , c are in A.P. iff 2 b=a+c
REASON (R): In an A.P. the sum of the terms equidistant from the beginning and the
end is always same and is equal to the sum of first and last term.
8. The sum of n , 2 n ,3 n terms of an A.P. are S1 , S2 , S3 , respectively. Prove that
S3=3 ¿ )
9. The sum of first 6 terms of an A.P is 42. The ratio of 10th term to its 30th term is 1:3.
Calculate the first term and the 13th term of A.P.
10. Find the sum of all 3 digit numbers which leave the remainder 2 when divided by 3.
11. The sum of first, third and seventeenth terms of an A.P. is 216. Find the sum of the
first 13 terms of the A.P.
12. In an A.P. 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 ) .
1 1
13. If the mth term of an A.P is and nth term is then show that (mn)th term is 1.
n m
14. The sum of 4 consecutive numbers in an A.P. 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.
15. Find the sum of integers between 100 and 200 which are (i) divisible by 9 (ii) not
divisible by 9.
16. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300 which when divided by 4 leave a
reminder 3?
−4 −2 −1 1
17. Find the sum of two middle terms of the A.P. : ,−1, , , … … … .. , 4
3 3 3 3
18. In an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm, equilateral triangles of side 1 cm are formed
as shown in the figure below, such that there is one triangle in the first row, three
triangles in the second row, five triangles in the third row and so on.
Based on the given information, answer the following questions using arithmetic
progression.
(i) How many triangles will be there in bottom most row?
(ii) How many triangles will be there in fourth row from the bottom?
(iii) Find the total number of triangles of side 1cm each till 8th row.
(iv) How many more number of triangles are there from fifth row to tenth row than
in first rows?
19. Cable cars at hill stations are one of the major tourist attractions. On a hill station, the
length of cable car ride from base point to top most point on the hill is 5000m. Poles
are installed at equal intervals on the way to provide support to the cables on which
car moves. The distance of first pole from base point is 200 m and subsequent poles
are installed at equal interval of 150 m. Further, the distance of last pole from the top
is 300 m. Based on above information, answer the following questions using
Arithmetic Progression:
(i) Find the distance of 10th pole from the base.
(ii) Find the distance between 15th pole and 25th pole.
(iii) Find the time taken by the cable car to reach 15th pole from the top if it is
moving at the speed of 5 m/sec and coming from top.
(iv) Find the total number of poles installed along the entire journey.
20. In order to organise, Annual Sports day, a school prepared an eight lane running track
with an integrated football field inside the track area as shown below:
The length of the innermost lane of the track is 400m and each subsequent lane is
7.6m longer than the preceeding lane.
Based on the information, answer the following questions:
(i) What is the length of the 6th lane?
(ii) How long is the 8th lane than that of 4th lane?
(iii) While practising a race, a student took one round each in first six lanes. Find
the total distance covered by the student.
(iv) A student took one round each in lane 4 to lane 8. Find the total distance
covered by the student.