VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA ANNEXURE

SECONDARY COMPARTMENT - 2024-2025

CLASS 10 MINIMUM LEARNING WORK SHEET SUB: MATHEMATICS

REAL NUMBERS
1. State the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Explain it for the number 1176.
2. Find HCF and LCM and verify. 36 and 64

3. HCF and LCM of 240 and 248.

4. If m=pq³ and n=p³qr, then HCF AND LCM OF m,n
5. Find the HCF and LCM of 180, 252, and 324
6. Find largest number that divides 1251, 9377 and 15628.
7. What is the HCF of two consecutive even numbers?
8. What is the LCM of two consecutive odd numbers?
9. If the HCF of 210 and 55 is expressible as 210x – 19 × 55, then x is:
10. Find the numbers is co-prime or not?: 121, 573.
11. Find the smallest which when divided by 35 and 126 leaves the reminder 7 in each
case.
12. Find the greatest number which divides 2011 and 2423 leaving remainders 9 and 5
respectively.
13. Find the smallest which when divided by 35 and 126 leaves the reminder 7 in each case.
14. If HCF(6,a) and LCM(6,a)=60 then find the value of a.
15. If the product of two numbers a and b is 1152 and HCF of a and b is 12 then find LCM of
a and b.
16. The HCF of two numbers is 145 and their LCM is 2175 . if one number is 725 then find
the other number.
17. Can the number 16n , n being a natural number, end with the digit 0? Give
reasons.
18. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 × 17 + 17 is a composite number.
19. Explain whether the following number is prime or composite number (3 × 5 × 13 × 46) +
23
20. An army group of 308 members is to march behind an army band of 24members in a
parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the
maximum number of columns in which they can march?
21. Three sets of English , hindi and mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way
that all are stored topicwise and the maximum height of each stack is the same. The
number of English books is 96 and hindi books is 240 and the mathematics books is
336. Assuming that all are of the same thickness. Determine the number of stacks of
English, Hindi and Mathematics book.
22. A fruit vendor has 990 apples and 945 oranges . he packs them into baskets . Each basket
contains only one of the two fruits but in equal number . find the number of fruits are to be put
in each basket. Also find number of baskets .
23. A circular field has a circumference of 360 km. Three cyclists start together and can
cycle 48, 60 and 72 km a day, round the field. When will they meet again?
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24. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72
seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 8 a.m, at what
time will they change together again?
25. A forester wants to plant 66 apple trees, 88 banana trees, and 110 mango trees
in equal rows. Find the number of minimum rows required.
RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL NUMBERS:
26. Prove that √𝟓 is irrational
27. Prove that 5 - 2√3 is irrational
28. Prove that 3 √𝟑 − 2 is irrational
29. Prove that √𝟑 + √𝟐 is irrational
30. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If
one number is 280, then find the other number.

POLYNOMOALS

1. Find a quadratic polynomial, whose zeroes are

(i) -5 and 3 (ii) √2 and −√2 (iii) −3√2 and 5√2 (iv) √2 + 3 and √2 − 3.
2. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are
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(i) 10 and −3 (ii) 3√2 and −√2 (iii) − 5 √2 and
√2 (iv) √2 + 3 and √2 − 3
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3. Find the zeroes of the following polynomials by factorisation method and verify the
relations between the zeroes and the coefficients of the polynomials
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a. 2x2 + 2x+3/4
b. 4x2 + 5√2x -3
c. 2𝑆 2 – ( 1+ 2√2 ) s + √2
d. v2 + 4√3v – 15
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e. 7y2 – 3 y -2/3
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f. 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑥 − 6
g. 2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 12
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h. 4 𝑥 2 − 1 − 2𝑥
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i. 7𝑦 2 − 3 𝑦 − 3
j. 100x2 – 81
k. 4𝑥 2 − 16𝑥
l. √3𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 4√3
4. For each of the following, find a quadratic polynomial whose sum and product
respectively of the zeroes are as given. Also find the zeroes of these polynomials
by factorisation.
8 4 21 5 3 1
(i) − , (ii) , (iii) −2√3, −9 (iv) − ,−
3 3 8 16 2√5 2

5. If one zero of the polynomial p(x) = 2x2 -3x + k is reciprocal of other find the value of
K?
6. Find the zeros of the polynomial x2 -3x-m(m+3).
7. Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic equation px2 -14x +8=0 is 6
times the other.
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8. Find the value of k such that the polynomial x2-(k+6)x+2(2k-1) has sum of its zeros
equal to half of their product.
9. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 5x + k such that α-β=1, find the value of
k.
10. If one of the zero of the polynomial 3x2 – 8x +2k +1 is seven times the other. Find
the value of k.
11. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial such that α+β=24 and α-β=8
find the quadratic polynomial having α and β as zeroes.
12. If the product of the zeros of the polynomial (𝑎𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 6) is 4. Find the value of a.
13. If one zero of the polynomial (𝑎𝑥 2 + 9)𝑥 2 + 13𝑥 + 6𝑎 is reciprocal of the other. Find
the value of a
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14. If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = −3 are the roots of the quadratic equation𝑎𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0 then
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find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’
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One zero of the polynomial 3𝑥 3 + 16𝑥 2 + 15𝑥 − 18 𝑖𝑠 3. Find the other zeros of the
polynomial.
15. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 − 𝑝(𝑥 + 1) + 𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 (𝛼 + 1)(𝛽 + 1) = 0
then find the value of c.
16. If zeroes α and β of a polynomial 𝑥 2 −7x+k are such that α – β=1, then find the value
of k.
17. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 6x + a; find the value of ‘a’ if
3α + 2β = 20
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18. If the sum of the squares of the zeroes of 6x2 +x +k is 36 . Find the value of k
19. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4 such that 𝛼 2 − 𝛽 2 =
24 ,find the value of k.

