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IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT OF ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION. CLASS – 10TH

1. Find how many two – digit numbers are divisible by 6. another AP, whose first term is 40 and common difference
2. Which term of the A.P. 3,14,25,36,… will be 99 more than its is 6. Find n.
25th term? 9. The sum of four consecutive numbers is an AP is 32 an the
3. If the 3rd and 9th terms of an AP are 4 and -8 respectively, ratio of the product of the first and the last terms to the
which term of this AP is zero? product of the two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the
4. Shivangi started work in 1991 at an annual salary of Rs 5000 numbers.
and received an increment of Rs 200 each year. In which 10. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs :
year did his income reach Rs 7000? 60,62,64,… and -10 , -3 , 4 , 11 , … are equal?
5. If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to 8 times its 11. In an AP , the sum of first ten terms is -150 and the sum of
eight term, show that its 13th term is zero. its next ten terms is -550. Find the AP.
𝟏 12. Using AP, find the sum of all 3 – digit natural numbers
6. Find the sum of the series 7 + 𝟏𝟎 + 14 + …. + 84.
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7. Sarita saved Rs 5 in the first week of the year and then which are the multiples of 7.
increased her weekly savings by Rs 1.75 each week. In which 13. If pth term of an AP is q and qth term is p, then prove that
week will her weekly savings be Rs 20.75? its nth term is (p+q-n).
8. Find the 105th term of the AP 4, 9/2 , 5 , 11/2 , 6 , …. 14. If the 3rd and 9th terms of an AP are 4 and -8 respectively,
9. In an A.P. , a = 3.5 , d = 0 and n = 101 ,find an. then which term of this AP is zero?
10. The sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 42. The ratio of its 11th 15. Find the common difference of an AP, whose first term is ½
term to its 33 th term is 1 : 3. Calculate the first term of an and the 8th term is 17/6. Also, find the ratio of 4th term and
AP. 50th term.
11. Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first 16. The angles of a triangle are in AP. If the greatest angle
equals to the sum of the other two, then find the angles.
term) of the AP 12,8,4, …., -84.
12. Solve the equation : 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + …. + x = 1326. Aslo, find these angles are multiple of which angle.
17. If the pth , qth and rth terms of an AP are a, b and c
13. Find the 10th , 23rd and 30th terms of the AP : 9 , 13 , 17 , 21 ,
… respectively, then show that a(q-r) + b(r-p) + c(p-q) = 0 .
18. If the sum of the sequence , 1 , 6, 11, 16 , …. X is 148, then
14. Find whether – 150 is a term of the AP 17 , 12 , 7 , 2 ….. or
not? find the value of x.
19. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P., prove that
15. Find the number of natural numbers between 102 and 998
which are divisible by 2 and 5 both. S12 = 3(S8 – S4).
20. The digits of a positive number of three digits are in A.P.
3 MARKS QUESTIONS : and their sum is 15. The number obtained by reversing the
digits is 594 less than the original number. Find the
1. How many terms are there in an A.P. whose first and fifth number.
terms are -14 and 2 , respectively and the last term is 62. 3+5+7+…to n terms
21. If =7 ,then find the value of n.
2. Which term of the A.P. : 65,61,57,53,…. Is the first negative 5+8+11+…to 10 terms
22. A sum of Rs 2000 is invested at 7% simple interest per year.
term?
Calculate the interest at the end of each year. Do these
3. Find a, b and c if it given that the numbers a , 7 , b , 23 , c
interest form an A.P.? If so, then find the interest at the
are in AP.
end of 27th year making use of this fact.
4. If m times the mth term of an AP is equal to n times its nth
23. What is the common difference of four times is an A.P.
term, show the (m+n)th term of the AP is zero.
such that the ratio of the product of the first and fourth
5. In an A.P. , the last term is 28 and the sum of all the 9
terms to that of the second and third is 2 : 3 and the sum of
terms of the A.P. is 144. Find the first term.
all four terms is 20?
6. Solve the equation for x : 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ……..x = 287
24. Find the middle term(s) of the A.P. 6 , 12 , 18, … , 240.
7. Determine k so that 3k- 2 , 2k2 – 5k + 8 and 4k+3 are the
25. The 17th term of an A.P. is 5 more than twice its 8th term. If
three consecutive terms of an AP.
the 11th term of the A.P. is 43, then find its nth term.
