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WS Arithmetic Progression

This document contains 15 word problems related to arithmetic progressions. The problems cover a range of difficulty levels from basic to more advanced. They involve calculating terms, common differences, sums of terms, and solving equations related to arithmetic progressions. The goal is to assess students' understanding of key concepts in arithmetic progressions through solving various application-based problems.

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WS Arithmetic Progression

This document contains 15 word problems related to arithmetic progressions. The problems cover a range of difficulty levels from basic to more advanced. They involve calculating terms, common differences, sums of terms, and solving equations related to arithmetic progressions. The goal is to assess students' understanding of key concepts in arithmetic progressions through solving various application-based problems.

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DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIT-VIII, BHUBANESWAR

SUB-MATHEMATICS, CLASS-X
CHAPTER- (ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION)
WORSHEET (BASIC)
Max. Marks: 20 Time : 45min.
Choose the correct option [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
1. The common difference of the A.P −2, −5, −8, … is
(a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −7
2. The 15th term of the AP 13, 17, 21, 25,… is
(a) 102 (b) 104 (c) 69 (d) 108

Fill in the blanks [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]


3. The sum of first 16th terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ….is _______.
4. In an AP if 𝑑 = −4, 𝑛 = 7, 𝑎𝑛 = 4, then 𝑎 = _________.

Very short answer type questions [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]


5. Write first four terms of an AP whose first term is -2 and common difference is -2.
6. Write next two terms of the AP: √2, √8, √18, …

Short answer type question-I [2× 𝟐 = 𝟒]


7. Which term of the AP: 3,8,13,18… is 78?
8. Find 31st term of the AP whose 11th term is 38 and 16th term is 73.

Short answer type question-II [2× 𝟑 = 𝟔]


9. How many three digit numbers are there divisible by 7?
10. Find the sum of first 15 multiples of 8.

Long answer type question [1× 𝟒 = 𝟒]


11. A sum of Rs. 700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school for
their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less than its preceding
prize, find the value of each of the prizes.
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIT-VIII, BHUBANESWAR
SUB-MATHEMATICS, CLASS-X
CHAPTER- (ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION)
WORSHEET (STANDARD)
Max. Marks: 20 Time : 45min.
Choose the correct option [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
1. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then𝑎18 −𝑎13 is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 25
2. In an AP , if 𝑎 = −7.2, 𝑑 = 3.6, 𝑎𝑛 = 7.2 , then n is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Fill in the blanks [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]


5 5
3. The 11th term of an AP: −5, − , 0, , … is _________.
2 2
6
4. If , 𝑎 , 4 are in AP, then the value of a is _________.
5
Very short answer type questions [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
3+𝑛
5. If the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of an AP is , then find its third term.
4
6. For what value of k , 2𝑘, 𝑘 + 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑘 + 2 are in AP?

Short answer type question-I [2× 𝟐 = 𝟒]


7. Find the 9th term from the last term of the AP: 5, 9, 13, ……, 185.
8. How many terms of the AP 18,16,14, … be taken so that their sum is zero.
Short answer type question-II [2× 𝟑 = 𝟔]
9. Find the value of the middle most term(s) of the AP −11, −7, −3, … . ,49.
10. For what value of the n , the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the following two Aps are same
(i) 1,7,13,19,… (ii) 69, 68,67,……
Long answer type question [1× 𝟒 = 𝟒]
11. A manufacturer of wire produced 1400m wire in the 5th year and 1600m wire in
9th year. Assuming the production increases uniformly by a fixed numer every
year, find
(i) The production in the 12th year.
(ii) The total production in 9 year.
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIT-VIII, BHUBANESWAR
SUB-MATHEMATICS, CLASS-X
CHAPTER- (ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION)
WORSHEET (ADVANCED)
Max. Marks: 20 Time : 45min.
Choose the correct option [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ
1. The 𝑝 term of an AP is q and 𝑞 term of an AP is p. Its 𝑟 term is
(a) 𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟 (b) 𝑝 − 𝑞 − 𝑟 (c) 𝑝 + 𝑞 − 𝑟 (d) 𝑝 − 𝑞 + 𝑟
2. If the first, second and last term of an AP are 𝑎, 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑎 respectively, its sum is
𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏 3𝑎𝑏
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
2(𝑏−𝑎) 𝑏−𝑎 2(𝑏−𝑎)
Fill in the blanks [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
2
3. If the sum of n terms of an AP is 𝑆𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 5𝑛, then the common difference of
the AP is _______.
4. If the sum of three consecutive terms of increasing AP is 51 and the product of first
and third terms of the AP is 273, then the third term is _________.
Very short answer type questions [2× 𝟏 = 𝟐]
5. Two Aps have same common difference. The first term of one of these is -1 and
other is -8. What is the difference between the 4th term.
6. In an AP if 𝑎 = 1, 𝑎𝑛 = 20 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑛 = 399, then find the value of n.

