PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Subject: Mathematics Chapter 5: Arithmetic Progression

Std.: X Practice Sheet
Section A: Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. If p, q, r and s are in AP then (r – q) is equal to
(a) s − p (b) s − q (c) s − r (d) p − s
Answer: option (c)
Q2. Which of the following sequence is an AP?
(a) 2, 4, 8, 16, … (b) 3, 3 + √2 , 3 + 2√2 (c) 1, 3, 9, 27,.. (d) √3, √6, √9
Answer: option (b)
Q3. The common difference of the AP:
√2, 2√2, 3√2, 4√2, … is
(a) 1 (b) √2 (c) 2√2 (d) −√2
Answer: option (b)
Q4. If the first three terms of an AP are b, c, and 2b, then the ratio of b and c is
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 3:2 (d) 2:3
Answer: option (d)
Q5. In an AP, if a = 28, d = −4, n = 7, then an is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
Answer: option (a)
Q6. Two APs have the same common difference. If the first term of one of these is −1 and that of
the other is −8. Then the difference between their 4th terms is
(a) −1 (b) −8 (c) 7 (d) −9
Answer: option (c)
Q7. If the first term of an AP is p and the common difference is q, then its 10th term is
(a) q + 9p (b) p − 9q (c) p + 9q (d) 2p + 9q
Answer: option (c)
Q8. If the nth term of an AP is 7 – 4n, its common difference is
(a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −4 (d) 4
Answer: option (c)
Q9. If the first term of an AP is 2 and common difference is 4, then sum of its first 40 terms is
(a) 3200 (b) 1600 (c) 3800 (d) 3600
Answer: option (a)
Q10. In an AP, if the common difference is −4, and the seventh term is 4, then the first term is
(a) −20 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) 16
Answer: option (b)
Q11. How many three digit numbers are divisible by 7?
(a) 126 (b) 127 (c) 128 (d) 129
Answer: option (c)
Q12. The sum of all positive even integers between 1 and 70 is
(a) 836 (b) 1024 (c) 1260 (d) 1190
Answer: option (d)

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Q13. If the sum of the n terms of an AP is 3n2 + 5n, then which of its term is 164?
(a) 24th (b) 25th (c) 26th (d) 27th
Answer: option (d)
Q14. If the sum of n terms of an AP is 3n2 − n and its common difference is 6, then its first term is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Answer: option (b)

Q15. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is
(a) 210 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 420
Answer: option (c)
Direction for questions 16 & 17: In question numbers 16 and 17, a statement of Assertion (A)
is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
Q16. Assertion (A): The 10th term of the AP 5, 8, 11, 14, ……… is 35.
Reason (R): If Sn is the sum of the first n terms of an AP, then its nth term is given by
an = Sn – Sn – 1.
(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 but 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.
Answer: option (d)
Q17. Assertion (A): 199 is the 50th term of the sequence 3, 7, 11,…

Reason (R): The nth term of an AP is given by an = a + (n – 1)d

(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 but 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.
Answer: option (a)

Section B: Short Answer Questions [Type I]

Q18. Find out how many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250.
Sol: 60
Q19. Show that (a – b)2, (a2 + b2) and (a + b)2 are in AP.
Sol: --
Q20. If the sum of first n terms is (3n2 + 5n), find its common difference.
Sol: 6
Q21. Find the sum of first ‘n’ even natural numbers.
Sol: n(n + 1)
Q22. Which of the terms of AP 5, 2, –1,… is –49?
Sol: 19th term.

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Q23. Write the AP whose term is given by an = 9 – 5n.
Sol: 4, −1, −6, −11…
Q24. Is 184 a term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, …?
Sol: No.
Q25. How many terms of the AP : 9, 17, 25,…must be taken to give a sum of 636?
Sol: 12
Q26. The term of an AP is 6n + 2. Find the common difference.
Sol: 6
Q27. If the numbers n – 2, 4n – 1 and 5n + 2 are in AP, then find the value of n.
Sol: n=1
Q28. Find the value of a25 – a15 for the AP: 6, 9, 12, 15,… .
Sol: 30

Section C: Short Answer Questions [Type II]

Q29. The 7 term of an AP is −4 and its 13th term is −16. Find the AP.
th

Sol: Required AP is: 8, 6, 4, 2…..