20. If x + a is a factor of the polynomial x2 + px + q and x2 + mx + n prove that

21. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 1, then find the value of
1 1 1 1
(i) 𝛼 − 𝛽 (ii) 𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (iii) 𝛼 3 + 𝛽 3 (iv) 𝛼 4 + 𝛽 4 (v) 𝛼𝛽 2 + 𝛼 2 𝛽 (vi) 𝛼 + 𝛽 (vii) 𝛼 + 𝛽 − 𝛼𝛽
1 1 𝛼 𝛽 𝛼2 𝛽2 𝛼 𝛽 1 1
(vii) 𝛼 − 𝛽 (viii) 𝛽 + 𝛼 (ix) + (x) 𝛼 3 𝛽 2 + 𝛼 2 𝛽 3 (xi) 𝛽 + 𝛼 + 2 (𝛼 + 𝛽) + 3𝛼𝛽 (xii)
𝛽 𝛼
1 1 𝛼2 𝛽2
𝛼 4𝛽3 + 𝛼 3𝛽4 (xiii) 𝛼 + 𝛽 − 2𝛼𝛽 (xiv) 𝛽2 + 𝛼2

22. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 6, find the quadratic
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polynomial whose zero are and .
2𝛼 2𝛽
23. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 1, find the quadratic
polynomial whose zero are 3𝛼 and 3𝛽
24. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1, find the quadratic
𝛼2 𝛽
polynomial whose zero are and .
𝛽 𝛼2
25. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 6, find the quadratic
polynomial whose zero are reciprocal of zeroes of given polynomials

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 26. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 3, find the quadratic
𝛼 𝛽
polynomial whose zero are 1 + 𝛽 and 1+𝛼.
27. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 3, then find a quadratic
𝛼−1 𝛽−1
polynomial whose zeroes are 𝛼+1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽+1
28. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 88𝑥 + 125 are
(a) both positive (b) both negative (c) one positive and one negative (d) both equal
2 2 2
29. If 𝛼, 𝛽 be the zeroes of the polynomial 2𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 𝑘 such that 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛼𝛽 = 21/4 , then k = ?
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) -2 (d) 2
30. The number of polynomials having zeroes as -2 and 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3
31. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑘 where k ≠ 0,
(a) cannot both be positive (b) cannot both be negative (c) are always unequal (d) are always equal
32. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 99𝑥 + 127 are
(a) both positive (b) both negative (c) one positive one negative (d) both equal
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33. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 where c ≠ 0, are equal, then
(a) c and a have opposite signs (b) c and b have opposite signs
(c) c and a have same signs (d) c and b have the same signs
34. A quadratic polynomial can have
(a) at most one zero (b) at most two zeros (c) at most three zeroes (d) none of these
LINEAR EQUATIONS
1. Given the linear equation 3x-4y-10=0, write another equation in two variables that the
geometrical representation of the pair so formed is (i) intersecting lines, (ii) parallel lines (iii).
coincident lines
Find the value of k, so that the following system of equations has no solution:
2. (3k +1)x + 3y − 2 = 0; (k 2 +1)x + (k − 2) y − 5 = 0.
3. kx + 3y = 3; 12x + ky = 6.
Find the value of k, so that the following system of equations has a unique solution:
4. kx + 3y = (k − 3); 12x + ky = k.
5. 4x − 5 y = k; 2x − 3y = 12.
For what value of k, the following pair of linear equations has infinite number of solutions:
6. kx + 3y = (2k +1); 2(k +1)x + 9 y = (7k +1).
7. x + (k +1) y = 5; (k +1)x + 9 y = (8k −1).
Find the value of a and b for which each of the following systems of linear equations has a
infinitenumber of solutions:
8. (a −1)x + 3y = 2; 6x + (1− 2b) y = 6.
9. 2x − 3y = 7; (a + b)x − (a + b − 3) y = 4a + b.
10. 2x + 3y = 7; (a + b +1)x + (a + 2b + 2) y = 4(a + b) +1.
Solve each of the following system of linear equations graphically
11. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 4x − 3y + 4 = 0; 4x + 3y − 20 = 0 .
Calculate the area bounded by these lines and x-axis.
12. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 4x − 5 y +16 = 0; 2x + y − 6 = 0 .
Findthe coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and y-axis, find the
area of shaded triangle
13. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the
coordinates ofthe vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade
the triangular region.