Short answer type question-I [2× 𝟐 = 𝟒]


7. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an AP whose middle most term is 30.
8. If the ratio of sum of first m and n terms of an AP is 𝑚2: 𝑛2 . Prove that ratio of its
𝑚𝑡ℎ & 𝑛𝑡ℎ terms is (2𝑚 − 1): (2𝑛 − 1).
Short answer type question-II [2× 𝟑 = 𝟔]
9. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 33. If the product of first and third term
exceeds the second term by 29, find the AP
10. Solve the equation
1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ⋯ + 𝑥 = 287
Long answer type question [1× 𝟒 = 𝟒]
1 1
11. If 𝑚𝑡ℎ term of an AP is 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑡ℎ term is , then prove that its (𝑚𝑛)𝑡ℎ term is 1.
𝑛 𝑚
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIT-VIII, BHUBANESWAR
SUB-MATHEMATICS, CLASS-X
CHAPTER- (ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION)
WORSHEET (HOTS)

𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
1. If 𝑎2 , 𝑏2, 𝑐 2 are in AP , then prove that , , are in AP.
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
2. Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. First car goes
with uniform speed of 10 km/hr. Second car goes at a speed of 8 km/hr in the first
hour and increases the speed by ½ km in each succeeding hours. After how many
hours will the second car overtake the first, if both car go non-stop?
3. A man is employed to count Rs 10710. He counts at the rate of Rs 180 per minute
for half an hour. After this he count at the rate of Rs 3 less every minute than the
preceding minute. Find the time taken by him to count the entire amount.
4. The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49, so that there is a
value of x such that the sum of numbers of houses preceding the house number x is
equal to the sum of number of houses following it. Find the value of x.
5. The sum of four consecutive terms of an AP is 32 and the ratio of their product of
first and last terms to the product of two middle terms is 7:15. Find the terms of the
AP.
6. Find the sum of integers from 1 to 500 which are multiple of 2 or 5.
7. If 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP, then prove that
𝑆12 = 3(𝑆8 − 𝑆4)
8. If there are (2n+1) terms in an AP, then prove that the ratio of the sum of odd terms
and sum of even terms is (n+1):n
𝑎
9. The sum of first p,q,r terms of an AP are a,b,c respectively. Prove that (𝑞 − 𝑟) +
𝑝
𝑏 𝑐
(𝑟 − 𝑝) + (𝑝 − 𝑞) = 0.
𝑞 𝑟

10. If the sum of m terms of an AP is same as sum of its n terms. Prove that the sum
of its (m+n) terms is 0.

Cont..
11. 150 workers were enaged to finish a piece of work in certain number of days. Four
workers dropped the second day, four more workers dropped the third day and so
on. It takes 8 more days to finish the work now. Find the number of days in which
the work wascompleted.

12. How many terms of the AP -15,-13,-11,… are needed to make the sum -55?
Explain the reason for double answer.

13. Show that the sum of an AP whose first term is a, the second term is b and the last
(𝑎+𝑐)(𝑏+𝑐−2𝑎)
term is c, is equal to
2(𝑏−𝑎)

14. Solve the equation :

(−4) + (−1) + 2 + ⋯ + 𝑥 = 437


15. Let 𝑆𝑛 denotes sum of n terms of an AP whose first term is a and common
difference is d, such that 𝑑 = 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑘𝑆𝑛−1 + 𝑆𝑛−2. Find the value of k.

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