Q30 If the sum of the 3rd and the 8th terms of an AP is 7 and the sum of the 7th and the 14th terms is
−3, find the 10th term.
Sol: The tenth term is −1.
Q31 How many terms of the AP 3, 5, 7, 9… must be added to get the sum 120?
Sol: 10
Q32. If the 10th term of an AP is 52 and 16th term is 82, then find the 32nd term of the AP.
Sol: 162
Q33. Find the sum of all 3-digit natural numbers which are multiples of 11.
Sol: 44550
Q34 How many three digit numbers are divisible by 7?
Sol: 128
Q35 If the 5th term of an AP is 31 and 25th term is 140 more than the 5th term, find the AP.
Sol: 3, 10, 17, 24, …
Q36 If the sum of the first 6 terms of an AP is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is 256, find the sum of
first 10 terms.
Sol: 100
Q37 If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an AP whose common difference is d , show that
d = Sn − 2 Sn−1 + Sn−2
Sol:
Q38 Find the four numbers in AP whose sum is 50 and in which the greatest number is 4 times the
least.
Sol: 5, 10, 15, 20
Q39 Resham wanted to save at least ₹ 6500 for sending her daughter to school next year (after 12
months). She saved ₹ 450 in the first month and raised her savings by ₹ 20 every next month.
How much will she be able to save in next 12 months? Will she be able to send her daughter to
the school next year?
Sol: ₹ 6720, Yes

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Q40 Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and 5.
Sol: 89

Section D: Long Answer Questions

Q41. In an AP, the sum of the first ten terms is −150 and the sum of its next ten terms is −550. Find
the AP.
Sol: 3, −1, −5, −9.
Q42 If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and −8, respectively, then which term of this AP is
zero?
Sol: 5th term.
Q43. The sum of 4th and 8th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find
the first three terms of the AP.
Sol: −13, −8, −3
Q44. Find the four numbers in AP whose sum is 50 and in which the greatest number is 4 times the
least.
Sol: 5, 10, 15, 20
Q45. If the term of an AP is 1 and the term is 1 , show that the sum of mn terms is
n m
1
 mn  1
2 .
Sol: Hint: Use the formula for the general term of an AP to find the values of a and d. Hence find
Smn.
Q46.
2
 
If the sum of first n terms of an AP is 1 3n2  7n , then find its term. Hence write its 20th

term.
Sol:
Q47. Solve the equation: 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ... + x = 287
Sol: X = 40

Section E: Case Study Based Questions

Case Study I
Aahana being a plant lover decides to convert her balcony into beautiful garden full of plants. She
bought few plants with pots for her balcony. She placed the pots in such a way that number of
pots in the first row is 2, second row is 5, and third row is 8 and so on.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

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Q1. Find the number of plants placed in the 10th row.
Sol: 29

Q2. Find the difference in the number of pots placed in the 5th row and 2nd row.
Sol: 9

Q3. If Aahana wants to place 100 pots in total, then find the total number of rows formed in the
arrangements.
Sol: 8

Q4. If Ahana has sufficient space for 12 rows, then how many total numbers of pots are placed by her
with the same arrangement?
Sol: 222

Case Study II
Manpreet Kaur is the national record holder for women in the shot-put discipline. Her throw of
18.86 m at the Asian Grand Prix in 2017 is the biggest distance for an Indian female athlete.
Keeping her as a role model, Sanjitha is determined to earn gold in Olympics one day. Initially
her throw reached 7.56 m only. Being an athlete in school, she regularly practiced both in the
morning and in the evenings and was able to improve the distance by 9 cm every week. During
the special camp for 15 days, she started with 40 throws and every day kept increasing the
number of throws by 12 to achieve this remarkable progress.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

Q1. How many throws Sanjitha practiced on 11th day of the camp?
Sol: 160 throws

Q2. What would be Sanjitha’s throw distance at the end of 6 weeks?

Sol: 8.1 m

Q3. When will Sanjitha be able to achieve a throw of 11.16 m?

Sol: Sanjitha be able to achieve a throw of 11.16 m in 41 weeks.

Q4. How many throws did she do during the entire camp of 15 days?
Sol: 1860 throws.

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