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 𝑥 𝑦 5𝑥 𝑦
14. 3 + 4 = 11, 6
− 3 = −7
𝑥 7
15. 2 + 𝑦 = 0 ⋅ 8, 𝑥+
𝑦 = 10
2
16. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 3 = 0, 4𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3 = 0
17. 47x + 31y = 63;31x + 47 y = 15 .
18. 217x + 131y = 913; 131x + 217y = 827.
𝑥 𝑦
19. 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 2, 𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
20. (𝑎 − 𝑏)𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 2 , (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2
𝑏 𝑎
21. 𝑎 𝑥 + 𝑏 𝑦 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 , 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑎𝑏
22. Meena went to a bank to withdraw Rs 2000. She asked the cashier to give her Rs 50 and Rs
100 notes only. Meena got 25 notes in all. Find how many notes of Rs 50 and Rs 100 she
received.
23. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If each
ofthem manages to save Rs 2000 per month, find their monthly incomes.
24. One says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you”. The other
replies,“If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you”. Tell me what is the amount of
their (respective) capital?
25. Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong
answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted foreach incorrect
answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there inthe test?
TWO-DIGIT PROBLEMS
41. Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the orderof its
digit. If the difference between the digits is 3, then find the number.
42. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the numberobtained
by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
43. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the digitsof the
number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?
44. A two digit number is obtained by either multiplying sum of the digits by 8 and adding 1 or by multiplying
the difference of the digits by 13 and adding 2. Find the number.
FRACTION PROBLEMS
45. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than the denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and
denominator is increased by 1, then the denominator is eight times the numerator. Find the fraction.
46. The sum of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the denominator is increased by 3, the
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fraction becomes 2. Find the fraction.
47. If the numerator of a fraction is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 5 the fraction
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becomes 5. And, if the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 8, the fraction
2
becomes 5. Find the fraction.
48. The denominator of a fraction is 4 more than twice the numerator. When both the numerator and
denominator are decreased by 6, then the denominator becomes 12 times the numerator. Find the
fraction.
AGE RELATED QUESTIONS
49. Ten years hence, a man’s age will be twice the age of his son. Ten years ago, man was four timesas old
as his son. Find their present ages.
50. The present age of a woman is 3 years more than three times the age of her daughter. Three yearshence,
the woman’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age of her daughter. Find their presentages.
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 51. Two years ago, a man was 5 times as old as his son. Two years later his age will be 8 more than three
times the age of the son. Find the present ages of the man and his son.
52. A man’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years his age will be twicethe
sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man..
SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME RELATED QUESTIONS
53. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same
time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If theytravel towards
each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
54. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train could have been 10 km/hr faster , it would
have taken 2 hrs less than the scheduled tie. And , if the train were slower by 10km/hr. it would have taken 3
hrs more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by the train.
GEOMETRICAL FIGURES RELATED QUESTIONS
55. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and breadth is
increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units, the area increases by 67
square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle..
56. In a ABC, C = 3B = 2(A + B). Find the angles.
57. Find the four angles of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD in which A = (2x – 1)0, B = (y + 5)0, C
= (2y + 15)0 and D = (4x – 7)0.
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
CHECK WHETHER THE FOLLING ARE QUADRATIC EQUATIONS.
1. a.(2𝑥 − 1)(𝜘 − 3) = (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 2) b. (𝑥 + 2)3 = 2 × (𝑥 2 − 1)
𝑐. (𝑥 + 1)3 = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 + 6 d. 𝑥 (𝑥 + 3) + 6 = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 2)
1 1
e.√2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 5√2 = 0 f. 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 2
3 5
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g.x − = 3
x

SOLVE BY FACTORISATION MATHOD and QUADRATIC FORMULA METHOD

6. 8𝑥 2 − 22𝑥 − 21 = 0
7. 𝑥 2 − 9 = 0
8. 10𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 = 0
9. 4𝑥 2 + 4√3𝑥 + 3 = 0
10. 3𝑥 2 − 2√6𝑥 + 2 = 0
11. √3𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 7√3 = 𝑂
12. √3𝑥 2 − 2√2𝑥 − 2√3 = 0
13. 9𝑥 2 − 6𝑏2 𝑥 − (𝑎4 − 𝑏 4 ) = 0
14. 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − (𝑎2 + 2𝑎 − 8) =
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15. 10𝑥 − = 3
𝑥
2 5
16. − +2=0
𝑥2 𝑥
17. 3(𝑥+2) + 3−𝑥 = 10
1 1 1 1
18. = + +
𝑎+𝑏+𝑥 𝑎 𝑏 𝑥
𝑥+3 3𝑥−7
19. =
𝑥+2 2𝑥−3
20. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 + kx + 3 = 0 has two real equal roots.

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 21. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation kx2 – 6x – 2 = 0 has two real a n d e q u a l
roots
22. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation x2 −2𝑥(1 + 3𝑘) + 7(3+2k)= 0 has two real
equal roots.
23. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation x2+𝑘 (4𝑥 + 𝑘 − 1) + 2 = 0 has two real
roots.
24. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation kx(x – 3) + 9 = 0 has two real roots.
25. If –4 is a root of the equation x2 + px – 4 = 0 and the equation x2 + px +q = 0 has equal
roots, find the value of p and q.
26. Find the k so that the equation 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 𝑘 has (i) two real roots (ii) two distinct roots
(iii) coincident roots.
27. Find p sothat the equation 𝑥 2 + 5𝑝𝑥 + 16 has no real roots.
28. If –5 is a root of the equation 2x2 + px – 15 = 0 and the quadratic equation 𝑝(𝑥 2 + 𝑥) +
𝑘 = 0 has equal roots, find the value of k.
29. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation (k – 12)x2 + 2(k – 12)x + 2 = 0 has two real
equal roots
WORD PROBLEMS
NUMBER BASED QUESTIONS
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30. The difference of two numbers is 5 and the difference of their reciprocals is find the
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numbers.
31. Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290.
32. Find two consecutive consecutive multiples of 3 whose product is is 270.
33. The difference of the squares of two numbers is 45. The squares of the smaller number are 4
times the larger number. Find the numbers.
34. The sum of the squares of the two positive integers is 208. If the square of the larger number
is 18 times the smaller number, find the numbers.
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35. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 2 . Find the numbers
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TWO-DIGIT PROBLEMS
36. A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 8. When 54 is subtracted from the
number, the digits are reversed. Find the number.
37. A two digit number is four times the sum and twice the product of its digits. Find the number
38. A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 14. When 45 is added to the
number, the digits interchange their places. Find the number.
AGE RELATED QUESTIONS
39. The sum of the ages of a boy and his brother is 25 years and the product of their ages in years is
126. Find their ages.
40. A boy is one year older than his friend. If the sum of the square of their ages is 421, find
their ages.
41. The sum of the ages of a man and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their
ages in years was four times the man’s age at that time. Find their present ages.

SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME RELATED QUESTIONS

42. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
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 43. In a flight for 6000 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed
for the trip was reduced by 400 km/hr and consequently time of flight increased by 30 minutes.
Find the original duration of flight.
44. A motorboat whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water, goes 30 km downstream and comes
back in a total time of 4 hours 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
45. The speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/hr. It can go 15 km upstream and 22 km
downstream in 5 hours. Find the speed of the stream.
46. A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 km/hr more, it
would have taken 30 minutes les for the journey. Find the original speed of the train.

47. An aeroplane left 30 minutes later than it schedule time and in order to reach its
destination 1500 km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 250 km/hr from its
usual speed. Determine its usual speed.
48. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 upstream than
to return to the same point. Find the speed of the stream.
49. A motorboat whose speed is 9km/hr in still water, goes 15 km downstream and comes back in
a total time of 3 hours 45 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.

TIME AND WORK RELATED QUESTIONS

50. A takes 10 days less than the time taken by B to finish a piece of work. If both A and B together
can finish it in 12 days, find the time taken by B to finish the work.
51. If two pipes function simultaneously, a reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the
reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours will the second pipe take to fill the
reservoir?
𝟕
52. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 𝟏 hours. The tap with longer diameter takes 2 hours less
𝟖

than the tap with smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can fill the
tank separately.
GEOMETRICAL FIGURES RELATED QUESTIONS
53. The length of the rectangle exceeds its breadth by 8 cm and the area of the rectangle is 240
cm2. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
54. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle exceeds the length of the base by 2 cm and
exceeds twice the length of the altitude by 1 cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.
55. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1 m less than twice the shortest side. If the third side is 1
m more than the shortest side, find the sides of the triangle.
56. The sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m,
find the sides of the two squares.
57. The diagonal of a rectangle field is 16 metres more than the shorter side .If the longer side is
14 metre more than the shorter side, then find the length of the side of the field
REASONING BASED QUESTIONS
58. In a class test, the sum of Ranjitha’s marks in mathematics and English is 40. Had she got
3 marks more in mathematics and 4 marks less in English, the product of the marks
would have been 360. Find her marks in two subjects separately.
59. A teacher attempting to arrange the students for mass drill in the form of a solid square found
that 24 students were left. When he increased the size of the square by 1 student, he found that
he was short of 25 students. Find the number of students.

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 60. 300 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there been 10 more
students, each would have received one apple less. Find the number of students.

CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY QUESTION BANK SUB: MATHAEMATICS

