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SLC Model Question
SLC _ OPT Math _ Arithmetic Progression
[Optional Mathematics]


# Important Questions for SLC
A. Short Answer Questions
If the first term is 3 and 7
th
term is 15 then find the common difference of the arithmetic series.
If the first term is 13 and 3rd term is 22 then find the common difference of the arithmetic series.
Find the sum of to 20 terms.
Find the sum of to 20 terms.
Find the sum of to 9 terms.
Find the sum of to 8 terms.
Find the sum of to 10 terms.
Find the sum of the series to 15 terms
If 3, x, y,-9 are in AP, find the values of x and y.
If 1, x, y,13 are in AP, find the values of x and y.
If 0, x, y,21 are in AP, find the values of x and y.
In an AP, 10
th
term is 17; find the sum of first 19 terms.


B. Long Answer Questions
If the third term of an A.P. is 1 and its fifth term is 7, find the sum of first ten terms of the series.
If the fourth term of an AP is 1 and the sum of its first eight terms is 18, find the tenth term of the series.
The last term of an arithmetic series of 20 terms is 195 and the common difference 5. Calculate the sum
of the series.

The first and last terms of an arithmetic series are -24 and 72 respectively. If sum of all terms of the series is
600, find the number of terms and the common difference of the series.
The sum of first three terms of an arithmetic series is 21. If the sum of first two terms is subtracted from the
third term then it would be 9, find the three terms of the series.
If the fourth and eighth term of an AP are 4 and 32 respectively, find the sum of first ten terms.
If the sum of first three terms of an AS is 42 and that of the first five terms is 80, find the 20
th
term of the
series.
The first and the last term of an As are -24 and 72 respectively. If the sum of all the terms of the series is
600, find the number of terms and the common difference.

In an arithmetic series, the sum of the first ten terms is 520. If its seventh term is double of its third term,
calculate the first term and the common difference of the series.


Find two numbers whose arithmetic mean is 5 and geometric mean is 4.

In an AP, 10
th
term is 19; find the sum of first 21 terms.
In an arithmetic sequence sum of first 31 terms is 310. Find the 16th term.
In an A.P. seven times of seventh term and eleven times of eleventh term are equal, find 18th term.

If the first 3 terms of A.P. are x + 2, 2x - 1 and x + 6, find x and sum of its first five terms.


If the first 3 terms of A.P. are x + 3, 5x and x + 13, find x and sum of its first ten terms



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If the fifth term and 10th term of an A.P. are 17 and 42 respectively. Find the sum of first 12 terms.
Find three terms of AP whose sum is 21 and product is 315.
Find three terms of AP whose sum is 27 and product is 693.
Find 3 arithmetic means between 140 and -20
Find 5 arithmetic means between 10 and 70
Insert 5 arithmetic means between 2 and 18.
Insert three arithmetic means between 13 and 29.
Insert 4 arithmetic means between 3 and 33
There are 6 A.M's between -3 and 32 find them.
There are 4 A.M's between 3 and 18 find them.
If the 6th term of an AP is 4 times the second term and the sum of the first 24 terms is 1704. Find the sum of
first 48 terms.
If 3rd term and 13th term of an AP are -40 and 0 respectively. Find the first term and common difference
of AP. is -72 a term of the AP?
3 AMs are inserted between two numbers a and b. If the first and 3rd means are 16&34 respectively. Find
the 2
nd
mean and also the value of a & b.
A taxi meter reads Rs. 7 at the time of starting and Rs. 10 for each additional kilometer. Find the charge
read by the taxi meter when the distance covered is 19 kilometer.
The cost of 175 calls of telephone per moths is Rs. 200 and Rs. 2 for additional calls, if the total calls in a
particular month are 250. Find the total cost of that particular month
There are n A.M.'s between 3 and 39. Find n so that the third mean: the last mean = 3 : 7

There are n arithmetic means between 12 and 33. If the fourth arithmetic mean is 24. Find the value of n.
The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 27 and the sum of their squares is 293. Find the numbers.
The interior angles of a polygon are in arithmetic progression. The smallest angle is 52
0
and the common
difference is 8
0
. Find the number of sides of the polygon.
The p
th
term of an A.P. is q and the q
th
term p; find the (p+q)
th
term and (p+q-1)
th
terms

If a, b and c be respectively m
th
, n
th
and p
th
terms of a GP then prove that a
n-p
b
p-m
,c
m-n
= 1


If the arithmetic mean between a and b is twice as greater as their geometric mean show that a:b = (2 +
) : (2 - )
Divide 15 into three parts which are in A.P. and The product of the three numbers is 120.

Divide 48 into three parts which are in A.P. and The product of the three numbers is 3072.


Divide 21 into three parts which are in A.P. and The product of the three numbers is 315.