Module 4 – Sequence and Series
1. Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
1. Find the 15th term of an A.P. whose first term is 7 and common difference is 3.
2. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the A.P. 5, 9, 13, . . . .
3. The 5th term of an A.P. is 18 and the 10th term is 33. Find the first term and
common difference.
4. The sum of n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = 3n2 + 2n. Find its 10th term.
5. The sum of the first 100 natural numbers is equal to ?
6. If the 3rd term of an A.P. is 11 and the 7th term is 23, find the common difference.
7. How many terms are there in the A.P. 4, 7, 10, . . . , 46?
8. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 1 and 100.
9. Find the 25th term of an A.P. whose first term is 12 and last term is 112.
10. Find the number of terms in the A.P. whose first term is 10, last term 250 and
common difference 8.
2. Geometric Progression (G.P.)
1. Find the 8th term of the G.P. 2, 6, 18, 54, . . . .
2. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24, . . . .
3. The third term of a G.P. is 24 and the sixth term is 192. Find the common ratio.
4. Find the sum of the first 7 terms of the G.P. whose first term is 5 and common
ratio is 2.
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5. Find the sum of all terms of the G.P. 81, 27, 9, 3, . . . , 27 .
6. If the 5th term of a G.P. is 32 and the 8th term is 256, find the first term and
common ratio.
7. Find the term of the G.P. 5, 15, 45, . . . which equals 3645.
8. Find the sum of n terms of a G.P. with a = 2, r = 3, and n = 6.
9. In a G.P., the 1st term is 1 and the 4th term is 27. Find the 6th term.
10. If the 2nd term of a G.P. is 6 and the 5th term is 162, find a and r.
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3. Relationship between A.M. and G.M.
1. Find the A.M. and G.M. between 9 and 16.
2. If A.M. between two numbers is 20 and G.M. is 16, find the two numbers.
3. The A.M. of two numbers is 10 and their G.M. is 8. Find the numbers.
4. If A.M. = 12 and G.M. = 9, verify that A ≥ G.
5. Find the G.M. between 3 and 75.
4. Special Series and Summations
1. Find the sum of the first 50 natural numbers.
2. Find the sum of the squares of the first 10 natural numbers.
3. Find the sum of the cubes of the first 8 natural numbers.
4. Evaluate 12 + 22 + 32 + · · · + 202 .
5. Evaluate 13 + 23 + 33 + · · · + 153 .
6. Find the 15th term of the series whose sum of n terms is Sn = n(n + 2).
7. If Sn = n2 + 2n, find the 10th term.
8. Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first 15 natural numbers
and the sum of the first 15 natural numbers.
9. Find the sum of the first n odd natural numbers.
10. Show that the sum of cubes of the first n natural numbers equals the square of the
sum of the first n natural numbers.