1. Find the distance between the point (20,15) from origin

2. Find the distance of the point (-3,4) from the x axis, ii. Y axis
3. Find the sum of distance of the point A(5,3) from the x and y axis
4. The distance between the points 𝑃(𝑥, −1) and Q (3,2) is 5 units . find the value of x.
5. Find the values of y for the distance between the points p(2,-3) and Q(10, 𝑦) is 10 units.
6. ABCD is a rectangle whose three vertices are B(4,3),C(4,1) and D(0,1). Find the length of its
diagonal.
7. Find the perimeter of a triangle with vertices A(0,1) B(0,0) and C(1,0), also find length of the
median from B.
8. The centreof a circle is (2a,a-7). Find the values of ‘a’ if the circle passes through the point
(11,-9) and has diameter 10√2 units.
9. Find a point on the x-axis which is equidistant from A(2,-5) and B(-2,9)
10. Find a relation between x and y such that the point P(x,y) is equidistant from the points A(-5,3)
and B(7,2).
11. If a point A(0,2) is equidistant from the points B(3,p) and (p,5) then find the value of p.
12. Find the co-ordinates of a point P on y- axis equidistant from two points A(-3,4) and B(3,6) on
the same plane.
13. If the points A(4,3) and B(x,5) are on the circle with the centre O(2,3), then find the value of x
14. The x co-ordinate of a point P is twice its y-coordinate . If P is equidistant from Q(2,-5) and (-
3,6). Find the coordinates of P.
15. Show that (-2,3), (8,3) and (6,7) are the vertices of a right angled triangle
16. Prove that the points (-2,5), (3,-4) and (7,10) are the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle.
Find the length of hypotenuse and also its area.
17. The points A(2,9), B(a,5) and C(5,5) are the vertices of a right triangle , right angled at B. find
the values of a.
18. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle is O(0,0) and A(3,√3). Find the coordinates of its third
vertex.
19. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (3, 0) and (6, 0), find the third vertex.
20. Show that the points A(3,5), B(6,0), C(1,-3)and D(-2,2) are the vertices of the square.
21. If the points A(-63,2), B(-3,-4) and C(7,-5) are collinear.
SECTION FORMULA
22. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (-3,10) and (6,-8) is divided by (-1,6)
23. Find the ratio in which the segment joining A(1,-5) and B(-4,5) is divided by X- axis. Also find
the coordinates of the point of division.
If the point C(-1,2) divides internally the line segment joining A(2,5) and B in ratio 3:4 . find the
coordinates of B.
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24. Determine the ratio in which the line 2x+y-4 =0 divides the line segment joining the points A(2,-
2) and B(3,7)
𝐴𝑃 𝐾
25. Point P divides the line segment the points A(-1,3) and B(9,8) such that = . If P lies on the
𝑃𝐵 1
line x-y+2=0 , find the value of k.
26. Determine the ratio in which the line 3x + y – 9 = 0 divides the segment joining the points (1, 3)
and (2, 7).
27. If C is a point lying on the line segment AB joining A(1,1) and B(2,-3) such that 5AC=3CB ,
then find the coordinates of C
28. Let P and Q be the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A(2,-2) and B(-7,4)
such that P is nearer to A. find the coordinates of P and Q.
29. Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining (-2,0) and (0,8) into four
equal parts.
30. Find the coordinates of a point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle , whose centre is (2,-3)
and B(1,4)
31. If the midpoint of the segment joining A(x, y+1) and B(x+1, y+2) is C(3/2, 5/2) find x , y
32. The points A(1,2), B(2,3), C(k,2), D(-4,-3) are the vertices of a parallelogram. Find the value of
k.
33. If A(-2,-1), B(a,0), C(4,b) and D(1,2) are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, find the values
of a and b.
34. If (3, 3), (6, y), (x, 7) and (5, 6) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find the values
of x and y.
35. The points (3,-4) and (-6 ,2) are the extremities of a diagonal of a parallelogram . if the third
vertex is (-1,-3). Find the coordinates of the fourth vertex.
36. Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (-2,3),(2,-1), (4,0).
37. Find the third vertex of a triangle, if two of its vertices area at (-3,1)and (0,-2) and the centroid
is at the origin
38. A(3,2), and B(-2,1) are two vertices of a triangle ABC whose centroid G has the coordinates
(5/3, -1/3). Find the coordinates of the third vertex C of the triangle.
39. If (-2,3), (4,-3) and (4,5) are the midpoints of the sides of a triangle , find the co-ordinates of the
triangle. And its centroid.
40. If the points P(x,y) is equaidiatant form the points Q(a+b, b-a) and R(a-b, a+b), then prove that
bx=ay.
41. A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q respectively. If (2,-5) is the mid-point
of PQ then find the coordinate point P and Q. also find the distance PQ.
𝑥 𝑦+1
42. If the mid point of the line segment joining A( , ) and B(x+1, y-3) is C(5,-2) find x,y.
2 2
43. If the mid point of the line segment joining A(3,4) and B(k,6) is P(x,y) and 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 10 =
0. find k
44. If the centroid of the triangle formed by the points (a,b), (b,c) and (c,a) is at the origin, then a3
+ b 3 + c3 =
45. If the coordinates of one end of a diameter of a circle are (2,3) and the coordinates of its centre
are (-2,5), then the coordinates of the other end of the diameter are

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46. If the line segment joining the points (3,-4), and(1,2) is trisected at points P(a,-2) and Q(5/3 , b)
then the value of a and b are
47. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points A(1,5) and B(4,6) cuts the y-
axis is
48. The centroid divides the median in the ratio
49. Find the area of a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm if angle of the sector is 60°.
50. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 10
minutes, (ii) find the distance travelled by tip of minute hand.
51. The length of the hour hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 30
minutes.(ii) find the distance travelled by tip of minute hand.
52. The length of the hour hand of a clock is 7 cm and length of minute hand is 14cm Find the area
swept by the minute hand in 1 day. And find the distance travelled by tip of the both hands in one
day.
53. If the perimeter of a semicircular protractor is 36 cm, find its diameter.
54. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11 km. Find the diameter of the wheel.
55. Two circles touch externally. The sum of their areas is 130 sq. cm and the distance between
their centres is 14 cm. Find the radii of the circles.
56. The diameter of the wheels of a bus is 140 cm. How many revolutions per minute must a wheel
make in order to move at a speed of 66 km per hour?
57. A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of a 5
m long rope. Find (i) the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze. (ii) the increase
in the grazing area if the rope were 10 m long instead of 5 m. (Use π = 3.14)
58. A chord of a circle of radius 15 cm subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find the areas of the
corresponding minor and major segments of the circle. (Use π = 3.14 and 3 = 1.73)
59. A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the area of the
corresponding segment of the circle. (Use π = 3.14 and √3 = 1.73)
60. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find: (i) the length of the
arc (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc (iii) area of the segment formed by the corresponding
chord
61. A steel wire, bent in the form of a square, encloses an area of 121 sq. cm. The same wire is bent
in the form of a circle. Find the area of the circle
62. From a circular sheet of radius 4 cm, a circle of radius 3 cm is removed. Find the area of the
remaining sheet. (Take  = 3.14)
63. The perimeter of a certain sector of a circle of radius 6.5 cm is 31 cm. Find the area of the sector.
64. The area of the sector of a circle of radius 10.5 cm is 69.3 cm2. Find the central angle of the sector.
65. The short and long hands of a clock are 4 cm and 6 cm long respectively. Find the sum of
distances travelled be their tips in 2 days. Take  = 3.14.
66. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the following:
(i) Area of minor sector (ii) Area of major sector (iii) Area of major segment (iv) Area of minor
segment. (Use  = 3.14)
67. A piece of wire 22cm longis bent into tge form of an arc a circle subtending an angle 60° at the centre . find the
raids of the circle.
68. In the given figure, three sectors of a circle of radius 7 cm, making angles of 60°, 80° and 40° at the centre are
shaded. Find the area of the shaded region. [CBSE 2012]

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69.Sides of a triangular field are 15m,1m and 17m. With the tree corners of the field a cow,
a buffalo and horse are tide separately with ropes of length 7 m each to graze in the field.
Find the area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals.
70. Area of sector of circle of radius 36cm is 54𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 . then find the length of the arc of corresponding sectors
71. Area oof a sector of central angle 200° of a circle is 700𝑐𝑚2 . Find its radius.
72. Find the area of the shaded region in below figure, where radii of the two concentric circles with
centre O are 7 cm and 14 cm respectively and AOC = 400.