8. The sum of n terms of an AP, whose first term is 6 and
26. Find the 10 term from the end of the A.P. : -10 , -6 , -2 , 2 ,
common difference is 40 equal to the sum of 2n terms of
… , 106.
27. A sum of Rs 1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per 15. The first and the last terms of an AP are 6 and 348
annum. respectively. If the common difference is 9, how many
(i) Calculate the interests at the end of 1,2,3, .. years? terms are there and what is their sum?
(ii) Does the sequence of interests forms an A.P.? 16. If 9th term of an AP is zero, prove that its 29th term is
double of its 19th term.
5 MARKS QUESTIONS : 17. The sum of the first three numbers in an Arithmetic
Progression is 18. If the product of the first and the third
1. Jaspal singh repays his total loan of Rs 118000 by paying
term is 5 times the common difference, find the three
every month starting with the first installment of Rs 1000.
numbers.
If he increases the installment by Rs 100 every month,
18. The amount of Rs 1600 is used to be given as ten cast
what amount will be paid by him in the 30th installment?
prizes to students of a school for their overall academic
What amount of loan does he still have to pay after the
performance. If each prize is Rs 20 less than its preceding
30th installment.
prize, find the value of each of t he prizes.
2. The sum of the first n terms of an A.P. whose first term is 8
19. The 6th term of an AP is five times the 1st term and the 11th
and the common difference is 20 is equal to the sum of
term exceeds twice the 5th term by 3. Find the 8th term of
first 2n terms of another A.P. whose first temr is -30 and
the AP.
the common difference is 8. Find n.
20. The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P. is m2/n2
3. If the sum of a certain number of terms of an A.P. 25, 22 ,
show that the ratio of mth and nth terms is (2m-1)/(2n-1).
19 , …. Is 116, find the last term.
21. If an AP of 50 terms the sum of the first 10 terms is 210
4. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24 and sum of its
and the sum of the last 15 terms is 2565. Find the AP.
6th and 10th terms is 44. Find the sum of the first ten terms
22. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an AP is 2 : 3 .
of the A.P.
Find the ratio of the 5th term to the 21st term. Also, find
5. If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two A.P.’s is
the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of first 21
(7n+1) : (4n+27), then find the ratio of their 9th terms.
terms.
6. In an AP , the sum of m terms is equal to n and the sum of
23. If the sum of first 6 terms of an AP. Is 36 and that of the
n terms is equal to m, then prove that the sum of (m+n)
first 16 terms is 256, find the sum of first 10 terms.
terms is –(m+n).
24. The first term of an AP is 3, the last term is 83 and the sum
7. The sum of the third and seventh terms of an AP is 6 and
of all its terms is 903. Find the number of terms and the
their product is 8. Find the sum of first sixteen terms of an
common difference of the A.P.
AP.
25. The sum of first seven terms of an AP is 182. If its 4th term
8. Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and
and the 17th term are in the ratio 1 : 5, find the AP.
third terms are 14 and 18, respectively.
26. The sum of first q terms of an AP is 63q – 3q2. If its pth
9. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17
term is -60 , find the value of p. Also, find the 11th term of
terms is 289. Find the sum of first n terms.
this AP.
10. Suppose the 8th term of an AP is 31 and 15th term is 16
27. Hunner said , “ The value of the 20th term of ANY
more than the 11th term.
arithmetic progression is double that of the 10th term.” Is
(i) Find the AP series.
Hunner’s statement correct? Justify your answer.
(ii) Find the sum of first is 15 terms of a series.
11. Find the sum of all natural number less than 1000 which
are neither divisible by 5 nor by 2.
12. Three positive integers a1 , a2 and a3 are in AP, such that a1
+ a2 + a3 = 33 and a1 x a2 x a3 = 1155. Find the integers a1 ,
a2 and a3.
13. The 10 th term of an AP is 52 and 16th term is 82. Find the
(i) General term of an AP.
(ii) 32 nd term of an AP.
(iii) Sum of first 20 terms of an AP.
14. Speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h. It goes 30 km
upstream and returns back at the same point in 4 hours 30
minutes. Find the speed of the stream.