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Arithmetic progression
Choose the correct option from the following questions:
1 1  4 x 1  8x
1. The common difference of the A.Ρ. , , , ............ is
2x 2x 2x
(a) 2x (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2x
2. If nth term of an A.P. is 7n  4 then the common difference of the A.P. is:
(a) 7 (b) 7n (c) 4 (d) 4
3. The next term of the A.P. 7 , 28 , 63 , ............... is
(a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 97 (d) 112
4. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is – 1 and
that of the other is 8. The difference between their 4th terms is:
(a) 1 (b) – 7 (c) 7 (d) 9
𝑠𝑡
5. The 21 term of an A.P. whose first two terms are – 3 and 4, is:
(a) 17 (b) 137 (c) 143 (d) – 143
6. If the common difference of an A.P. is 5, then what is the value of a18  a13 ?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
7. If k, 2k - 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value of k is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) – 3 (d) 5
8. The sum of the first 16 terms of the A.P. 10, 6, 2, ... is:
(a) – 320 (b) 320 (c) – 352 (d) – 400
9. The common difference of an A.P., whose nth term is an  3n  7 is
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 6
10. The number of terms of an A.P. 5, 9, 13, .....185 is:
(a) 31 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) 46
11. The number of terms of A.P. 18, 16, 14, ... that make the sum zero, is
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 16
12. Second term of the A.P. if its Sn  n  2n is
2

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3

13. What will be the sum of the first 100 natural numbers ?
(a) 10100 (b) 5050 (c) 2525 (d) 7575
14. How many natural numbers between 10 and 99 are multiples of 2 ?
(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 50 (d) 44
15. The first and last terms of an A.P are 2 and 10 respectively. Also, the sum of all of its
terms is 36. What is the number of terms in the A.P. ?
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) 6
Assertion Reason
DIRECTION: In question number 13 to 14 a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
16. Assertion (A): Common difference of an A.P. in which a21  a7  84 is 14.
Reason (R): nth term of AP is given by an  a  (n  1)d
17. Assertion (A): Sum of first 10 terms of the arithmetic progression 0.5 ,  1.0 ,  1.5 ,.......
is 27.5
n
Reason (R): Sum of n terms of an A.P. is given as Sn  [2a  (n  1)d ] where a first term,
2
d = common difference.

Case Based Questions

18. Ms. Sheela visited a store near her house and found that the glass jars are arranged one
above the other in a specific pattern.
On the top layer there are 3 jars. In the next layer there are 6 jars. In the 3rd layer from
the top there are 9 jars and so on till the 8th layer.

(A) Write an A.P whose terms represent the number of jars in different layers starting
from top. Also, find the common difference.
(B) Is it possible to arrange 34 jars in a layer if this pattern is continued? Justify your
answer.
(C) If there are 'n' number of rows in a layer then find the expression for finding the total
number of jars in terms of n. Hence find S₈.
Or
The shopkeeper added 3 jars in each layer. How many jars are there in the 5th
layer from the top?
19. The students of a school decided to beautify the school on an annual day by fixing
colourful flags on the straight passage of the school. A total of 27 flags has to be fixed at
intervals of every 3 m. All the flags are kept at the position of the middle most flag.
Arzoo was given the responsibility of placing the flags on both sides of the middle most
flag. Arzoo kept her bag where the flags were stored. She could carry only one flag at a
time. So, she carries one flag from the middle most point, places the flag at its
designated place and comes back to the middle most point. She continues this for all
flags on both sides.
 (A) Find the distances covered by Arzoo in placing successive flags on one side of the
middle most flag in form of an A.P.
(B) Find the total distance covered by Arzoo in placing all the flags on both sides of the
middle most flag.
(C) What is the maximum distance Arzoo travelled carrying a flag?

20. The school auditorium was to be constructed to accommodate at least 1500 people. The
chairs are to be placed in concentric circular arrangement in such a way that each
succeeding circular row has 10 seats more than the previous one.

(A) If the first circular row has 30 seats, how many seats will be there in the 10th row?
(a) 120 (b) 110 (c) 100 (d) 130
(B) For 1500 seats in the auditorium, how many rows need to be there?
Or
If 1500 seats are to be arranged in the auditorium, how many seats are still left to be put
after 10th row?
(C) If there were 17 rows in the auditorium, how many seats will be there in the middle
row?
(a) 100 (b) 130 (c) 110 (d) 120

Answer the following :

21. If the nth term of the A.P. 1 , 4 , 9 , 14 ,......................... is 129, find the value of n.
22. Find the sum of first 16 terms of the A.P. : 5, 8, 11, 14, ...........
23. If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference.
24. If the sum of the first 9 terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of its first 11 terms, then find
the sum of its first 20 terms.
25. Which term of the A.Ρ. 3, 15, 27, 39, .... will be 120 more than its 21st term?
26. If the first three terms of an A.P. is 15, 13.5, 12. Find the sum of the first 10 terms.
27. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an A.P. whose nth term is given as an  5  2n .
28. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.
29. For an A.P., it is given that the first term (a) = 5 common difference (d) = 3 and the nth
term an  50 . Find n and the sum of first n terms Sn of the A.P.
30. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an A.P., whose middle term is 30.
31. Find the 11𝑡ℎ term from the last term (towards the first term) of the A.P.:
12 , 8 , 4 ,............,  84
32. If the sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and that of its first 17 terms is 289, find the
sum of first 20 terms of the A.P.
1 2 3
33. Which term of the A.P. 17 , 16 , 15 , 14 ,.............. is the first negative term?
5 5 5
34. How many terms are there in A.P. whose first and fifth term – 14 and 2, respectively and
the last term is 62.
35. 200 logs are stacked in the following manner, 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next
row, 18 in the next to it and so on. In how may rows are the 200 logs placed and how
many logs are in the top now?
36. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers which give a remainder 1 when divided
by 6.
37. The 14th term of an A.P. is twice its 8th term. If its 6th term is – 8 , then find the sum of
its first 20 terms.
38. The sum of four consecutive numbers in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of the
first and last terms to the product of two middle term is 7: 15. Find the numbers.
39. Solve for x: 1  4  7  10  .............  x  287 .
40. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression 7 ,  12 ,  17 ,  22 ,........... will be – 82 ?
Is – 100 any term of the A.P.? Give reason for your answer.
41. How many terms of the arithmetic progression 45, 39, 33, ... must be taken so that their
sum is 180? Explain the double answer.
42. The digits 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 than the original number.
Find the number.
43. The sum of the first n terms of an A.P is given by Sn  3n2  2n . Determine the A.P. and
its 15th term.
44. Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 100 and the sum of whose first
six terms is 5 times the sum of the next 6 terms.
45. The sum of three numbers in A.P is 21 and their product is 231. Find the numbers.
46. The sum of first 13 terms of an A.P is 21 and the sum of first 21 terms of this A.P is 13.
Show that the sum of first 34 terms is – 34 .
47. In an A.P, the sum of first m terms is n and the sum of first n terms is m. Show that the
sum of first (m  n) terms is (m  n)
48. How many terms if A.P. 18, 15, 12, ................ are needed to give the sum 45. Explain the
double answer.
49. Find three numbers in A.P, whose sum is 15 and the sum of whose squares is 83.
5n 2 3n
50. In an A.P the sum of first n terms is  . Find its 20th term.
2 2