73. PQRS is a diameter of a circle of radius 6 cm. The lengths PQ, QR and RS are equal. Semicircles
are drawn on PQ and QS as diameters as shown in above right sided figure. Find the perimeter
and area of the shaded region.
74.The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is
a. 36π cm2 b. 18π cm2 c. 12π cm2 d. 9π cm2
75.If AB is a chord of length 5√3 cm of a circle with center O and radius 5 cm, the area of
sector OAB is
a. 3π/8 cm2 b. 3π/5 cm2 c. 25π cm2 d. 25π/3 cm2
76.If the area of a sector of a circle is 5/18 of the area of the circle, then the sector angle is
equal to
a. 600 b. 900 c. 1000 d. 1200
77.Area of a sector of circle of radius 6 cm is 9π cm2. Find the length of the corresponding
arc of the circle
a. 6π cm b. 3π cm c. 5π cm d. 8π cm
78.The length of an arc of a circle with radius 12 cm is 10π cm. the central angle of this arc
is
a. 1200 b. 600 c. 750 d. 1500
79.If the diameter of a semicircular protractor is 28 cm, find its perimeter
a. 42 cm b. 52 cm c. 62 cm d. 72 cm
80.The area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle of radius r units is
81.Find the angle subtended at the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm by an arc of
length 5π/3 cm.
82.An arc of a circle is of length 5𝜋 cm and the sector it bounds has an area of 20𝜋 cm2 .
then radius of the circle is
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 PROBABILITY
I. Problems based on tossing a coin
1. Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting i)two heads ii) one head
iii) one tail iv) at most one head. v) no head.vi) exactly one head (VI) at least tail (vii) at most two tails.
2. Three unbiased coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting i)all are heads ii)exactly two heads
iii) one head iv) at least two heads v) at least one heads (vi) at most two heads. (vi) at most one heads.

II. Problems based on throwing a die

4. An unbiased die is thrown. What is the probability of getting i)an even number ii) a multiple of 3 iii) an even number or
a multiple of 3 iv) an even number and a multiple of 3 v) a number 3 or 4 vi) a numberless than 5 vii) a number greater
than 3 viii) a number between 3 and 6.
5. Two different dice are thrown together. Find the probability that the numbers obtained have (i) even sum (ii)even
product. (iii)have a sum less than 7? (vi) have a product less than 16. (vii)the sum of the two numbers appearingon the
top of the dice is more than 9. (vi) is a doublet of odd numbers. (viii) sum of two numbers, less than 3 or more than 11.
(ix) 5 on either one of the dice (x) 5 on neither dice.
III. Problems based on playing cards
6. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is (i) a
king of red suit, (ii) a queen of black suit, (iii) a jack of hearts, (iv) a red face card. (v) the six of the clubs vi)a card of spades
or an ace. is (vii) either a red card or a king, (viii) king and black (ix) king and queen (x) neither a red card nor a queen. xi)
either a king or a queen x) neither a king nor a queen. (xi)neither a red card nor a queen
7. All kings, queens and aces are removed from a pack of 52 cards. The remaining cards are well-shuffled and then a card is
drawn from it. Find the probability that the drawn card is (i) a black face card, (ii) a red card. (iii) red cards (iv) face
cards (v) black cards (vi) a king (vii) ) either a king or a queen
8. The king, the jack and the 10 of spades are lost from a pack of 52 cards and a card is drawn from the remaining cards after
shu ing. Find the probability of getting a (i) red card (ii) black jack (iii)red king (iv) 10 of hearts.
9. All the black face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are
well-shu ed and then a card is drawn at random. Find the probability of getting a (i) face card, (ii) red card, (iii) black
card, (iv) king. v) either a king or a red

Problems based on selection of an object from a Bag/Box

10. Cards numbered 11 to 60 are kept in a box. If a card is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that the
number on the drawn card is (i)an odd number, (ii) a perfect square number, (iii) divisible by 5,(iv) a prime number
less than 20 (v) perfect cube numbers (vi) a prime numbers (vii) divisible by 2 and 3 both (viii) a multiple of 3 or 5,(ix) a
number divisible by 5. (x) a composite number
11. A box contains 100 red balls, 200 yellow balls and 50 blue balls. If a ball is drawn at random from the box then find the
probability that it will be (i) a blue ball (ii) not yellow ball, (iii)neither yellow nor a blue ball.
12. Cards marked with numbers between 5 and 20(one number on one card) are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly.
One card is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card taken out is (i)a prime
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 number less than 10 (ii) a number which is a perfect square.
13. Three bags containing 10 orange, 10 green and 10 red balls, respectively are mixed together in one large bag. If one of the
balls is taken out at random without looking into the bag then what is the probability that it is (i)orange (ii) not
orange.
14. A number x is selected from the numbers 1,2,3 and then a second number y is randomly selected from the numbers
1,4,9.What is the probability that the product xy of the two numbers will be less than 9?
15. A bag contains 4 white balls, 5 red balls, 2 black balls and 4 green balls. A ball is drawn at random fromthe bag. Find the
probability that it is (i)black, (ii) not green, (iii) red or white, (iv) neither red nor green.

