Assignment chapter 5: Arithmetic Progression class X

By vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

1. Find the sum of odd integers from 1 to 2001. (ans. 1002001)
2. Find the sum of all natural numbers lying between 100 and 1000, which are
multiples of 5. (ans. 98450)
3. In an A.P., the first term is 2 and the sum of the first five terms is one-fourth of the
next five terms. Show that 20th term is –112.
4. How many terms of the A.P. – 6, – 11/2, – 5, … are needed to give the sum –25?
(ans. 5 or 20)
5. In an A.P., if pth term is 1/q and qth term is 1/p, prove that the sum of first pq term
is 1/2(pq +1), where p ≠ q.
6. If the sum of a certain number of terms of the A.P. 25, 22, 19, … is 116. Find the last
term. (ans. 4)
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7. Find the sum to n terms of the A.P., whose k term is 5k + 1. (ans. n/2(5n + 7))
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8. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is (pn + qn ), where p and q are constants, find the
common difference. (ans. 2q)
9. The sums of n terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio 5n + 4 : 9n + 6.
Find the ratio of their 18th terms. (ans. 179/321)
10. 10. If the sum of first p terms of an A.P. is equal to the sum of the first q terms,
then find the sum of the first (p + q) terms. (ans. 0)
11. Sum of the first p, q and r terms of an A.P. are a, b and c, respectively. Prove that
a/p(q - r) + b/q(r - p) + c/r(p - q) = 0.
12. The ratio of the sums of m and n terms of an A.P. is m2 : n2, . Show that the ratio of
mth and nth term is (2m – 1) : (2n – 1).
13. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n and its mth term is 164, find the value of
m. (ans. 27)
14. The difference between any two consecutive interior angles of a polygon is 5°.If
the smallest angle is 120° , find the number of the sides of the polygon. (ans. 9)
15. Find the ‘6th’ term of the A.P.: (2m + 1)/m, (2m – 1)/m, (2m - 3)/m………
(ans. (2m – 9)/m)
16. If the numbers a, b, c, d and e form an A.P., then find the value of a – 4b + 6c
– 4d + e. (ans. 0)
17. If (a(n + 1) + b(n + 1))/(an + bn) is the arithmetic mean between ‘a’ and ‘b’, then,
find the value of ‘n’. (ans. 0)
18. If 1/(b + c) + 1/(c + a) + 1/(a + b) are in A.P., prove that a2, b2, c2 are also in
A.P.
19. Solve the equation: 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + x = 287 (ans. 40)
20. Find three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 21 and their product is 231.
(ans. 3,7,11 or 11,7,3)
21. Find p and q such that: 2p, 2p, q, p + 4q, 35 are in AP (ans. p = 10)
22. If 4/5, a, 12/5 are three consecutive terms of an AP, find the value of a.
(ans. 8/5)
23. For what value of p, are (2p – 1), 7 and 3p three consecutive terms of an AP?
(ans. p = 3)
24. Write the common difference of an A.P. whose nth term is 3n + 5. (ans. 3)
25. Which term of the A.P.: 21, 18, 15, .... is zero? (ans. 8)
Assignment chapter 5: Arithmetic Progression class X
By vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897
26. Find the sum of all three-digit numbers which are divisible by 7. (ans. 70336)
27. If Sn the sum of n terms of an A.P. is given by Sn = 3n2 – 4n, find the nth
term. (ans. 6n - 7)
28. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an A.P. is 24, and the sum of 6th and 10th
terms is 44. Find the A.P. (ans. A.P.: -13, -8, -3)
29. Jaspal Singh repays his total loan of Rs 118000 by paying every month starting with
the first instalment of Rs 1000. If he increases the instalment by Rs 100 every
month, what amount will be paid by him in the 30 th instalment? What amount of
loan does he still have to pay after the 30th instalment? (ans. Rs. 3900, Rs. 44500)
30. solve the equation: – 4 + (–1) + 2 +...+ x = 437 (ans. X = 50)
31. Show that the sum of an AP whose first term is a, the second term b and the last
term c, is equal to (a + c)(b + c – 2a)/2(b - a)
32. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an AP is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of the 5th
term to the 21st term, and also the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to the
sum of the first 21 terms. (ans. 1:3, 5:49)
33. Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 200 that are
(i) divisible by 9 (ans. 1683)
(ii) not divisible by 9 (ans. 13167)
34. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the
sum of the last three is 429. Find the AP. (ans. A.P.: 3, 7, 11, 15, …)
35. The eighth term of an AP is half its second term and the eleventh term exceeds one
third of its fourth term by 1. Find the 15th term. (ans. 3)
36. The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP is 32 and the ratio of the product of
the first and the last terms to the product of the two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find
the numbers. (ans. 2, 6, 10, 14)
37. The sum of the first n terms of an AP whose first term is 8 and the common
difference is 20 is equal to the sum of first 2n terms of another AP whose first term
is – 30 and the common difference is 8. Find n. (ans. 11)
38. How many terms of the AP: –15, –13, –11,--- are needed to make the sum –55?
(ans. 5 or 11)
39. Find the sum of last ten terms of the AP: 8, 10, 12,---, 126. (ans. 1170)
40. Find the sum of all the 11 terms of an AP whose middle most term is 30. (ans. 330)
41. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP, prove that S12 = 3(S8 –S4)
42. In an AP, if Sn = 3n2 + 5n and ak = 164, find the value of k. (ans. 27)
43. In an AP, if Sn = n (4n + 1), find the AP. (ans. A.P.: 5, 13, 21,…)
44. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300, which when divided by 4 leave a
remainder 3? (ans. 73)
45. Find the sum of the two middle most terms of the AP: -4/3, -1, -2/3, …….. , 13/3.
(ans. 3)
46. Which term of the AP: 53, 48, 43,... is the first negative term? (ans. 12th term)
47. For the AP: –3, –7, –11, ..., can we find directly a30 – a20 without actually finding a30
and a20?
48. The angles of a triangle are in AP. The greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the
angles of the triangle. (ans. 40, 60, 80)
Assignment chapter 5: Arithmetic Progression class X
By vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897
49. Determine k so that k2 + 4k + 8, 2k2 + 3k + 6, 3k2 + 4k + 4 are three consecutive
terms of an AP. (ans. k= 0)
50. Find the
sum of those integers between 1 and 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5.
(ans. 12250)
sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5.
(ans. 12750)
sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 or 5.
(ans. 75250)
Assignment chapter 5: Arithmetic Progression class X
By vijay pal sir 9910891399, 8178798897

Ans. from Q51 to Q68