Miscellaneous problems
16. A carton of 24 bulbs contains 6 defective bulbs. One bulb is drawn at random. What is the probability that the bulb is
not defective? If the bulb selected is defective and it is not replaced and a second bulb is selected at random from the rest,
what is the probability that the second bulb is defective?
17. A child's game has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and the rest are red, and 10 squares of which 6 are blue and the rest are
red. One piece is lost at random. Find the probability that it is a (i)triangle (ii) square (iii) square of blue color (iv)
triangle of red color.
18. The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18.What is the number of rotten
apples in the heap?
19. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word 'ASSOCIATION'. Find the probability that the chosen letter
is a (i)vowel (ii) consonant (iii) an S.
20. What is the probability that an ordinary year has 53 sundays?.
21. Two players Neha and Shivani play a tennis match. It is known that the probability of Neha winning the match is 0.62.
What is the probability of Shivani winning the match?
22. Find the probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 3,4,4,4,5,5,6,6,6,7 will be their mean.
23. Find the probability that in a leap year there will be 53 Tuesdays.
24. What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Tuesdays and 53 Mondays?
25. A letter of the English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the chosen letter is a consonant.
26. A child has a die whose 6 faces show the letters given below .A,B,C,C, A B
The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i)A, (ii) B?
27. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed up with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look at a pen and tell whether
it is defective or not. One pen is taken out at random from the lot. Find the probability that the pen taken out is (i)a
good one, (ii) defective.

Problems based on the complementary events

28. The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.85.What is the probability that it will not rain tomorrow?
29. If the probability of winning a game is 0.7,what is the probability of losing it?
30. An integer is chosen between 0 and 100.What is the probability that it is (i) divisible by 7? (ii) not divisible by 7?
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
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1. If 5 , 𝑎 , 2 are three consecutive terms of an AP, then find the value of 𝑎.
2. For what value of k, are the numbers x, 2x+k and 3x+6 three consecutive terms of an A.P?

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3. Determine k so that (3k-2), (4k-6) and (k+2) are three consecutive term of an AP.
4. Find the common difference of an AP in which a18-a14=32.
5. If an=3-21n, then find the common difference d.
6. What is next term of an AP: √7, √28, √63 ?
7. Write the first four terms of the sequences whose general terms are
(a) Tn = 2n + 3
1 1
8. Find the 105th term of the AP 5, 5 2 , 6, 6 2 , … ..
9. Which term of the A.P: 21, 18, 15, ….. is zero?
10. Which term of the A.P: 14, 11, 8,…. Is -1?
11. Which term of AP 5, 9, 13, 17………. Is 81?
12. Is 68 a term of the AP: 7, 10, 13,…?
13. Is -150 a term of the A.P: 11, 8, 5, 2,….
14. Check whether 301 is a term of the list of numbers 5, 11, 17, 23,….?
15. How many three digit numbers are such that when divided by 7,
16. How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 8?
17. How many terms are there in the AP 7, 11,15,……..139?
18. Find the middle term of AP 213, 205, 197, 37?
19. Find the middle term of an A.P 20, 16, 12, ……(-176)
20. Find the 20 th term from the end of the A.P 3, 8 , 13, …..253.
21. Find 11th term from the last term of the A.P: 10, 7, 4,….,-62.
22. Find the 10th term from the end of the A.P: 8, 10, 12, …., 126.
23. Which term of AP. 45, 41, 37, 33……… is the first negative term.
24. Find the first negative term of AP : 129, 120, 111, 102,….
25. If the nth term of AP is (5n-2) find its (i) first term (ii) common difference (iii) 19th term.
1 1
26. If the seventh term of AP is , and its ninth term is , find its 63rd term.
9 7
𝑛+4
27. If n th term of AP is , find its 7 th term.
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28. The nth term of an A.P, is 7-4n. Find its common difference.
29. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.
30. How many numbers are there between 101 and 999, which are divisible by both 2 and 5?
31. For what value of n are the nth terms of the following two AP’s the same 13,19,25……. And 69, 68,
67……?
32. Find the value of n for which the n th terms of two A.P.s: 9, 7, 5,….. and 15, 12, 9, ….. are equal.
33. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39……… will be 120 more than its 21st term?
34. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression 9, 12, 15, 18,…… which is 39 more than its 36 th term.
35. Which term of the AP. 5,15,25,….. will be 130 more than its 31 st term?
36. If the second term of an AP is 4 and 7 th term is -11, find its 19 th term.
37. The 8 th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38 th term is triple of its 18 th term.
38. If 9 th term of an AP is zero, prove that its 29 th term is double of its 19 th term.
39. If the 10 th term of an Arithmetic progression is 52 and 17 th term is 20 more than the 13 th term, find
the A.P.
40. The sum of the 4 th and 8 th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6 th and 10 th terms is 44. Find the
AP.
41. The 17th term of an A.P. is 5 more than twice its 8th term. If the 11th term of the A.P. is 43, find the nth
term.
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42. Determine the A.P, whose 3 rd term is 5 and the 7 th term is 9.
43. The 8 th term of an A.P, is -23 and its 12 th term is -39. Find the A.P.
44. The 10 th term of an A.P, is 44 and its 15 th term is 64. Find the AP.
45. The 8 th term of an A.P, is 37 and its 12 th term is 57. Find the A.P.
46. The sum of the 2nd and the 7th terms of an A.P is 30. If its 15th term is 1 less than twice its 8th term, find
the A.P.
47. If the seventh term of an A.P. is 1/9 and its ninth term is 1/7, find its 63 rd term.
48. If 7 times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to 11 times its 11th term, show that the 18th term of the A.P is
zero.
49. If m times the mth term of an AP is equal to n times the nth term and m≠n. show that its (m+n)th term is
zero.
50. If pth term of an A.P is q and qth term is p, then show that its nth term is (p+q-n)
51. If the pth , qth and rth terms of an AP be a,b,c respectively then show that
a(p-r)+b(r-p)+c(p-q)=0
1 1
52. If the m th term of an AP be 𝑛 and its n th term be 𝑚 then, show that its (mn)th term is 1.
53. Find the middle term of an AP: -11,-7,-3, ………,45.
54. Show that the sum of (m+n) th and (m-n) th terms of an AP. Is eqlual to twice the m th term.
55. The sum of first six terms of an AP is 42. The ratio of 10th term to its 30th term is 1:3. Calculate the first
term and the 13th term of the AP.
56. A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to
catch him. He goes with a speed of 100m/minute in the first minutes and increases his speed by
10m/minute every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.
57. Split 69 into three parts such that they are in AP and the product of two smaller parts is 483.
58. In a flower bed, there are 43 rose plants in the first row, 41 in the second, 39 in the third, and so on.
There are 11 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the flower bed?

59. The sum of three numbers in AP is 21 and their product is 231. Find the numbers.
60. Find four numbers in AP whose sum is 20 and the sum of whose square is 120
61. Find three numbers in AP whose sum is 15 and product is 80.
62. The sum of three numbers in AP is 3 and their product is -35. Find the numbrs.
63. Divide 24 in three parts such that they are in AP. and their product is 440.
64. The sum of three consecutive terms of an AP is 21 and the sum of the squares of these terms is 165.
Find these terms.
65. The angles of a quadrilateral are in AP. whose common difference is 10°. Find the angles.
66. Find four numbers in AP whose sum is 28 and the sum of whose squares is 216.
67. Divide 32 into four parts which are the four terms of an AP such that the product of the first and the
fourth terms is to the product of the and the third terms as 7:15.
68. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 48. If the product of first and second terms exceeds 4 times the
third term by 12. Find the AP.

𝑛 𝑛
PROBLEMS USING: Sn = 2 (2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 OR Sn = 2 (𝑎 + 𝑙)

75. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the AP 5, 8, 11, 14………

76. Find the sum 25+28+31+…….100
77. Find the sum of n terms of an AP. Whose nth term is (5n-1), hence find the sum of first 20 terms.

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78. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is 2 (3𝑛2 + 7𝑛). then find its nth term and hence, write its 20th term.
79. If the first and the last terms of an AP are 7 and 49 respectively and the sum of all its terms is 420. Find
its common difference.
80. The sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the 28th term of this
AP.
81. The sum of first 6 terms of AP is 42. The ratio of its 10th term to 30th term is 1:3. Find the first and 13th
term of the AP.
82. If the sum of the first p terms of an AP is the same as the sum of its first q terms (where p≠q) then show
that the sum of its first (p+q) terms is zero.
83. If the sum of the first m terms of an AP be ‘n’ and the sum of its first n terms be m then show that the
sum of its first (m+n) terms is –(m+n).
84. Find the sum of all multiples of 7 lying between 500 and 900.

85. Find the sum of all 3 digit natural numbers which are multiples of 11.
86. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 0 and 50. (ans: 625)
87. Find the sum of the first 15 multiple of 8. (ans: 960)
88. Find the sum of all multiple of 9 lying between 300 and 700. (ans:21978
89. Find the sum of all three digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13. (ans: 37674)
90. Find the sum of all two digit numbers divisible by 7 (ans S13 = 728)
91. Find the sum of all the two digit numbers which are divisible by 4.
92. How many terms of the series 54,51,48,… be taken so that their sum is 513? Explain double answer (
ans : n= 18 or 19 sum = 513)
93. How many terms of the sequence 18, 16, 14,… should be taken so that their sum is zero. (ans :19)
94. How many terms of the AP 21, 18, 15,…. Must be added to get the sum 0? (ans : n= 15)
95. How many terms are there in the AP whose first and fifth terms are −14 and 2 respectively and the sum
of the terms is 40? (ans : 10)
96. How many terms of AP 9,17,25,… must be taken so that their sum is 300? (ans: n = 12)
97. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 5𝑛2 + 3𝑛, find the first term, common difference,
and nth term (ans : a = 8, d = 10 , 𝑎𝑛 = 10𝑛 − 2)
3𝑛2 5𝑛
98. In an AP the sum of first n terms is + . Find the 25th term (ans : 76)
2 2
99. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 2𝑛2 + 5𝑛, find the nth term.(ans 4n-1)
100. find n and an = , if a = 2 , d= 8 and Sn = 90. (ans : 5, 34
101. If the sum of the first p terms of an AP is the same as the sum of first q terms (where p ≠q) then show
that the sum of its first (p + q) terms is 0.
102. If the sum of the first m terms of an AP be n and the sum of first n terms be m then show that the sum
of its first (m + n) terms is –(m + n).
103. Solve −4 + (−1) + (2) + ⋯ … … … … . +𝑥 = 437
104. Solve 1 + 4 + 7 + ⋯ … … … … … … … + 𝑥 = 287
105. How many terms of the AP −15, −13, −11 … .. are needed to make the sum -55? Explain the reason
for the double answer.
106. How many terms of the AP 60,57,54,…..,…. Are need to make the sum 693? Explain the reason for
the double answer.

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